BlogPost #3: “Dunkirk” and the ticking clock
Focusing specifically on the sound design aspect of the “Dunkirk” trailer unveils a crucial element that plays an instrumental role in shaping the trailer’s emotional impact and immersive experience. Christopher Nolan’s film utilizes sound design as a narrative tool, enhancing tension, urgency, and the immersive quality of the war epic. Soundscape Establishment: The “Dunkirk” trailer…
BlogPost #2 – Dissecting A Disturbed Escape
In the heart of a dense and forbidding forest, a lone car came to a halt on a winding dirt path, its feeble headlights struggling to pierce the oppressive darkness. Inside, David, the protagonist, sat paralyzed behind the wheel, gripped by an overwhelming sense of dread. He had ventured into this desolate wilderness seeking solace,…
Project 1: A disturbed escape
In the heart of a dense and forbidding forest, a lone car came to a halt on a winding dirt path, its feeble headlights struggling to pierce the oppressive darkness. Inside, David, the protagonist, sat paralyzed behind the wheel, gripped by an overwhelming sense of dread. He had ventured into this desolate wilderness seeking solace,…
BlogPost #1: Ben Burtt & Sounds of Star Wars
In the realm of cinematic storytelling, certain individuals leave an indelible mark that transcends their roles, shaping the way audiences perceive and experience the narrative. Ben Burtt stands among these luminary figures, revered as one of the most influential sound designers in the history of filmmaking. His unparalleled contributions, particularly within the iconic Star Wars…
Mini Challenge #1: Green Alien Canyon
This world has two faces its geology is the prettiest thing you will ever see. Its creatures, seemingly adorable, are cruel and hungry and will each other at any opportunity they would get.
BlogPost #4: Analysis of a Title Sequence
Fight Club opens with the camera drawing back at nearly breakneck speed through several layers of oddly textured materials that later on reveal the chaotic wild setting accompanied by Dust Brothers’ pulse-techno soundtrack. In the end, it turns out that the microscopic voyage had been occurring inside the main character’s brain, which places emphasiz on…
Camera Movements
Track In Shot to a dark shadow of a character is a shot very present in the horror genre notably the film Lights Out: Vertigo Shot on a dark hallway is a famous destabilizing shot present in movie such as Poltergeist: This tilt that ends up with a reversed composition is very present…
Squash and Stretch
For this Mini Challenge I decided to use the same world I had for my project 1 and make this quick animation of the surprised emoji walking towards the two other emojis.
BlogPost #2: Project 1 process
For this project I decided to go for an emoji world. In this world everything is made out of a plastic looking material. I first layed down three small hills and a plane in the background to hold an image of the sky. After that I sculpted a path for a small river within the…
BlogPost #1: Favorite Animator
He is the director of Toy Story, the first 3D animated feature film in the history of cinema; the boss of Disney Animation, but also the boss of Pixar, the iconic 3D animation studio, whose new production, Vice-Versa, is released on June 17: John Lasseter is a specimen. The unique case – since Ernst Lubitsch…
An emotional flour sack
Scary Story At Night Lighting Hopeful Morning Lighting Shyness Hiding from the Light of Window Anger Thunder
First 3D render
This semester I decided to register for the 3D animation class in order to strengthen my overall game designer and developer profile and skills. In fact, from all the games, prototypes, and projects that I have made the lack of a solid aesthetic have always been the main missing piece. Learning 3D has always been…
World Of Tanks Review
I finally decided, after more than 27,000 battles, to express my opinion on World of Tanks. This game doesn’t really deserve all the praise it gets. I’m going to give a personal opinion here, based on my experience with the game. The positive aspects of this game: As a result, the strengths of the…
Mini Challenge #5
This question I have had plenty of dreams about… In fact, since I have started discovering myself within the Game Development world I have always wondered to myself, what if I could remove all the financial limits that are restricting me? What if I could just skip everything that is slowing me down in the…
Mini Challenge #4
Dr. Jane McGonigal is the Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future. Her work has been featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times and on MTV, CNN, and NPR. She has been called one of the top ten innovators to watch (BusinessWeek), one of the one hundred…
Brawl Stars: Review
What can you do in 3 minutes? You can play an exciting multiplayer battle mobile game in 3 minutes. Isn’t it a bit unbelievable, but “Wild Brawl”, which has recently logged into the national server, has done just that. Brawl Stars is a group competitive mobile game published by the Finnish mobile game company Supercell….
Clash Royal: Review
Clash of Clans is the predecessor of the famous Finnish game developer Super Cell. Clash of Clans also made him famous in the first battle, but he made strategy games that are similar to the company’s products today, but it’s all a boutique, but I’m still the most classic of Clash of Clans. The first…
Mini Challenge #3
Temple Run 2 According to REM, the Temple Run 2 game reminds you of a “Indiana Jones” adventure world, where you must keep running from the Gorilla to avoid being torn apart. You have power ups that you can utilize to unlock new characters, but the game’s aesthetics aren’t really appealing. Subway Surfers If the…
Mini Challenge #2
A few hours spent in Genshin Impact are enough to realize that this free-to-play game has everything of a AAA. Starting with a very decent scenario, which features two twins who travel through worlds and find themselves separated by a deity. You play as one of them, boy or girl, and discover the continent of…
Fruit Ninja: Review
Fruit Ninja Classic is a simple game that is very addictive. As soon as you start playing, you will understand what needs to be done, without any instructions. The objective is to cut as many fruits as possible to set a new record. There are four different modes in the game, but the objective is…
Project 1: Ideation
The maiden of Spring Narrative and background story For project 1, my group and I have decided to work on developing a story-rich adventure rogue-like game that would take place in a surreal world during the reign of the Greek Gods. It would tell the fictive story of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter and maiden…
Mini-Challenge #1
Gather The Sun. Position Your Plants. Kill Zombies. Repeat. Here is how to define in a very simple way the core loop of Plants vs Zombies 2. When starting the game you find yourself with a couple of seconds and a small amount of Sun energy to get your first lines of defense and sun…
Angry Birds 2: Review
The very first Angry Birds game was launched in December 2009. Since then, it has garnered over 100 million downloads on the Google Play Store and currently holds nearly 3 million 5-star reviews. This app is known to be one of the most entertaining games of the moment. We have seen many other iterations of…
The Game Awards 2021
The announcements this year in The Game Awards 2021 got me amazed by the number of technical progress games can make. AAA titles such as Hellblade and Star Wars Eclipse left me speechless with the level of realism and attention to detail in such massive projects. In fact, in most showcased trailers and snippets I…