tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763675473349659349.post9078104552630080129..comments2022-10-22T06:15:49.589-07:00Comments on Jacky Wootton BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts UCA Rochester: Presenation for green light reviewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14767358281258511715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763675473349659349.post-18156156085176730062014-10-14T12:02:14.430-07:002014-10-14T12:02:14.430-07:00OGR 14/10/2014
Hey Jacky,
You got there in the e...OGR 14/10/2014<br /><br />Hey Jacky,<br /><br />You got there in the end - good, I'm pleased. <br /><br />Now - my first bit of advice is 'go back to Calvino's description' - because he described a city that is suspended between mountains 'like' a spider-web; in other words, it's supported by a series of strands, cables and connections (none of which have to resemble a 'web' literally - indeed there are lots of different sorts of spider-web constructions apart from the classic 'spider-man' one). Calvino actually describes more detail than this too - describing a sort of suspended 'underbelly' of hanging stuff/things/artefacts and objects. In this way, Octavia doesn't read as a 'solid' city, but rather as something a bit more precarious and modular - made of units strung together, perhaps. You're looking at skyscraper imagery, but ask yourself in a city that would always be flexing in the winds up at the tops of the mountains, would the structures really be concrete like that? The point I want to make is ask yourself a series of questions about this city that will inspire you to be inventive - little questions, for example - how is the city held together when it must always be moving/shifting/swaying/quivering? How do its people collect water to drink - from rainfall, obviously - but how do they collect it, in what - and where does it go?<br /><br />I want you to look at the following OGRs for your classmates also doing Octavia, as I've left a wealth of visual reference, which I'd also like you to explore now and reflect on:<br /><br />http://garrisonimpala.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/online-greenlight-review-project-01.html<br /><br />http://adamfelstead95.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/httpswww.html#comment-form<br /><br />A general comment would be this: Jacky - you need to pick up the pace; you're a bit more plugged into the world of this course now, great, but you need to plug all the way in...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763675473349659349.post-21673803085359933672014-10-14T06:34:15.712-07:002014-10-14T06:34:15.712-07:00OK!
There are some thumbnails here with some nice ...OK!<br />There are some thumbnails here with some nice depth and some interesting shapes. But there aren't enough thumbnails to really get into the feel of your city. <br /><br />The camera angles you are looking at are a really good idea<br />I suggest you spend some time researching perspective drawing (there are loads of books in the library) as this will help you get some interesting angles on the layout. <br /><br />THe cities you have researched are all brightly lit, so have a look at some more dystopian cities too.<br />Google stills for the film Blade Runner (1982 dir. Ridley Scott) and Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang). Both films use perspective to suggest size and atmosphere.<br /><br />Keep going, you will get there!<br />Chrissie<br />Chrissie Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573993988008559179noreply@blogger.com