CGAA Unit 2 – Space

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CGAAUnit2Space

Greenlightreview

MichaelSmallwood


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Contentpage

1-IntrotoWrittenAssignment.

2-6-pagesofthebook,HighlightedonpointsILookedat.

7-Bitabouttheauthorandthebook.

8-MainInfluencemap.

9-I.Mforeachofthe3Sectors.

10-Keythumbnailsforpart1



13-15-C.P.A=Creativepartnershiparchive.

NOTICEFORPHILL!

Concerningmykeythumbnails,IhavehadawaveofinspirationtodaywithAnn

nockingideaswithmeandmykeythumbnailsthatareonheremaynotbemy

keyonesbytheendoftheweek.Iwillbedoingthemanduploadingthem

throughouttheweeksoifyoucouldcommentonthemaswellatalaterdate

thatwouldbeveryhelpful.Thankyou.


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WrittenAssignment

Film:Alien

ThisWrittenassignmentwillbeanalysingcriticallytheproductiondesignand

thevisualconceptsofthefilmAlienmadein1979.Themainpointsofattention

thisassignmentwilllookatarefeminismandhowthatcomesoutinthevisualof

thefilm,HGGigerwhomwastheconceptartistandwhatmakesthealienin

aliensuchaniconicfigurethatoneonceseeingitwouldneverforget.

Theinformationtobackupthiswrittenassignmentwillbecomingfrombooks,

DVDandtheweb.Fromthewebthisassignmentwilllookatsomereviewsofthe

filmandsomegeneralinformationaboutHGGiger.Frombookscomesforth

informationaboutthefilm,howitwasmadeect,alsoinformationonfeminism,

artistsandviews.TheDVDsorcewillhelpbackupgeneralinformationaboutthe

film

Bibliography

Bookonalienfromafriend(donothavethebookyetbutwillbegettingitvery

soon)

Freud,Sigmun,(2003),TheUncanny,Penguin

Reviews

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien/(Accessed5NOV2011)

Multi-Media

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AlienQuadrilogyBonus,(2003),RidleyScott,TwentiethcentreFoxfilm

Corporation

Illustrations

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TheFirstMenintheMoonwaswrittenin1901byHGWellswhomhaswritten

over80booksinhislife.

Bornin1866,BromleyhewaslatereducatedattheNormalSchoolofSciencein

London.Until1895hewentthroughmanyjobsincludingjournalismwhichalso

laterhelpedhiminhiswritingcareer.After1895,hebecameafulltimewriter

andwrotesuchbooksasTheInvisibleMan(1897),WhentheSleeperAwakes

andthenin1901,TheFirstMenintheMoon.

Atthetimeofthebookbeingwrittenmanhadstillyettoconcurthetriptothe

moonandtherewasalotoffascinationofwhatitwouldbelikethereandifthere

wouldbeanythingthere.Thatisthethoughtwhatmadethisbook,aquestionin

whichmysterystillstood.

Latertherewouldbeanadaptionofthebookandwouldbemadeintoafilmin

1964calledFirstMenintheMoon.

Alsothebookwouldlaterbere-released100yearlaterinGollanczsSF

Masterworksseries.

Plotforthebook.

Itissetin20thcenturyEnglandwhenmanhadyetconcurredthemoon.

AnindustrialistnameBedfordandascientistnameCavorbecomeentwinedbyfate.TogethertheymakeaspaceshipnamedSherewhichhurlsthemtospace

withthehelpofaninventionmadebyCavor.Cavorhopestofindlivinglifeforms

whileBedfordgoesinsearchofprofitable.OncetheretheyfindSelenites,which

areinsect-likebeingwhomlivebeneaththesurfaceofthemoon.Thenthingsgo

terriblywrong,whichBedfordandCavorhaveovercomeiftheywhishtoget

home.

Informationonthebook(Accessed6Nov2011)

http://www.sfsite.com/06a/fm105.htm

InformationonHGWells(Accessed6Nov2011)

http://www.sff.net/people/james.van.pelt/wells/biography.htm

Informationonthefilm.(Accessed6Nov2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058100/plotsummary

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ThisisthemainIMforallthreeandtheconceptofcolure,texture,

perspectiveandatmosphereIwhishtohaveinmypeaces.


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ThesearemyIMs

forthethree.I

havetriedtolook

atanumberof

thingstobroaden

myideasinterms

ofcolor,texture,

shapesand

lighting.


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Thisisshowingdepthand

tryingtogetsome

atmosphere.Thisiskeytome

soitduesnotbecomeflatlike

mostofmydrawingshave

become.

Thesearewhattheplants

couldlooklike.Thesearekey,

Imaynotendupusingthem

buttheshapesandthe

structureIthinkwill.

ThisisthekindofoutcomeIthink

wouldlookgood,howeverIdoknowI

needtoimprovetheperspective(thankstomylovelypartners)andamworking

onthisbutstillthisiskeyasIthinkit

willgiveofatmosphereandgivemealot

toplayaroundwith(shadowsect)


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Iamstuckbetweenmany

ideasforthe2ndpartas

therearethreegoodscenewhichIcoulddo,twobeing

verysimilar,beingtunnles.

