Double Negative Presentation & End Of Year Show Update

Double Negative

Last week we had the oppurtunity to meet some of the employers from the special affects company Double Negative. Double Negative is a company that specialilises in special effects in film, and have worked on such titles as Inception, Harry Potter and the Iron Man series.

We had the oppurtunity to see how the special effects work in films and how 3D modellers also play a big part in the special effects industry. We all gathered in the theater to watch a few videos put together by Double Negative. The videos contained a break down of how the special effects worked in the film Inception and they showed us what footage they actually obtain from the producer, you then get to see how much work they do in the films industry.

After the videos we got a question and answer time with people asking good questions. Some one ask If Double Negative had ever thought about launching a games studio under there name. They said that because everybody loved films too much that it wasn't for seeable in the future.

After this they came back and had a look at some of our work, Me and Danny showed them the Children of men scene we had finished and also what they had worked on. One of the representives of Double Negative had a look at the work and seemed pretty impresses by it.

Overall I am happy with the course leader getting Double Negative into the University because when it comes to the special effects indsutry Double Negative are well known and well respected and are probabily one of the best out of there. I gained information from them coming in and I hope in the future we have more of this lectures.

End Of Year Show Update

After a disscussion with my tutor about the percenatges at the end of my show, we both agreed that certain areas can be combined to allow a substancial percentage for one area. I now only have 4 areas that will be marked and the percenatges are more evenly spread.

The marking system is still 70% because the blog is 30% but myself and my tutor both agreed that the 4 headings will be marked out of a 100% which makes it easier for both of us. So now the marking scheme is as follows.

Showreel - 50%
Website - 20%
Presentation Sheets - 20%
Materials For Student Show - 10%

In the up coming weeeks I am going to be focusing on getting my website up and running so that I have time towards the end to work on aspects of this assignment.

End Of Year Show Marking Scheme

This week our task was to layout our end of year show marking scheme. We had to explain what we wanted to be marking on using a percentage scheme. I have given myself a percentage on each of the headings on the module handbook and I think the percenatges I have asked for a fair.

Blog

The blog is 30% anyhow, we didn't have a say in on how I wanted to be marked because this is part of our assignment. I think 30% is fair anyway and I think If I had the choice to choose my own It would have been around that area. The blog basically contains everything that I have done and learnt during PPG lessons and how I expect to get better. It also explains how I aim to get a job when I finish university.

Showreel

My showreel is 25% of my marking scheme and this is because the amount of time and effort I will be putting into this piece of work. During last semester we had to do a draft showreel which took a lot longet than i intially thought it would, and that wasn't even finished. I know that when it comes to putting together the finihsed showreel I will have to take a few days out and learn new techniques to give my showreel the justice it deserves. Also I will be updating the showreel more as I get closer to finishing the actual year, so hopefully with 2 weeks left of the year I should have a good finished showreel.

Website

My website is 15% of my marking scheme. This is because of many different reasons, time being the main issue. I will have to learn how to setup a website before I can even consider putting one together which Im assuming isn't a slow task. Once this is done I will have to concept finished layout ideas for my website so it looks proffesional. Then I have to have all my work finished so that I can present the website at the end of year.

CV

My CV is 10% of my marking scheme. During the three years of university we have had several modules that have taught us how to layout a proffesional CV and how people look at them. I have only madse this 10% because I know I can do a proffesional CV and it shouldn't take too long to do.

Business Cards

Business Cards are 5% of my marking scheme. This is because I know that I have to design the business card but getting them printed is done proffesionally by companys. So i know not too much time will be spent on these. I know what needs to be on the business card so all I have to do is make some designs and then the business card should look appealing as well as proffesional.

Presentation Sheets

Presentation sheets are 5% of my marking scheme. This is because I already know how my presentation sheets are going to look so there isn't much more I can do to make them any better. I may laminate some of ther sheets so that they don't get tattered as people come and look at them but other than that I think everything should be ok.

Physical Portfolio

My physical portfolio will be 5% of my marking scheme. Again this is because by the time the show comes I should already have everything layed on disc from hand in assignments, so all I have to do is print out all of my asset sheets, beauty shots and them have them laminated and then then everything should look proffesional and in order.

Materials For Student Show

I have given myself 5% for materials for the student show. I not quite sure what I am going to be bringing but I am sure Im bringing something. I will know closer to the time when certain assignments have been handed in.

Overall

Blog 30%
Showreel 25%
Website 15%
CV 10%
Business Cards 5%
Presentation Sheets 5%
Physical Portfolio 5%
Materials For Student Show 5%

Week 13 Getting industry to recognize my work

This week we have being asked to talk about the kind of games companys that we would like to attend our end of year show and explain why.

I will be talking about local games companys that I would like to attend the end of year show and also I will have a paragraph on Games companys I would like to attend If I could choose anyone.

 

My first choice would be Eurocom and this is for many reasons. The first one being that the company is local and very well respected in the games industry. They have a lot of talent and make great games every year. The reason I would like Eurocom to come is because the games they make really intrest me as an environment artist. They make quite a few different unique games for example James Bond all the way to Pirates of the Carribean, which allows you show off your skills in different ways.

Also we have had some representives of Eurocom come to the university before and also we had the chance to go to Eurocom and there a nice bunch of people who give you honest crit to make you a better artist.



Another Games company has to be evoultion studios. Although they make racing games I think the environments in the games are some of the best I have seen on the next generation consoles. I am currently doing a western scene for one of my projects which contains a lot of mountains and terrain sculpting, and in the first motorstorm there is a lot of terrain and the terrain is top notch. I have actually been looking at screenshots of motorstorm to get an idea of how desert mountains are formed. I know that Evoultion studios are well respected in the games industry and I think for representives of the studio to come and look at my work would be brilliant.



I really would love to see some representives of this company feature at the end of year show because I think the Games they realise are awesome. I think the way they go about making games is really proffesional and they listen to fans crit and take it on board for future games. They have done this with Dirt 3 which is due for realise very soon. They have taken all the bad crit and used them to develop Dirt 3 to its full potenial. Not just that they are well respected and very well known in the games Industry. I think there environments In game are brilliant and would love to have the oppurtunity to show my work to these guys.



Well the name says everything. Naughty Dog have realised games as crash bandicoot and the uncharted games. The uncharted games in my point of view are the best games visually to play. There enviroments are stunning and some of the scenes are breath taking. I dont think I could ask for better representives to look at my work when it comes to the environment sides of things. I think out of all the games companies mentioned this is the company that I would like to attend the end of year show to look at my work.

If Anybody Would Come

If I was told that no matter what the comapny is or where the company is based they will be at the end of year show I would have to choose infinity ward.



I have chose this company because my passion lies in modelling Environments, but If I had my choice I could model FPS maps all day because there is no limitations. You can grime up everything and make everything look damaged and half of the time there isnt really a limit on what props can be made because there is always somewhere you can place them.

Although Infinity Ward only make the Call Of Duty series I think they have become one of the most reknowed games companys in the world today for good and bad, but when it comes to making games with great level design great graphics and great gameplay I think Infinity ward are one of the best. I think if this group of people were to show up at the end of year show I would think it was a joke.