Need to become a Film Maker/Visual Effects Artist

Joe 90 · 26-01-2010, 23:00

Evening guys, well today saw the first lecture of the visual effects section of one of my final year modules.

Our task for the next 8 weeks is to produce a piece of film between 10 & 30 seconds, featuring live action and some kind of visual effects.

To quote from the brief;

Quote:

Create a digital movie using a variety of special effects techniques but to include at
least one of the following:
• Rag doll simulations
• Green screening
• Motion tracking
The movie must:
• Show interaction between real footage and computer generated assets,
• Be a QuickTime movie which can play on the SHU PCs in lab 9141
• Be in Standard Definition Widescreen resolution
• Be between 10 and 30 seconds in length,
• Be under 10 Megabytes

I'm not a film maker, nor a visual artist (beyond my photoshop work and photography!) - and I've never shot a video of anything other than stuff on a night out!

If anybody has any ideas for something that could work out quite good, without being too complicated, I'd be much appreciative as last time I found my animation story from you guys

(http://www.youtube.com/user/Showuk#p/a/u/0/9TrVVZMj7KU)

We were shown some pretty awesome examples today, but I've still not thought of anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4

Kitten · 26-01-2010, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe 90

If anybody has any ideas for something that could work out quite good, without being too complicated, I'd be much appreciative as last time I found my animation story from you guys

(http://www.youtube.com/user/Showuk#p/a/u/0/9TrVVZMj7KU)

Awww!! Much heartage, how sweet!

Joe 90 · 28-01-2010, 16:41

The entire collection of animations from last semester were shown in class today, and mine got a laugh from most of the group which was reassuring

And I think I've now got an idea for this movie - shoot the streets of sheffield from up at the top of one of the big uni buildings, with some street level shots possibly, and then have like a giant Pac-man & ghosts moving along the streets eating buses!

Hopefully it wont be too hard, I just need to figure out what software needs to be used - any ideas? Max & After Effects I'm guessing, but not entirely sure If a Max model needs animating or whether that can all be done in AE

28-01-2010, 16:41	#3
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	The entire collection of animations from last semester were shown in class today, and mine got a laugh from most of the group which was reassuring And I think I've now got an idea for this movie - shoot the streets of sheffield from up at the top of one of the big uni buildings, with some street level shots possibly, and then have like a giant Pac-man & ghosts moving along the streets eating buses! Hopefully it wont be too hard, I just need to figure out what software needs to be used - any ideas? Max & After Effects I'm guessing, but not entirely sure If a Max model needs animating or whether that can all be done in AE __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter