Torran Rodgers, BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester

Reflective Statement I think that over the time given to me i did a reasonable job in executing the brief that was given to me. I managed to fulfil all the necessary criteria of the brief naturally while fulfilling the main aspect of the brief being the 3 digital paintings. I think my execution of the painting could have been better if i used more techniques i now know how to do throughout the whole process and not from the point i learnt them forward. I think my time thumb-nailing and researching the texts given gave me a better understanding of the initial creative process, however stubbornness and my own creative mind led me to creating the first images my brain came up with when given the brief. To improve this project i would spend more time thumb-nailing all the cities in a looser and more creative way before picking the city i wanted to do. focusing more on elements of the city and less on the composition of the paintings. I think this would make the aspects of the cities mo...

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Perspective Studies 1. 2. 3.

Exterior shot  Interior shot Establishing shot

Bouncing ball with appendages  Bil Plymptom Richard Williams

Establishing Shot Interior Low angle exterior

Life Drawing

Rigging and texturing a Lego car.

Photo Bashing in Photoshop

Momentum study Timing is when an action starts and ends, more specifically at what frame a motion starts and ends. Spacing is how the frames are spaced out in a scene within that time. The 2 balls have the same start and end but because they are spaced differently they look different, even with the same start and end frame.

Morph

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Film Review :- Metropolis  Metripolis is a movie made in 1927 by Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou. It was made in Germany after the first world war, during a time of hyperinflation and economical chaos. It takes alot of influence from modern art of the time, this being mainly expressionism. The circumstances in Germany after the first world war pushed many artists to create pieces inspired by depression and Grimm emotion, focusing of feeling then realism.  The film is about and based in the city of metropolis where out protagonist Freder Fredersen, goes into the depths of metropolis to find a woman and sees the condition of work before committing to helps resolve the problems the workers face. The movie has many missing scenes and is considered a lost film. The version i saw used many different versions of the movie and edited them all to look the way it would have been first presented in the theatres. Metropolis Poster Metropolis is " Generally considered the firs...

Concept Artist Who's Who Concept Artist Bio by Torran Rodgers on Scribd

Brick Building

Film Review :- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari The cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a silent film release om 1919, directed by Robert Wiene, influenced by the German expressionism movement  as well as other modern ideas of the time. The movie is about the story one man tells another on a bench, the story is about how the Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist named Cesare to kill people. The movie is set in a physiological fantasy scape, In sets that use visual tricks and great design to aid the story. While watching the movie I noticed how a lot of the sets where very similar to play theatre sets, many using painted backgrounds with wooden constructed sets in-front of it, with lots of steps and ladders into the set as well as paths in and out of the screen sides. Its sets change and warp throughout the movie helping to tell the narrative, that  " lay down a template for today's scary movies, noirs and psychological thrillers."  (Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian) This being how the story...

Intro to maya

Thumbnail lesson

Invisible Cities Thumbnails Armilla Baucis Ersilia Esmerelda Moriana Fedora Diomira Thekla Isaura Sophronia Leonia Phyllis Tamara Zenobia