Short Animations

Luca is a fantastic learner, who has worked consistently hard throughout the course and developed in his confidence both in his technical ability, and in terms of his communication skills with other members of the cohort. 

Luca says: “The reason I like animation is because it is a way to express your self and tell stories, I love how whole communities form to talk about their favourite animated shows and movies, and how it can be a way to help people understand and relate to the world and how it can unite people. What inspires me are Youtubers that told stories through their videos, especially “Aphmau” with her Minecraft series “My Street” and “Diaries”, that evolved from basic first person format to a more cinematic format to eventually incorporate animation with a story so amazing and characters so loved that it brought people to tears. I started with the idea of a time traveller touring Paignton while trying to locate Paignton Picture House (due to time limits, I was limited with what I could do, so I prioritised the information I wanted to give). I did research on Paignton Picture House, and used that information to plan out what I wanted to add and mention. This lead into the 1914 style of clothing for the character. To create the character, I traced an animated 3D model of that character I had made, using a reference image of the style of clothe at the time. I used the key points of the walking animation to get the angles and the walking correct. My future ambitions is to create an interesting story with characters that people can relate to and a story that will inspire people, just how I have been inspired. While doing my research, I found out a lot of information that interested me, but I think the most interesting thing I learnt was that Paignton Picture House was Agatha Christie’s favourite cinema. 
If you’d like to see more of Luca’s personal work, check out his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@ofxzquznvh6789/featured