16.3.15

Thesis.

Had a great supervision session today that highlighted many new elements for grounding my thesis and bolstering the ideology of an animatronic renascence. I will be reviewing some new literature over the next few days that will hopefully bring my thesis together with the core concept of special effects in film

I will be trying to get some more of the literature review completed before the weekend. I am aiming to get around 2,000 words done this week so I will be putting more of my efforts into that part of the project rather than the model.

Training.

I have also spent a few hours watching the Stan Winston School of character arts videos that I have subscribed to. These are proving very interesting as they cover a wide range of industry standard approaches that I can adapt and implement into my project. In addition to this I have also completed the next stage of my Z-brush character building lesson.


Model.

I have been working on putting together a control system that seamlessly moves between autonomous control and r.c control.  The current systems works using a splitter cable going from a single servo motors into both the arudino controller and r.c transmitter. I have outlined an idea for a system that allows registration of the position of the servo when controlled via the r.c controller so the arduino can always know the position of the servo. This will allow for a smooth transition between r.c and arduino.. I will allocate time next week to experiment with this.

Feelings.

I am feel pretty happy with the project at the moment, It really helps getting weekly supervision as it motivates you through the week to get everything finished before the review.

Evaluation.

This session was a very good experience, I think that there is a really good balance between the thesis and model.

Analysis.

The current situation of the project is moving into a very productive stage, I have finished around 5,000 words of my literature review so I am nearing completing the first full draft. I will then spend a week organising the chapter so it flows how I want it to.

Conclusion.

There is nothing else I could have done this session to improve the situation of the project at this current time.

Action Plan.

The plan for next session is to achieve around about 2,000 words of the literature review and finished the structure of the teeth via the end of the weekend.