Module Brief:
During this will be an academic year long module, I will develop a digital portfolio of work that will demonstrate my expertise in one (or a combination) specialist areas, as well as informing myself of the current landscape of employment, self-fulfilment or post graduate opportunities. I will be assessed on my creative ability of how I express my work with a self-chosen communication technology, my technical ability in how well the chosen technology is used (and in a non-traditional manner). The portfolio can either be a traditional (print/book etc) or digital (Vimeo/web/video show reel) or a combination of both forms. This module will be split into two 50% briefs to help structure my workload and research.
Practically I will be devising a strategy for engagement with external clients and studios, i.e. social media, invitation to animation screening at the end of year show, development of business cards and associated materials, my attendance to networking events. During the module I must demonstrate some original work to diversify my portfolio. This could be a response to a competition brief (YCN / D&AD or 11 Sec Club), a Live or Simulated brief set by industry, or a self-directed project that is in response to my desired specialism or identified role in a company – (eg. Stop Motion Puppet, a series of animation exercises in Maya, Concept Art / Storyboards for an self-directed project). I will also collate previous works that have been modified ready for professional presentation – eg. Re-rendering Video Files to HD quality, Re-editing animation exercises, captioning animation clips.
Students should submit:
Assignment 2
- Post Graduation (1 to 5 year plan)
- Creative Learning Journey
- Showreel
- CV and updated LinkedIn Account, Business Card
Assessment Components
Assignment Two (50%)
Post Graduation (1 to 5 year plan)
- (upto 1000 words) which should demonstrate some research into your next steps into creative industry or post graduate study, and some of my aspirations for the future. It could include local, national or international opportunities. This should build on from your information and research in your Industry Scoping Document. It should also evaluate your communication strategies and how you will promote your Portfolio and Showreel. as well as considering alternative support for being an Animator or Practitioner.
Creative Learning Journey
- 20 'Experiences' you've encountered during your study and time at university. You may produce this as creatively as you wish - examples could be a short bullet pointed video, a zine, a poster, a board game, creative writing. Have fun with the format, but keep it concise and authentic. As a Learning Journey, it is a reflection and evaluation of your academic year.
- Max 2 mins - with branding - best practice 6 of your best pieces of work.
CV
Updated LinkedIn Account
Business Card
Submission deadline date and time
4th June 2021 – 4pm
I was tasked with the other 50% part of this assessment module today and this will run alongside the last two modules of my final year (Making of 'Negotiated Project'; and Negotiated Project - Phase 2) right through the rest of my final months of the academic year of the degree. Even though I have many other assignments such as production bible & casebook (of Negotiated Project Making of and Phase 2) and not a lot time to focus on all of them at the same time. I'm fortunate that I have already made headway to some of the tasks for assignment 2 that I have been tasked with developing. This module frankly focuses greatly on finding what skills we need to develop for our future job in animation before the academic year is complete.
The work I already created so far before that I can integrate towards this module are...
Assignment 2 -
Creative Learning Journey:
Obviously this is a presentation of 20 experiences over the course that is required of this module. In year 1 Level 4, I created something similar in Introduction to the ‘Making of’ module called a Pecha Kucha – Learning Journey that I can use as a template for this second assignment.
Showreel:
I have created several showreels right through my education at College and University learning to become a professional animator. My majority recent reel that I created in 2020 of University which is more professional than the others. But during the second semester of this module, I need to be updated my reel with all of the new projects from 2021.
CV:
I presently have a CV that I created for a Unit in college and updated over the years. One of my points for this module is to bulk out my creative CV and make sure it's upto date.
Updated LinkedIn Account:
I created a LinkedIn profile in second year of University after adding a completed course I watched on LinkedIn and decided that if I'm adding this course I should equip my profile with the right information. In the future the aim of the profile is to improve my networking abilities. I hope that sometime in the future I can add more contacts to my network and the profile.
- LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-jordan160998/
Week 1 Lecture:
For this weeks lecture, we recapped over the module's brief, having explanation on what is needed for the rest of the project.
