A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND Image making + Game Engine Technologies Sebastian Tiew Weds am: 10:00 - 13:00 *this course runs in Term 2 only All sessions will be taught online Study for ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’, Jeff Wall, 1993 A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) by Jeff wall explores how an image is constructed through processes of layering, collaging and framing in order to achieve its desired composition. Learning from Wall, we will build fictional landscapes that create a sense of time and dynamic movement, around a main protagonist. Starting with this character on a looping walk cycle animation, this course will use gaming technologies, 3D workflows and composition techniques to explore concepts of set-design, lighting and composition in order to construct an image virtually. Core learning: Image-making, Composition, Cinematic time-based media, Unreal Engine 5, Animation, 3D modelling and workflows. Technical Requirements: Laptop/Desktop*, Mouse, Rhino/Blender/3ds Max, Unreal Engine * Desktop or Laptop with a dedicated Nvidia or AMD graphics card, min 8 GB RAM and 250 GB SSD (any 2018 and above MacBook Pro, gaming laptop or workstation)
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A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND Image making + Game Engine Technologies Sebastian Tiew Weds am: 10:00 - 13:00 *this course runs in Term 2 only All sessions will be taught online
Study for ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’, Jeff Wall, 1993
A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) by Jeff wall explores how an image is constructed through processes of layering, collaging and framing in order to achieve its desired composition. Learning from Wall, we will build fictional landscapes that create a sense of time and dynamic movement, around a main protagonist.
Starting with this character on a looping walk cycle animation, this course will use gaming technologies, 3D workflows and composition techniques to explore concepts of set-design, lighting and composition in order to construct an image virtually.
Core learning: Image-making, Composition, Cinematic time-based media, Unreal Engine 5, Animation, 3D modelling and workflows. Technical Requirements: Laptop/Desktop*, Mouse, Rhino/Blender/3ds Max, Unreal Engine * Desktop or Laptop with a dedicated Nvidia or AMD graphics card, min 8 GB RAM and 250 GB SSD (any 2018 and above MacBook Pro, gaming laptop or workstation)
Session 1:
- Course Introduction - Presentation on image-making techniques and concepts used in painting, photography and
image-making. - Brief Introduction to 3D, basic concepts, animation and game engine workflows.
Session 2:
- Character animation workshop - Introduction to rigging and animation - Working with Unreal Engine
Session 3:
- Composition and Concept - 3D scene setup and modelling - Composition workshop - Kitbashing techniques
Session 4:
- Unreal Engine workshop - Scene Development in Unreal - Introduction to Texture mapping and Materials - Setting up Cameras and working with animations
OPEN WEEK Session 5:
- Reviews and troubleshooting - Concept Development and Refinement
Session 6:
- Individual tutorials - Final touches - Review of final draft
Session 7:
- Group review and feedback - Prep for submission
Session 8: // AA MEDIA JURY DAY Final presentation
Submission Requirement
1 min cinematic video in Unreal Engine + process book
Optional Readings
Atlas, Gerhard Richter
Atlas of Cyberspace, Martin Dodge
Computer Graphics: A Semi Technical Introduction, Friedrich Kittler
Cyber Reader, Neil Spiller
There is no software, Friedrich Kittler
Towards a Philosophy of Photography, Vilem Flusser
Towards the New Realism, Boris Groys
Ways of Seeing, John Berger
References
Ed Atkins, Gregory Crewdson, Stanley Kubrick, Cao Fei, Cecile B Evans, Lawrence Lek, William Eggleston, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stephen Shore, Simon Stålenhag, Thomas Demand, Wes Anderson, Annie Leibovitz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Thomas Struth, Candida Hofer, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Federico Fellini, Marcel Duchamp, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, David Claerbout, Denis Villeneuve, Hideo Kojima, Hito Steyerl, Harun Farocki
Sebastian Tiew is a designer and image-maker based in London. He co-founded Cream Projects, a digital arts studio working within film and entertainment as well as the arts.
