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- Unity Cinematography for Animated Films and Games.
- Immersive Environment Design Practice
- Immersive Environment Design Research
- Immersive Design Network
- Character Design
1) UNITY IMMERSIVE CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ANIMATED FILM AND GAMES.
To transfer skills from Animation to Games and expand my portfolio and skillset, I need to explore how Unity can be used to create animated film and games. To do this, I will follow LinkedIn tutorials on Timeline and Cinemachine so that I can create 1 cutscenes, ‘Top Tent’. I will do this by March 2020.
2) IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT DESIGN (PRACTICE) ✔️
To become a specialist in immersive environment design for Animated Film and Games, I need to apply research from GDC to my environment design process in Lunarium. I will do this by March 2020.
3) IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT DESIGN (THEORY) ✔️
To become a specialist in immersive environment design for Animated Film and Games, I need to apply research from Academia to my environment design process. To do this I need to locate one paper each week that focuses on Environment design and reconfigure my own personal ‘nature’ environment research. I will do this by March 2020.
4) IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT DESIGN (NETWORK) ✔️
To become a specialist in immersive environment design for Animated Film and Games, I need to identify professionals working in immersive design and animation studios to develop my professional network. To do this I will begin to publish details of my projects on linked In and twitter to encourage conversations. I will do this by March 2020.
5) CHARACTER DESIGN
To improve my digital character development and increase my value in studio, I need to design, model, rig and skin a character using Maya or Blender. To do this I need to watch 15 hours of character development tutorials and produce one character to include in my current project, Lunarium. I will do this by March 2020.
Reflection
Although Coventry, BCU and DMU are all growing their immersive humanities and design research and there is currently funding available for this, I have decided that I want to apply my knowledge and skillset in industry rather than academia. I am sure there will be times when my own personal work connects but I want the freedom to explore without constraints for a while. I currently do not have a desire to be an academic (although I do think I am a natural scholar 🙂 and would really like to work in a large team in the middle of the cut and thrust of a live project ! I am excited by the prospect.
Reflection
Although Coventry, BCU and DMU are all growing their immersive humanities and design research and there is currently funding available for this, I have decided that I want to apply my knowledge and skillset in industry rather than academia. I am sure there will be times when my own personal work connects but I want the freedom to explore without constraints for a while. I currently do not have a desire to be an academic (although I do think I am a natural scholar 🙂 and would really like to work in a large team in the middle of the cut and thrust of a live project ! I am excited by the prospect.