3D Animation Electives - Insights on the modules

 Hello☆

I’m Alicia. I was invited by Ms Faridah who was my Effective Internet Research lecturer, to write a guest post. So, this will be my first time blogging here (:
Being an IMI student, we have 3 majors to select from. As for me, I have chosen 3D Animation. So far, I had attended 3DVA (3D Visualisation and Animation) and 3DPF (3D Production Foundation). Creating 3D animation isn’t as easy as it seems. As you advance, you will realize that there are quite a lot of things to take note of. However, the process has been fun and interesting.
For 3DVA, we started out by sketching and modeling a character. Afterwards, we practiced movements (animating them). For example, bouncing ball (stretched and squashed) and how the pendulum move and swing (overlapping). For our final project, we did a full walk cycle which is whole body movement. We need to portray the characteristic through the walk cycle.

For 3DPF, we modeled out props and also did facial expression. We started to “act out” using a character (which is actually holgan, a robot character). For our final project, we did a short 11 seconds animation based on a sound clip. Here, we must lip sync for the character and also include suitable movements and appropriate props for the animation. This project enhanced our creativity and imagination as we created our own props and setting here.

Here are some of the images of what I had done for 3DPF.

Guitar prop for Holgan

Microphone prop for Holgan

Different face expressions of Holgan

My closing words to our freshies and junior, put in all efforts in doing your assignment.

When it’s done nicely, you will have a sense of satisfaction (:

Rich Media Application Development (RMAD) - Insights on the module

Hey peeps, Danielle here! Semester 2.2 has ended for me and I would like to talk a little about Rich Media Application Development which is a Distributed Media elective. In case you do not know what are electives, in Interactive Media Informatics, everyone has to choose from 3 options in Semester 2.1. The options are Distributed Media, Edumatics and 3D. So I'm from the Distributed Media option and Im here to talk about one of the electives I took.

Rich Media Application Development (RMAD) is about developing a Flash website based on e-commerce themes. So this is my work for the project. My group created a flash website that provides stock photos. Its like Photobucket or iStockPhoto. Basically visitors have to sign up for an account to be able to download the images or stock photos. Registered users can comment and add favourites to photos and follow other users. The concept is also derived from Facebook to give users more interaction.

The difference between the normal e-commerce websites and this flash website is that you will get to see a lot of animations and transitions from page to page. This is created in Flash Builder and also involves the use of database and mySQL to function.

I would say that creating this website was a very tedious process. Also because it is in term-mode which means we only had 8 weeks to finish this, we spent a lot of time experiementing with the codes as not everything is being taught in class.

Its all about self-exploration and testing to get things the way you want them to work. Flash Builder has already quicken up the process of creating such websites and all we have to do is learn how to use the different functions it offers.

I hope that I haven given a deeper insight to our freshies becoming juniors this april and also to anyone who wants to understand what we do.

My MMP1 experiece

Hey it’s RAINE! Here to blog something since it has been a while since I blogged.  

As my freshman year has ended. (yays to holidays that I’m having now) I decided to do a reflection entry on one of the modules I took in semester 1.2.

This module is called multimedia project 1 (mmp1). It’s one of the modules I looked forward to every time in my previous semester since the others modules are rather dry for my preference. This module is all about being creative. When I first took this module I had a hard time to come up with new ideas as I was rather afraid that my ideas may be silly. But as the time passes I learnt how to think of more ideas and also modify them so that it will become a good idea.

Some of my work:

(self promotion poster)

(my concept, for a new stamp design, prototype)

Why do I love this module compared to the others? Well, this module makes me use my creativity to think of new ideas, I get to use my favorite software and also have a field trip to museums and come up with new ideas for my project work. I had some difficulties coming up with my report and generating new ideas. But it was a fun experience and not forgetting that my hard work for this module paid off with an awesome grade!

I hope the new freshman will enjoy this module like I did when they take it in 1.2 (:

Alright this is me signing off. ^^

Hi from Vietnam...

Guiwen and Elizabeth sent back a series of pictures from Vietnam where they are doing their Overseas Internship Programme. And of course I have the liberty of choosing which ones to display. Isn't it obvious that I would choose the ones with food? Drool...



IMI Year One

After reading the tags regarding what our course teaches, here's a small collection of the current Year 1's work this semester. If anyone who is interested to know more about IMI, do visit us during TP Rawkz or Open House.

Module: Visual Lit
Sem 1.1

by Zhong Chong Tian (C211)

Module: Website Design

Sem 1.1

That's Kirby (C211) doing his presentation, all dressed up.

Vintage Cars by Mohammad Rafie (C214)

NTUC Fairprice by Alisha Chiang (C211)

Chinatown by Guan Lin (C214)

Parents' Seminar - 16 Aug 2008

Ms Josephine explaining more about the IMI course (T34)

Well, don't worry... IMI staff is not made up of all (pretty) female lecturers, we have handsome lecturers too.

East Spring Sec School visit - a student trying out our INTERACTIVE billboard

ISN'T IMI COOL?

IMI ooi...

Hey guys, Alvin check'in! A new Academic Year 08/09 has just started and I am a Senior already... time really flies when we are having fun.

From the previous posts, Alastair and Raymond have shared their views on what have we done and what will you be doing. There might be some changes to the teaching plan but I guess overall its all about the same. Oh, you guys are very lucky to be able to use the new computers for your 3D lessons. We encountered some problems on the older computers as the specs were at the minimum. Since you guys are first to use those new computers, be sure to take care of them and keep the labs clean!

Last semester, we, the 3D students were given 2 assignments to submit for 3D Special Effects. The subject is about using Adobe After Effects and Autodesk MAYA to create effects to enhance an advert or your very own demoreel. A demoreel is basically a visual media portfolio to impress your client or boss more effectively. Alastair has posted his demoreel in his post. Anyway, I have uploaded my Assignment 1 for you guys to take a look and also to promote ONESingapore at the same time. I used Typography and Poverty as my concept with reference from ONE Website. Voices are contributed by my friends. Ms Cherry and Ms Natasha also lent their voices into this ad.



Anyway, for the other 2 specialisations Distributed Multimedia and Edumatics, I think I will leave it to the guys from there to talk about it. In the mean time, ciao!