Tia Whitehead - BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts

First year Starting this course last September was a big step for me, transitioning from secondary school straight to university. I would have never have thought that a year into the course I would have studied life drawing, contexts, film, 2D and 3D animation, character design and Maya as well as looked into and worked with a variety of different computer programs to produce the work that I now have. Although it was a big step for me to take and at first and I was worried and stressed with the workload I had, I believe that it was the best option that I could have chose. I love every second of the time I spend on the course and enjoy learning from both the lectures and friends. Fantastic Voyage - Project For this project we were given a brief by our client Claire Saunders to select one of three scenarios that were related to secondary school science. We were then told to create a three minute animation on the subject that could be used as a revision resource in schools. O...

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Extended research into sunflowers: I was advised by Claire to go into more detail describing the sunflower by talking about the male parts of the flower.

Client research Influence map and concept art   The animatic

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Story idea Collection of bees in the hive being briefed on their job for today by the queen bee Diagrams showing the sunflowers and how the bees are going to pollinate them - here is where I will show labelled diagrams of the flowers explaining what each part of the flower does and how the bees will help the flower's reproduction The bees are then assigned their own flower couple to help reproduce The bees are then released from the hive The bee that is being focused on (Buzz) then goes on a journey finding his flower couple using an image of the flowers As its his first time pollinating he gets confused with what to do so he looks around trying to see what the other bees are doing.  A bee mentor then comes over and reminds him of what to do He then understands his job and pollinates them 

Insect pollination: Flower characteristics: Pollen is bigger, sticky or spikey to stick to insect bodies Stigma is sticky so that when insects brush past it, the pollen from them sticks to it The plants bear sticky, sweet nectar to attract insects Stamens are inside the flower so that insects will go into the flower, brush past the stamens and pick up the pollen The flower's p etals are brightly coloured and scented to attract insects Fertilisation : Pollen is transferred onto the stigma by insects or the wind A tube known as 'The pollen tube' begins to develop  and grows through the style The pollen tube grows in the ovary, stopping at the ovule The nucleus (containing DNA/ genetic material) from the pollen travels down the pollen tube Pollen nucleus fuses with the nucleus of the ovule (fertilisation) The fertilised ovule, now called he zygote develops into a seed, then into a fruit At first, after looking at different flowers to use in the a...

Here I have looked into different types of flowers bees pollinate and the different features that are common among them. I found that: The flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract the bees The centre of the flower is visible making it easy for the bees to reach its centre and collect the pollen from the flower's anther's (male reproductive organ) A lot of the flowers grow in groups or are surrounded by other flowers of the same type A lot of the flowers have leaves surrounding them

How animation is able to help students learn and retain information for longer periods of time While researching how animations are able to benefit students and their learning I came across this website:  https://www.cgpundit.com/animation-in-education/ . It explains how using animation in the education of students have been proved to show that both the visual and verbal communication in animation has allowed for students to retain information for longer periods of time. This is as long as the animation is designed well and that the educational aspects are portrayed correctly. It also goes on to talk about how animation encourages feedback between students and further questions and communication between the students and teachers. The animation used in education can also effect the student's future and career path by either making the students more interested in the topic shown or by showing them what could be produced if they went into a creative career. The website also s...