Lewis Guarniere is a 3D Modeller working for Double Negative in London. DNeg are a BAFTA award winning Visual Effects company who have worked on many prestigious projects such as Harry Potter, Iron Man 2, The Wolfman and Inception (to name a few). Lewis has also worked for MPC working on advertisements such as Evian ad with the roller-skating babies. All workshops/ participation will be used towards evidence for Units for both Yr Groups.Most importantly Lewis provided us with 'key information' for 'working in the Games Industry' and how to get into it - what it is to be a 'concept/production artist' - working in a 'production team' what you can earn/time-scales for projects & budgets - what University is like - how to make a successful SHOW-REEL/digital portfolio.
The day ended with Lewis demonstrating scene by scene how elements of the Harry Potter films were constructed, showing this layer by layer.
We have had very positive feedback from both students and staff, and we are really hopeful that we are fortunate enough for Lewis to make this a regular feature of our courses.
Comments from students:-
"The visit from Lewis on Monday was amazingly beneficial to me, it gave me a
good look into the work I am doing and how it relates to the real industry I
was able to see behind the scenes of many different projects and see how
they are made. It also opened my eyes to how hard it may be to get into the
industry which only inspired me to work harder." Steven Games Yr2
"Our lecture with Lewis Guarniere I found very useful. For him to come from a
big Media company from London and visit a small college like ours was a
pleasure as he gave such insight into what the industry is really like, more
than the lectures at Bradford Animation Festival.Some of the useful information he gave us was, how to successfully get into a big company, what working in the industry was really like and what to do and what not to do. As a speaker I found he was very easy to listen to, probably because what he was saying I found interesting but if anyone else were to get the opportunity to speak to Lewis I would highly recommend it." Marcus Games Yr2
"From this event with lewis i have been given a very big insite into the industry like the amount of money i will be making in the first 3 or 4 years (not very much) but it has a very interesting to hear about it from someone that worked his way up from the bottom. He also talked about how he got into the industry which was very interesting because he started as a 'runner' and he explained what a 'runner' does (going from one company to any partner one with information and test renders) then moved up to render supervisor and then to a 'low level modeler' then seven years later he got to 'mid level modeling'. He also talked about the different stages of modeling and all the other more boring stuff that need to be done in order for the end product to be good. He also broke down the different levels of production on films like 'Harry Potter' showing how they went from the 'raw footage' to adding all the CG and and camera effects." Luke Games Yr2
LINKS for developing evidence:-
http://www.doublenegative.co.uk/news/inception_wins_special_visual_effects_bafta_298.html http://www.moving-picture.com/
http://www.escapestudios.com/ - A company who train people to use Maya/3DSmx. You can work online or go to the studio to work in a class environment.
GAMES Yr2 - Complete the TASKS for this INDUSTRY VISIT - ppt on 'i' drive [Company Review + Lewis - the 3 Adverts - CH4 Dubai, Evian Babies, Fox's Biscuits - costs, teams, timing]
