Molly Fuller

I finished my quadruped walk cycle animation today - I decided to do a panda because they're such adorable and funny creatures (and my favourite animal) and because their walk is quite interesting and slow. Unfortunately, I feel I didn't time this walk right as it's too fast, but I do think I got the offset timing of the front and back legs done well, though this would be easier to see if it was the correct walking speed for a giant panda. I made the back legs grey so they could be seen against the black of the front legs and fur pattern. I started this task doing a cat, but changed to a panda because I thought it would be easier, especially as the legs have a less specific shape, however I did realise after studying panda walks a bit closer that they actually walk in a similar way, with the back leg dragging forward before the front leg on the same side starts to move. I used this video on youtube as a reference video:

Today in my 3D environment lesson, we learnt how to change the properties of a poly modelled object, as well as how to light it and use a camera. I found it really fun changing the settings and seeing the outcome, and especially moving the objects and lighting around and seeing what it looked like rendered and how the light and shadows interacted with each other in the space.

Here is my finished sound project of the mayfly advert: Production Report: I chose film choice 1 for my sound project, which is the Vodafone mayfly animated advert. I started my sound project by watching the video a few times, just taking it in and picturing the environment and what I would imagine the overall soundscape would be like. Then I watched it again a few more times, writing down the sounds that I knew/thought would appear, including as many details as possible. After writing a list, I went out with a recorder to record some ATMOS in a forest-like area with lots of birds, trying to emulate a jungle with lots of animals. This was especially tricky as there was roads and paths very nearby with people and cars making noises. I also recorded some sound effects like throwing stones and snapping twigs, a couple of which I softened by decreasing the levels to use in this project. After this, I then took out more recording equipment like the rifle mic to record small so...

Today we learnt a bit about how to use mudbox to paint and texure objects for Maya. I really enjoyed trying out the different stamp brushes, especially the leaf/earthy ones.

Here is my finished animatic with timings and voice acting: First scene's voice acting was done by Emma King, and the second scene's voice acting was done by myself.

Here is my partially coloured background shot with a small background animation to test it out. You can also see my notes over the top of planning for Motion Studies (DGA120) when we'll be doing lots of character animation that will be added into this layout and background.