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Independent Research Project [Overview]
Before starting this final project of 1st year, we had to decide our specialism for the next two years and I'd always known that it would...


"THE STORY OF CRUEL FREDERICK"
So, here's the final outcome! Nearly 3 months in total including 2 and a half weeks filming. We had some serious technical difficulties...
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Spinal Crack Productions [Presentation]
Below is the final presentation I put together for our group "Spinal Crack Productions", summarising the making, filming and editing...


The Shooting Process
Before shooting we had to rearrange our workspace into a shooting area and a making space. Below you can see a few photos of our layout...


The Finished Sets, Props & Puppets
The Dressed Sets: Above: Frederick's Bedroom. Above: Appartment Kitchen. Above: Appartment Hallway. Above: Exterior Set. The Puppet...
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Isle of Dogs [Exhibition & Screening]
Today was the day I finally got to visit the Strand exhibition and see the screening of Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs'. I'm really not a...


Creating the 'Spinal Crack Productions' Logo
Having come up with our company name, 'Spinal Crack Productions', at the beginning of this project, I went on to create a quick...


Group Decisions on the Film
I thought I'd make some quick notes here from our last group discussion about some of the smaller logistics within the film; the...


Recent Work Outside of Uni
Over the past week I've worked on two separate jobs - an advert for 'Wagon Wheels' and a music video for 'Biscuit Town' by King Krule [a...
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Creating Props [& Other Jobs]
Once I'd completed the puppet and set that I was assigned, I moved on to creating props to dress the sets with. Below I've documented the...


Creating the Staircase Model
For the particular shot "and threw the kittens down the stairs", I needed to create a small scale model [1: ] of the apartment's...


Creating the Exterior Set
To make this 1:10 exterior set of the apartment block I will be working with Finnan [this also includes the swings and the greenery]....


Creating the Doctor Puppet
During the group discussion, we began to consider how many of each puppet needed to be made and how they'd be made. For this particular...


Group Planning for Construction
Today we made a group outing to the 'Work and Play' scrap store to collect a whole inventory of materials to use back in our workspace....


Creating Set & Character Macquettes
Before creating the macquettes, we needed to make a decision on scale. In order to successfully animate the characters and sets, there...