Week 2

Heya,

Well its week 2, and I have decided on what I am going to do my project on. I made a power point presentation, and presented it to the capstone class on Monday. I got some good feedback from my classmates, and Mr.Zyla had a few good suggestions for me. I plan to take his advice which was to concentrate more on the animation of the project its self, instead of the demo reel aspect of it. I made up a project plan, and an asset list. The first part of each of those lists was to come up with a story board of how I want to project to play out. I have brainstormed and come up with a pretty good idea of what I want the project to look like, and how I want it to go. I have drawn the storyboards and am happy with the idea so far. I will try to create some of the modeling in 3ds max this week, so I can stay on track with the project plan. I am checking out some tutorials on line and practicing in After Effects to get down some skills to use later. Now I have to work on the DVD cover, the disc label, and the business card which is all due next week. I am going to research online to find out what colors stand for what, so I can incorporate the right feel for my logo and design layout. I wonder what color means serious, but silly! We shall see. I have a lot of work to do between this class, animation 2, and my portfolio class projects so I better get crackin'. By the time this semester is up, I should have a bed soar on my ass from sitting in this chair! Wish me luck. Frank(dont call me Randy) Wozniak

Week 1

Heya,

The end is finally in sight. I have completed 7 semesters and have 1 to go. Exciting stuff, including this Capstone class, where I will attempt to dazzle Mr.Zyla and the ITT-Tech staff, with some creative and professional ideas.
The task is to create a final project using the skills and knowledge that I obtained over the last 2 years. I have some ideas, but I am on the fence about how to get them across. I think I am going to attempt to create a simple low poly character in 3DS Max, and animate him to work an animated projector that will display a sort of commercial, using myself as the product. Kind of a demo reel to show what I am capable of. I will also use Premiere and After Effects, using some tutorials I can find on line, as well as the books and knowledge that I received from school.
If the project turns out half as good as I can see it in my mind, I will be very proud. I am going to start drawing up some storyboards and get some of my ideas down on paper, and tomorrow I plan to brainstorm a little and maybe create a new Logo for myself, and work on the design of my business card, DVD cover, etc. with the color scheme and layout stuff. If I work a little everyday on this project, by the 11th week I am confident I will surely dazzle them all.

Well, wish me luck, and away I go!

Frank (don't call me Randy) Wozniak