Website Building

As I have been contacting more and more people for this module, I have discovered that it is absolutely imperative in this line of work (storyboarding) to have a professional website, and therefore I have decided to create a website using Wix.com. I needed to go with the pro version (the paid version) so I could connect the domain name I bought last year so that my professional accounts are all linked up. Link to my website : https://www.thebritsonian.com/

I sub-divided my website into 4 sections which I believed to be incredibly necessary towards people seeing me as a professional. On top of this I used my regular colour palette, which is used in my logo, and on my showreel, to better conform all of my media accounts into a cohesive entity. I wanted my website to be simple in design, and easy to navigate. I have heard from industry professionals that you will not even be considered for a job role if you do not have a website based portfolio, therefore I made this. I think it reads well, and I have gained some feedback from industry professionals as to what they think and it has all been positive so far, so I will continue to develop this as I try to give myself more of a professional presence.

Aesthetica Film Festival - Brothers Macleod

On November 10th 2018, I attended Aesthetica Film Festival in York, to attend a talk by BAFTA winning film makers The Brothers Macleod. This talk was advertised as being how animation is carried out in a primarily digital world.

However this talk was more about the ideas process about story telling, and how the 2 come up with their ideas, and how they get them funded to get given the go ahead. Although this talk had nothing to do with storyboarding, my professional practice, I found this talk useful, as it was explained that both take on specific jobs in the industry as well as getting funding to work on their own films.

This was an attempt by me to find out more of a wider context of the industry of animation, as opposed to me searching for something specific. As this talk was in my home town, and the 2 usually produce 2D animated shorts, I thought it would be an interesting talk to attend, which it was. Everyone in attendance was given an exclusive print by them, as well as gaining a bit more knowledge on how they approach their story telling process.

This story telling process did end up being relevant to storyboarding, as storytelling is a lot of what makes it a professional practice. I found this part extremely useful, as they talked about it more from a creative stand point. Although their storytelling is not usually focused on character based narrative, it was interesting and they kept it entertaining the whole way through.