CVTV Easter Set

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CVTV Saint Patrick Set

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CVTV Thon Set

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CVTV Valentine Set

 

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  Intention Definition & Exploration Ideas

Throughout this marking period I have been mainly been doing two things which have been making sets for CVTV and working on little models for a game I have been working on with friends. There has not really been a theme that I have been working with but just creating things that related to either CVTV or the game, not really any personal work.

Planning

The way that planning has gone throughout this marking period is that either Mr. Bomboy would let me know of an upcoming set that needed to be done or I would refer to my friends on what they needed me to make. Besides that there wasn't really anything I had plan to work on my own or something like that.

Producing

For this marking period this is what I have done so far, a few objects and a few sets. Each set for CVTV is themed around either a holiday or some special events so that it can be used again in the future instead of creating something every year. Even though this is what I have so far, there are still more to come with more upcoming holidays such as Valentines day and Easter.

Evaluating

Over this marking period I felt I did pretty good on creating these sets and liked how they turned out in the end. Sometimes it can be a bit tough coming up for ideas on what to put in these sets, but otherwise I should like how upcoming sets turn out if I can brainstorm some good ideas. With the little objects, they turned out well enough, but I want to practice some more in making them. Items like the bag was something I was cornered about thinking about making since it was made in a kind of different way. Overall though there is always more room for improvement.

Integrating

As I work more in creating things from a base cube I understand more of how some things should be made. Such as I was working on a bike model and as I was working I was wondering on how they actually work, since it needed to be animated once it was done so it had to have all the parts a bike should have, such as how the wheels move around the poles they are connected to. I find it neat when I'm working on stuff like that, since it really gets me thinking on how an object is really supposed to look.

Blog Post 11/30 - 12-6

 Over the course of this week I was tasked with making the holiday set for use in December. Similar to the other sets I enjoyed working on it but I would say I spent the most time working on this one. I like how it turned out and I attempted to pay carful attention this time to how it will appear with the anchors and pictures in view as well, so hopefully there won't be a lot of things that will not be in view. I thought about a few ways I could have made the tree, I could have made it more realistic or cartoony, and I decided it may fit better with everything with more of a cartoony look. Overall I feel it turned out well and hopefully I can do as well with the future sets I work on.

Monday - N/A

Tuesday- N/A

Wednesday- N/A

Thursday- Looked up references and started/finished presents and started tree

Friday- Started on Snowman and finished tree

Saturday- Finished Snowman and worked on lights

Sunday2- Finished lights and did final touches to workspace

Blog Post 11/9-11/15

Over the course of this week I had worked on a new set for Thanksgiving for CVTV. Just like the previous ones it was nice to work and I think its end result turned out alright. I had a bit of similar problem with the patriotic set when I worked on this as what I should fill the set with. Obviously you immediately think of turkeys and leaves but I had to make everything so I tried to think of things I could make within my skillset that didn't look horrible. The gourd wasn't that hard as it was just a variant of the pumpkin just tweaked to look different, but for something like a turkey I had to think how I was going to do it. I obviously wasn't going to attempt make a realistic animal but something like a decoration that you would stick outside so that's where I got his little simplistic design. Overall it wasn't bad but I feel it maybe could have turned out a bit better, hopefully I can do a lot better with the Christmas one.

Monday-N/A

Tuesday-N/A

Wednesday-N/A

Thursday-Brainstormed ideas

Friday-Found references and started work

Saturday-finished turkey/added little objects and started the banners

Sunday-Finished banners and cleaned up set/Finished

Blog Post 10/26 - 11/1

 

Over the course of this week I was tasked with working on another set for the Cumberland Valley morning show with the theme on Patriotic. Now I really didn't know how to make this one besides putting an American flag in it. It was a bit harder to come up with ideas compared to the Halloween mainly because there's a lot you can think of when you think of Halloween, such as pumpkins, ghost etc. As I did some research on some decorations that some people use on American holidays like 4th Of July I slowly came up with some ideas and things to create to fill the studio with things like the banners and the colored stars. Overall just like the Halloween set this was also fun to work on and definitely want to do more for other upcoming holidays that we may not have sets for or just want another design of one.

