As you can see from the map picture below, a vast majority of Essex contains coastline. I feel this is an important part of what Essex is, and really hope we can incorporate this into our animation.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
What is Essex?
I started by colecting images from around Essex to give myself an idea of where to start with this project.
As you can see from the map picture below, a vast majority of Essex contains coastline. I feel this is an important part of what Essex is, and really hope we can incorporate this into our animation.
As you can see from the map picture below, a vast majority of Essex contains coastline. I feel this is an important part of what Essex is, and really hope we can incorporate this into our animation.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Some facts about Essex...
- £2.7 Billion per annum from tourism in Essex is brought into the economy.
- 350miles of coastline
- Most popular age group of tourists to Essex is the 40-60 year old age group.
- 70 Golf Courses
- 70% Rural
We want to try and bring these into our animation.
And hopefully, by using a wide range of themes, we can attract a younger age group to Visit Essex, alongside the older age group.
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Initial Thoughts
Brainstorming as a group, we decided on an initial concept for our animation.
As the 4 of us have a variety of skills in 3D software, we decided to go for a simple, cartoon inspired theme for our animation.
The animation would revolve around the concept of the Earth. The Earth itself would represent Essex, and on the earth would be a variety of the places and things to be found in Essex. This idea would give the impression that Essex has the world, all in one place, due to its variety of attractions.
The Earth would revolve, and the camera would take you to each attraction, with signposts showing where you are as the earth keeps turning.
We feel this is a good base to start our project around.
As the 4 of us have a variety of skills in 3D software, we decided to go for a simple, cartoon inspired theme for our animation.
The animation would revolve around the concept of the Earth. The Earth itself would represent Essex, and on the earth would be a variety of the places and things to be found in Essex. This idea would give the impression that Essex has the world, all in one place, due to its variety of attractions.
The Earth would revolve, and the camera would take you to each attraction, with signposts showing where you are as the earth keeps turning.
We feel this is a good base to start our project around.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Our Group.
I am pleased that I have some good friends working with me on this Project.
Our group consists of myself, Jack Draper, Glenn Osborne and Matt Rodi.
I have known Jack for around 7 years now, so we know exactly how each other work, and know of each others strengths. We have been in the same design classes since we met, so have a good knowledge of Graphic and Computer design. He is a keen designer, and a talented artist.
Glenn also went to the same school as myself and Jack, only a couple of school years above us. We met in the very first Semester of our course, and after having alot in common, became good friends. Glenn is a skilled designer, and a hard worker, and this shows in his work. We have worked together as a group of 3 for the previous 3 yeard in all our group work models, and we feel this will help us again this time when it comes to group work.
Our final member is Matt. We only met Matt this year, although we have shared some modules throughout our course. Matt seems keen to work as part of a group, and seems to have a good knowledge of the 3D software. He brought some good intial ideas to the table when we were brainstorming in our first group session. We welcome him to the group!
Our group consists of myself, Jack Draper, Glenn Osborne and Matt Rodi.
I have known Jack for around 7 years now, so we know exactly how each other work, and know of each others strengths. We have been in the same design classes since we met, so have a good knowledge of Graphic and Computer design. He is a keen designer, and a talented artist.
Glenn also went to the same school as myself and Jack, only a couple of school years above us. We met in the very first Semester of our course, and after having alot in common, became good friends. Glenn is a skilled designer, and a hard worker, and this shows in his work. We have worked together as a group of 3 for the previous 3 yeard in all our group work models, and we feel this will help us again this time when it comes to group work.
Our final member is Matt. We only met Matt this year, although we have shared some modules throughout our course. Matt seems keen to work as part of a group, and seems to have a good knowledge of the 3D software. He brought some good intial ideas to the table when we were brainstorming in our first group session. We welcome him to the group!
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Visit Essex Project
As part of our Virtual Environment Module this Semester, we have been given a group work project to complete along side our Head Model.
Our brief was given to us in a small presentation at the beginning of the Semester.
We were spoken to by Ms Elli Constantatou, who is the Tourism, Marketing and PR Manager at Essex County Council.
She explained the Visit Essex project to us, stating the intentions of the project, to bring people to Essex, to make people feel welcome in our county, and to find new and exciting places and attractions here in our county.
To aid the project, we have been asked to produce a short animation, promoting the things that would bring people to Essex. As most people are well aware, Essex has had a Stereotype for quite some time, Stilettos, Boy Racers etc, and I feel we need to get away from this, and show the real side of Essex and all it has to offer.
Our brief was given to us in a small presentation at the beginning of the Semester.
We were spoken to by Ms Elli Constantatou, who is the Tourism, Marketing and PR Manager at Essex County Council.
She explained the Visit Essex project to us, stating the intentions of the project, to bring people to Essex, to make people feel welcome in our county, and to find new and exciting places and attractions here in our county.
To aid the project, we have been asked to produce a short animation, promoting the things that would bring people to Essex. As most people are well aware, Essex has had a Stereotype for quite some time, Stilettos, Boy Racers etc, and I feel we need to get away from this, and show the real side of Essex and all it has to offer.
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