For the duration of 2010 I am undertaking Industry Placement at Reel Pictures – a small animation studio in Melbourne. I am spending 4 days a week working with director Alf Kuhlmann and Mal Padgett of Mal Padgett Design.

The placement has been arranged through my Uni, and as a course requirement I must complete a journal that chronicles my time spent working at Reel Pictures. I have decided to complete this journal through fortnightly entries here on my MICKFX blog.

Right now I am halfway through my 7th Week here, and already I have learnt a great deal about this industry and how it operates here in Melbourne. Over the last few weeks I have been working in Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio MAX and a whole lot of After Effects on a range of different jobs. I have helped composite 3D renders of Women’s Makeup products for Print applications, re-created the Mt. Beauty Mountain Range of the Alpine National Park in 3D (accurate to 1 metre!) and assisted in logo Design.

Right now we are on the back end of a job for ANZ bank which involves creating a number of animations that will play across 3 HD screens in a large walk-in installation.
With these entries I hope to focus on jobs I am currently working on in Reel Pictures, my involvement with them, the methods I use to reach the end products, and the things (good and bad!) I learn along the way!