Amy Winson Production Blog

In our 5th workshop with Stephen our topic was based on Cinema 4D. We was first introduced to the programme by being shown some of the tools. Below shows what the Cinema 4D programme looks like.  Part 1 - Object Above shows some of the most use tools that we would be using. The first icon (the square) allows us to add a object, if I held down on this it would give me a range of different objects. The sixth icon (the floor) allows us to add a floor to the project meaning our object can sit on top. Another important tip is to understand the X, Y & Z axes: X - left to right Y - bottom to tom Z - in and out This tool allows us to move the object in relation to the floor. I changed the Y to 100cm as the box was sitting underneath the floor. At this point, I rendered my project to see what it would look like. The box isn't visible and the workspace is really dark. We then looked at adding a spot of light in order to add some light and be able to se...

Today in my workshop we was focusing on working with the cameras and pushing ourselves to more complicated experiments. Our brief was to bring a lyric/quote with some textures and illustrations. I choose the quote "The job of the artist is to to deepen the mystery" - Francis Bacon. I decided to draw a small magnifying glass that can be visible through the camera when working in After Effects. I also looked at a range of textures including an image I took myself of stone/rubble to add the idea of finding objects on the floor in this type of environment, a footprint of a shoe I did myself with paint and scanned in also a range of smoke type textures. Below shows my components: We then starting by pasting our text on Photoshop and adjusting our text so the background wasn't visible. I did this with Levels. We imported our work into Adobe After Effects and used the Effects Tab, Channel and Invert to make our image blend in with the background. I then went to t...

After my past few workshops I decided to try and use the techniques I have learnt to create something of my own. I have recently been working on a new project and wanted to try and utilise what I have learnt combined with my own illustration. I decided to work with the position and animation presets in order to set the scene and create a sense of realistic movement in my work. Below shows the outcome: Milk Sea Animation from Amy Winson on Vimeo . I am really happy with this as in the past workshops I have always stayed with the idea of using text or photography and not an actual illustration. I always felt like I couldn't work with anything like this in my work as It wouldn't ever be strong enough. Although this is a short video, I am really happy with where this is going so far and I am looking forward to extending this into something longer and progressing my narrative forward.

Today in the workshop we looked into the visualisation of art. We started looking into some of the most influential art work to date and how over the years other artists have developed this and created an interpretation of this in a modern way. This has allowed new artists to take something already existent and make it their own through the use of new techniques and new development in the art world. We then started to look at the work of Richard Hamilton and his "Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different? ’. He also followed in this same strategy and recreated his own work from the 1950s. The Task Our task was to do something similar however we would look into what is occurring in our every day life. I came up with several ideas that I could base my piece on including: Social Media Drinking Partying Smoking Clubbing After coming up with a range of different concepts, I wanted to try and make this piece more relatable to me. I thought about my local area ...