Tuesdy morning we had a pretty decent lecture from Blue-Zoo Animation studios who came in to talk about their work for a few hours. They seemed a lot more ... 'Student' esq with a style of professionalism that you don't get too often. Only a few other companies that have come to give lectures have had this quality and I really do think that this different approach to the lecture helps to communicate to the students on a ground level which they can all understand. Instead of rabbiting on about what they've done and how BRILLIANT they are just showing us piece of piece of work they actually broke apart their shots and spoke about the different passes they used to create their desired effects - the different layers etc. I found this very useful and slightly inspiring also. I'm glad Matt and I have allowed time for this in our rendering stage. Layers included, shadow, diffuse, dirt, colour and occlusion obviously. Some examples of their work can be seen on their website:
http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/animation/video/show/80 (thats just a video of Stitch up Show Down. Which they spoke about a lot. I think I'm glad they focused on these characters as they were enjoyable to watch and no one had really anything negative to say. All good fun (not for the characters though getting torn apart)
All in all I think nearly everyone enjoyed the lecture. :D great stuff and more of the same please!
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