Zoe Smith CMP Blog

Across Tuesday and Thursday, we had the option to choose between two workshops- one on filmmaking and one on concept design. At first, I...

On Monday, we had a workshop exploring stop motion animation. Given that I wasn't sure what to expect from this workshop, I figured it...

On Friday, we had a workshop teaching us about the basics of Adobe Lightroom Classic. I took my favourite shots from Thursday's workshop...

On Thursday, we explored a few different methods of alternative image making. We tried slow shutter speeds, back projection and an...

On Tuesday we had two more tasks other than animating our GIFs- learning to create Contact Sheets and a Library Induction. The first...

On Monday, we were asked to create a Mind Map and a Mood Board on the theme of Altered States. As well as creating these initial...

This upcoming project is absolutely packed with opportunities to learn new things and investigate new concepts. Given that we will be...

For the Picture House project, we were asked to select a painting that inspires us in order to create a piece of our own work in our own...

During the project, the group had a workshop teaching the very basics of coding a webpage using html. The webpage I created is very...

With my final piece finished, I started on marketing for my game idea. I decided that the best way to advertise my game would be through...

Animating my main piece certainly proved to be a challenge for a number of reasons. My initial idea for animating it was more of a side...

For my game menu screen, I already had a vague idea in mind. I knew that I wanted a landscape without much detail in the middle in order...

With everything planned out, it was time for me to start my rough sketch for Solis. I decided to make a mood board on Pinterest and fill...

As I will be animating my game menu, I don't want it to be silent - it needs some music and sound effects to truly bring it to life and...

In order to keep track of all of my tasks, as well as creating a proper schedule for myself, I wrote up a plan for the remaining three...

The method that was suggested to my group to help us focus in on the core of our ideas was to create an elevator pitch. We all pretended...

The next thing that my group looked at was story and narrative. We were given storyboard sheets so that anyone with a story to their...

On Monday 27th, my group took part in a photography workshop. We learnt about lighting and how we can manipulate it to work in different...

With my wish to turn my piece into something that does not represent the World Wars the way the painting does at the forefront of my...

For the first project of this year, we were asked to select a painting that inspires us in order to create a piece of our own work in our...