Media Design: September 2014

Monday, 22 September 2014

Manifesto Draft

The digital age can empower and stifle.

Embrace technology.
Learn and keep up with the latest software (tutorials).
Watch SFX movie breakdowns.
Make breakdowns of your own work.
Collaborate online as you can achieve more.
Don’t go Mac, upgrade and update your computer.
Play with code.
Push it further.
Create a show reel.
Make your own website.
Back up your work then try new things with it.
The power of ‘ctrl z’.
Play games, and then make them!
Polish your work and go between software.
Publish your work online and share it. Get it featured on websites.
Engage in social media.
The digital world doesn’t have to worry about sustainability in the same way as manufacturing so keep creating.
Colour correct your work.

Just a list of 'rules' or 'statements' I'm thinking about for my manifesto so far.

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

The digital age can empower and stifle.

The digital age should be embraced as it can empower and stifle. While many have negative views on where technology is leading the world, Digital Designers understand the importance of this digital age. Not only does technology create impact and realistic special effects for film and games, which helps the audience be emerged in a fantasy or sci-fi world, but technology also helps people to collaborate and achieve greater things that can’t be made by hand. It’s empowering for designers to create digital media which is ‘out of this world’.

Manifesto idea: Create a sci-fi 3D illustration and show the different render passes required to create a great technical piece.
4 Stages.
1. Sculpt 3D model
2. Polypaint and texture the model
3. Control lighting and settings, then render out the model.
4. Photoshop and post editing techniques to finish the 'master piece'.

Second idea:
Do this same idea but instead with motion graphics and post production. Show the different render passes in animation to create special effects.