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Zack Scanlon
May 31, 20211 min read
Buyers market
The data for this post was taken from a study in 2016 Revenues from companies by game revenues Tecent= $7.4 Billion Sony= $4.3 Billion...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20211 min read
Rotoscope animation
For this task we were told that we could take a scene from any film and that we need to do a rotoscope animation of it which means...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20211 min read
Scheduling for VFX
Scheduling is a paramount part of making sure large teams are able to meet the deadline whilst also delivering high quality shots. The...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20211 min read
Risk Assessment
The risk assessment part of a production is critical in filming as it help identify and helps people understand any potential hazards...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20211 min read
Matthew Twyford on Project power
The pill is a complex digital asset that was created cymatics was used as reference for when dust, dirt and liquid are hit with sound 2nd...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20213 min read
World Skills: Hot air balloon
I was chosen to take part in world skills 2021 and in this i was tasked with modelling a hot air balloon however i had constraints to...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20212 min read
Portal Shot
For this shot i started with tracking it to get the cameras motion this part involved doing some clean up of the tracks so that i am able...
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Zack Scanlon
May 24, 20212 min read
Console Timeline
1st Generation Name: Magnavox Odyssey Manufacturer: Magnavox Released: September 1972 Discontinued: 1975 Units Sold: 350,000 Name: TV...
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Zack Scanlon
May 22, 20212 min read
ATV match move shot
To start the shot i convert the plate into a image sequence and brought into my script where i used the distortion grid to undistort my...
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Zack Scanlon
May 22, 20212 min read
Visual effects pipeline.
The visual effects pipeline is a very complex and arduous workflow that needs hundreds if not thousands of people to make sure each part...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20212 min read
Stop motion
For the stop motion project my team got the word hide so we started to brainstorm ideas for the word and we settled on an animation of a...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20212 min read
OOP and classes
Abstraction Abstraction is a process where you show only “relevant” data and “hide” unnecessary details of an object from the user. For...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20211 min read
Comparison / Logic Operators
> Greater than (E.g An cars mass is greater than a mouse) < Less than (E.g A persons height is less than a building) >= Greater or...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20212 min read
Data Structures
Data structures are ways of storing and organizing data within a computer so that you can perform actions with the stored data. Methods...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20211 min read
Sequences
sequences are a set of numbers that follow a set of rules or a pattern, the rule can be used to add or subtract from a set. The curly...
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Zack Scanlon
May 10, 20211 min read
Number sets
N = Natural numbers are whole numbers from 1 and upwards e.g. 1,2,3,4,5. Z = Integers are the whole numbers and they can be positive or...
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Zack Scanlon
May 7, 20211 min read
Chris McFall motion tracking
Tracking Keeo ISO as low as possible without under exposing to get less noise in your image Have a higher shutter speed to minimize...
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Zack Scanlon
May 7, 20211 min read
Walk Cycle animation
This is a PlayBlast of my first attempt to do a walk cycle. I made this attempt back in January during Lock down, i wasn't super happy...
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Zack Scanlon
May 4, 20211 min read
Components of a 3D (Polygonal) Model
3D models are built up of three core things a vertex, edges and face A vertex is a singular point on a mesh that actually builds up the...
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Zack Scanlon
May 4, 20212 min read
Function of types of textures
The job of textures is to tell a story of your object and what it has been through so if you add scratch's to a floor underneath a door...
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