Transcription Introduction

What is required for this Unit

Part 1: A Transcription

Q.

In an artistic context, what is the definition of the word ‘Transcription’?

A.

example, a piece of music being visualised as a music video or a book being imagined

as a film.

Transcription’ describes a process of interpretation from one source to another. For

Task:

transforming an abstract source into a visual form – For example this could be:

You are commissioned to create a transcribed piece or work of your choice,

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Music to Music Video

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Music to Animated Short

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Text (Novel, Short Story or Article) to Digital Set for Film

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Text (Novel, Short Story or Article) to Digital Set for Game

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Text (Novel, Short Story or Article) to Character Design for Game

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Text (Novel, Short Story or Article) to Character Design for Film

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Text (Novel, Short Story or Article) to Animated Short

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Poem to Animated Short

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Artwork / Painting to Game

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Information or Data (History, Science or Art) to Documentary Film

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The outcome for the project will vary depending upon the type of work chosen, however

the piece should be of an appropriate length (1 – 3 minutes).

Information or Data (History, Science or Art) to Educational PackageNo ‘Epics’!

Supporting Work 1: A Making of…

that illustrates each stage of your ‘pipeline’.

You are asked to produce a ‘making of..’ document

Supporting Work 2: A Technical Paper.

you are asked to produce a document that illustrates one aspect of your technical

research and development. This could be the evolution on an effect, a model, or shader /

texture.

In order that others may explore your findings

Demo Reel:

one element of your final piece and present it as show reel content. For example, this

could be model, an animation, or visual effect,

In order to begin the process of creating a demo reel you are asked to takeBlog:



Intial Thoughts

• I quite like the idea of game as something different to challenge myself for this project
• Music as inspiration
• Inheritance Cycle - Eragon Saga
• Demonata Series - Darren Shan
• Jabberwocky

These were just some rough ideas I had in the begining but have later developed on from this with futher thoughts of what I could do.
You are asked to maintain your blog for the duration of the ten week project.