tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720908076645874336.post8755502247093680329..comments2024-01-26T08:15:26.452+00:00Comments on Lavey's Blog: Wizard of Oz - 1939 Movie reviewPaul Laveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438535712369874458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720908076645874336.post-35567907421149022522010-11-09T11:57:50.850+00:002010-11-09T11:57:50.850+00:00Re. your reviews; in terms of content and quotes, ...Re. your reviews; in terms of content and quotes, all is good and you have a good eye for a source that opens up the subject. That said, I'm encouraging students to use these mini-assignments as opportunities to develop their academic voice - i.e. to adopt comfortably the kind of formal, impartial tone expected in the formally assessed essays. For this reason - even though I LOVED the bit in your Wizard of Oz review in which you talked about how you hadn't seen it since you were small (people are meant to enjoy these films obviously!) - I'd just ask you to watch the tone; keep it appropriately formal and get the practice.<br /><br /><br />Here is a list of links back to the CGAA Group Blog, where I have recently uploaded loads of information regarding the way I want students to tackle their written assignments. As you now prepare your unit 2 assignments on production design, pay close attention to the advice given. I will be looking for clear improvement in terms of use of language, academic ‘voice’, use of conventions, argument structure and correct methods of referencing.<br /><br />Academic style/Do’s & Don’ts<br /><br />http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/11/cgaa-yr-1-written-assignment-stuff-or.html<br /><br />1st Person to 3rd person conversions<br /><br />http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/11/fao-1st2nd3rd-cgaa-students-from-1st-to.html<br /><br />Use of footnotes<br /><br />http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/11/fao-1st2nd3rd-cgaa-students-use-of.html<br /><br />How to satisfy essay criteria/assignment presentation/hyperlink to referencing methods <br /><br />http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/11/fao-cgaa-yr-1unit-2spacewritten.html<br /><br />Also – be sure to check out the 2 student essays uploaded to myUCA/Space/Unit Materials – good examples of degree level written assignments. Take the time to read them.tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720908076645874336.post-22343872602657964842010-11-09T11:53:38.870+00:002010-11-09T11:53:38.870+00:00Interim Online Review 09/11/10
Hey Paul,
Lots of...Interim Online Review 09/11/10<br /><br />Hey Paul,<br /><br />Lots of solid research sitting beneath your visualisations - good stuff, and your thumbnails and excursions into Photoshop are encouraging. That said, one of the key things I'll be asking students at the crit will be the ways in which their visual concept shaped the design and execution of the final 3 scenes. Remember that you're 'imagineering' scenes for cg animation adaptation of 'She' - so that also rules in a more obviously constructed system of design - greater expressionism, systems of colour and shape; also, different visual languages, so, for example, a style used throughout to shape landscapes that also concurs with some kind of indigenous art form or style appropriate to the original source material; I've been giving students the cartoon show Samurai Jack as an example of how Japanese art forms are integrated (in terms of flat planes and aesthetic) are used to shape the entire geometry of the world. Don't be afraid of looking to 'isms' for a more idiosyncratic style - impressionism, abstractionism - you're in a plastic universe - not a real world one, so perhaps be prepared to go bold and stylised - if only then to come back to some middle ground. Yes, you need to produce accomplished digital paintings and yes you need to demonstrate understanding of depth perception and perspective, but you also need to demonstrate STYLE!tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com