Back on Bullseye

(Back on the Animated Horse)

I got three versions of my thumbnails done. I re-wrote my script. I’ve gone over Jack’s videos and done some practice on the skeleton by myself. I’m back.

I feel the maya lesson last week was intense and to be honest I’m not sure if I could even begin to re-create what we where taught. However I’m going in early on Tuesday to give it a wack. Despite the fact that I’m on time with the thumbnails and the third version of my script I feel as a class we might be falling behind a bit. I could be wrong, I am a little paranoid this year.

Darren’s class left a lot to be desired due in great part to the programs we have been ‘provided with’. Once we got hold of the edited versions of our videos which took a few hours they where eventually transferred onto our computers. While a handful of the class (5 or less) where able to access and edit the files on fusion Ryan and I spent our time logging onto computer after computer all of which where unable provide a working version of fusion. Together we accessed 9 computers on which fusion did not work the rest that where not taken up where broken (did not switch on, would not log on). Later that week Ryan experienced these problems again in a different class going through multiple computers before finding a fully functioning computer.

I will return to Darrens class this Wednesday hoping instead of knowing weather these computers will work which is unacceptable. Last year and the year before we ran into such problems; programs that did not work, crucial programs we where not provided with for months, buggy computers that turned off by themselves, computers that deleted our files, computers that corrupted our files, W drives that would not work (also for months).

This year had gone so well. 5 weeks had gone by almost without interruption by crappy computer systems. We where even being allowed to access the videos of Jack’s Maya class on the internet (something media students should ALWAYS have had but until now a luxury that only foreign students where given). Now the problems have begun again and I am not comfortable with the idea of learning maya essentially from scratch on computers that will crash and corrupt and fail when I need them to work smoothly and efficiently. It’s bull.

Aside from that massive rant everything is going well, back on schedule as it where. I left Darren’s modeling class half an hour early to talk to a manager of an editing company about work experience. It went well and I may be doing some paid work experience during one of the holidays this year. Darren’s modeling class is great. Productive, enjoyable and I finished my model before I left. I am eagerly looking forward to how this model will be scanned into the computer and how this class will proceed. It’s good to be back.

Ride like the Wind, Bullseye