Monday- N/A

Tuesday- N/A

Wednesday- Brainstorm Ideas

Thursday- Look up more references and start some objects

Friday- Continue Work On Set

Saturday- Continue Work On Set

Sunday- Clean up and turn in

Blog Post 10/19-10/25

 Over the course of this I had spent some time working on two objects. While that may not seem like much what was tough about them was their complex shapes, especially the bag. I personally love creating little objects and these two things were fun to make and I like how they turned out. The second object needs some final touches but overall its got the idea. The bag was the tougher one out of these two since it had a lot of different things going on. When I create objects like these I have to shape them from a cube so trying to give it that bag look was a bit tough. After shaping it though I attempted to add the detail of that top flap on the top of the bag and it was a bit rough but I feel it looks nice in the end. The mouth was the other toughest part since if I wasn't carful there would be a bunch of mesh problems of faces stacking on top of each other but I eventually got it. Even though it looks like it can open I had to make a separate open version just because I couldn't really process how it could open without it breaking or looking very off. The gun on the other hand was a different challenge, I had to extrude a circle and just pull the sides of it until it took the shape of what it was actually supposed to look like. I need some finishing touches such as the handle but other than that it's got everything it needs. Overall I think I may attempt to make some more objects in the fantasy category as I thoroughly do enjoy creating them and love how they look in the end.

Monday-Brainstormed on ideas to work on

Tuesday-Started Magic Bag

Wednesday-Cleaned up/Finished Bag

Thursday-Look at other items from this tv show

Friday-Started Gun

 

Blog Post 10/12-10/18

 Over that course of that week I had worked on the CVTV Halloween set and overall it was a fun overall to create the set. I had to refresh on some things I haven't used in a while such as UV maps with the one ghost in the cam two shot to give it that gradient effect on his head. Another challenge was creating the pumpkins that were used in these images. At first I just thought I extrude the outside of a sphere but it turned out pumpkins were a bit more complicated that I had first thought. Overall though I got it and then went to work on their faces. I had looked up just pumpkin face lists and used Bezier curves to create them and then I used the knife project tool to cut them onto the pumpkins and then I pushed the cut spaces in and put a black background so they stood out. Other than that the final hurdle was the scarecrow it wasn't that hard just took a bit of time and turned out alright. I attempted to have hay stick out of him but that didn't turn out that well so I scrapped it. Overall I enjoyed it and plan to work on the one for the next holiday once I find out what is coming up next.

Monday-Brainstorm

Tuesday-Brainstorm

Wednesday-Start work on/finish pumpkins attempt to start faces

Thursday-Finish up faces and and apply them to pumpkins and place them and start ghosts

Friday- Create scarecrow and finish ghosts and apply faces to ghosts

Saturday-Finish and clean up details

Sunday-Turn in

Psychology of Shot

    Lots of films play with the idea of playing with the audiences emotions, they get you invested and get you to feel certain ways during certain parts of the film. This is something that we are trying to implement into our documentaries. For me I don't really understand "detailed shots" so I will be discussing camera angles I will be using in my documentary. One camera angle I plan to use is low camera angles. I plan to mainly use this on the school building itself. This type of angle can portray a type of importance or size which is how I want to portray the school as a very important piece that can seem daunting to new students entering high school. For the interviews I feel the best way to portray them is with a eye-level view of the subject as they are being interviewed for a feeling of being in the conversation itself, perhaps some over the shoulder shots as well to really give that feeling that you're there really listening to this conversation of what they are describing. I definitely want to grasp just how huge the school is so with the low camera angles onto the school I also plan to use some wide angle views and establishing shots of the entirety of the high school or the best I can get of the entirety of it. I really just want to convey that the high school is portrayed as this huge mountain that you have to climb and get over to continue with your plans in life. But besides how a shot looks itself what can also affect the is the color of the shots themselves. Color is very important and depending on how its used can portray many different emotions in many different ways. While I may not be able to affect the color in most shots until I get to editing there are some ways I can affect it. I can decide to record at certain times such as if I wanted to portray a certain feeling with shots of the school by recording either during the morning/evening or night since each of those times during the day have different colors spectrums. In post editing I can also use filters to drown or saturate colors I can use this to add a stronger feelings to certain shots and really make them pop out compared to other parts of the film. Besides these two things what also impacts a scene is what's in the scenes themselves. A cluttered scene can feel claustrophobic or a feeling of urgency while an empty scene can portray a lot of things depending on what else is in the scene, like an empty scene can change depending on the colors that are being used in the same scene. Overall I will be thinking about all of these points and how I can use them in my own documentary to my best ability to create a fairly well documentary that effectively portrays different emotions.