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MENTOR VISITS

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SHADOWING A SURFACER

Mentor Visit 4

My fourth mentor visit took place on March 28, 2018 and was mainly centered around shadowing Diane Bradley a surfacer at Reel FX. This visit was focused of learning about surfacing softwares that are used in the industry such as Mari which was a new program to me. In addition, I was able to learn Mari and how it relates to Photoshop which is a 2D painting software. Overall I was able to learn a lot about surfacing and shadowing Ms.Bradley gave me a great introduction to surfacing.

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SHADOWING AN ANIMATOR

Mentor Visit 3

My third mentor visit took place on March 7, 2018 and was centered around shadowing David Vallone a lead animator at Reel FX. This visit was focused on learning more about the animation department and how the animation department fits into the pipeline of a large studio. Through this visit I was able to meet with Mr.Vallone and further develop my understanding of how an animator fits into a studio pipeline and the things that are important to their work. Specifically I was able to learn more about an animators work flow in a studio setting and how technology can optimize a workflow. Overall this was a very interesting and helpful mentor visit as I was able to shadow an animator and learn a lot about the role of an animator.

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FINAL PRODUCT PLANS

Mentor Visit 2

My second mentor visit with Ms. Marks took place on February 6, 2018 after we had discussed some of my work during our first visit. This visit was focused on planning out my final product and what I would do in order to create a cohesive final product. During our meeting we focused on brainstorming three ideas for my final product so that I could pick one to write my final product proposal for and create my final product. This was a very useful meeting since I will be able to make my final product proposal while keeping what my mentor said in mind.

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PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

Mentor Assessment 1

I conducted my first mentor visit on January 19, 2018 with my mentor Marta Marks who is the head of artist management and recruiting at Reel FX studios. During my first mentor visit, we focused on getting a general idea of what the direction I was heading with my final product, so that we could decide on what we would do in our future mentor visit. After analyzing a few of my ideas we believe that a short animation clip of fifteen seconds so that I would be able to create something that is high quality in the time that I have to work on my final product. To do this I would need to animate a short clip at a high quality in order to make my animation useable for a demo reel  that I can use in the future to show people my skills in animation.

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