Theotheroneofthethreehoweverisinaverywideopenspacewhichcouldlookverygood

ifIgettheperspectivecorrect(whichneedswork)howeverIfearIwillgettoastagewhere

Iamjustaddingthingstotakeupthespacethatisfree.

ThesearesomerubbingsIdidtotry

andgetanotherlookforthecaves

andtunnels.Thesearekeynotonly

towhatIamdrawingbuthowIam

drawingasIgenerallystartwith

lineswhichsometimesworksbut

othertimesIcantseewhatIwanttosee,withthisIcanseewherethe

lightiscomingfromect.


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Istruggledtocomeupwithideasforthe3rdandfinalpart,howeverwhentalkingtoAnnIcame

upwithanideathatIbelievewillfitthealiensandtheplaceofpositioning.Itriedtokeepsome

fragmentsofhumantechnologyandalienandcomeupwithsomethingorganic.Thesearekeyastheyarethe1sttomatchwhatIwhishittobelike.Iamstillatthismomentcomingupwith

moreideashoweverthesearewhatyoucouldcallthefatherofthoseideasIamcomingupwith

now.


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C.P.A

Every comment from my blog from partners

Chrissie Peters said...

Hello Creative Partner! Hope your computer man turned up and you can now use everything! It should

help loads with reading the PDFs of the story, i've found the highlight-and-grab-in-pdf-thing really

useful.I'm not in today cos I'm poorlyflu and don't want to splutter over everyone in the lecture theatreso I will see you tomorrow for Maya. Which I will enjoy.

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George Whiley said...

really nice mike! The simpleness of the image makes it that more dramatic!

28 October 2011 12:22

mikesmallwood said...

cheers. Yeah I quite like how its quite simple. Though I would have never have done it this way if we

actually had all the tablets to go around as I was using a mouse so I could not draw very good and used

the lasso which worked well I think.

28 October 2011 12:26


The little people at the top make it look vast, very dramatic!

31 October 2011 06:59


:) your the 1st so far to pick that up as i asked a friend what she thought of it and she could not tell

what it was(which ill have to address later on)

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Chrissie Peters said...hiya, just thinking...try playing with some different perspectives, all your thumbnails are very

ordinary...rock---space to look---rock sort of thing. There are some good ones here, about half way

down.http://shanghey.wordpress.com/5 November 2011 11:05


Also, google Mountain Biking, you get some wicked perspective shots.

5 November 2011 11:07

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George Whiley said...

I agree with Chrissie, perspective seems to be the key in creating a dramatic space! btw this new

background seems to attract your attention away from your actual work, just a hint :)

5 November 2011 13:04


thanks yeh i can see where you are coming from as I so lack perspective and have got a little carrierd

away with the hole 'rock' thing going on :) i will look that up and see what i can comeup with. I have

done a lot more drawings today and I think they are all going to have the same underling problem :(. so

thanks for mentioning it and pointing me to somthing to look at thanks :)

5 November 2011 13:22

Every coment I have left on my partners blog

Chrissies blog.


hey hey some good stuff here!!! I'm very much liking number 1-3 but mainly like

3 as it wacky and interesting (to me at least :D ) keep it up. another thing, to

help me a little with some of mine is I have added a little bit of colour to get moreof a feel for it, nothing fancy of corse just a little here and there. It may help to

bring em to life and add another layer of interest :) but anyways, GOOD WORK

!!!!!!

31 October 2011 03:22


some grate stuff and i am in love with no 19 on the upper sheets as it is fun and

to me very pleaseing to the eye :). Oh and very clear too and good to see youare up to date with your reviews.:) good stuff!!!!

3 November 2011 12:11


wow, just wow. this is very good. At first glance I thought you had taken a

picture of stairs and put lines through it, but wow it is really convincing. With thisI expect to see an even better finale out come now lol.

7 November 2011 03:08

Georges blog..


hehehe yeh what they said :). some good stuff and what i saw of todays photoshop and yourskectches you are well on your way :) though do not forget that you need a 100 thumbnailsso keep on at it :) Are little group has gota stick together and make sure we do the best we

can do and stuff.

28 October 2011 12:30

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some sexy stuff here. Im loving the little things here in your pictures like the woodenbridge that is falling apart. It also massively comes across as organic yet still feels warm

and homie. GOOD WORK !!!

31 October 2011 03:31


hey partner! Im only seeing one review so far and no more brill thumbnails!! I know youhave done more as i saw you doing them :) you need to get everything up here so i can seeand coment. and get your reviews done if you have not all ready. as we have seem 4 films

so far so try and get it all done by weekend or somthing, give your self a deadline or elseyou will fall behind and have a hard stressful time of getting it done last minete and we donot want that do we:)

3 November 2011 12:06


some more sexy stuff here!!!has a grate feel and atmosphere as phill rightly pointed outhowever it feels a bit to smooth if you get me. Like the rocks for example you could dowith a bit more texture and then i think it would go from sexy to epic :) keep up the good

work

7 November 2011 03:45


Me like very much. they remind me of the film and star wars funny enough. Good work

7 November 2011 03:20


forgot to mention, i very much like the very top one as you can see both inside and out. :)

7 November 2011 03:21

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