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Ally McEnhill

NTU Design for Film and Television  Student 2020

Hello my name is Ally and I am currently studying Design for Film and Television at NTU. This blog is to track my progress and discoveries throughout my first year. Enjoy!

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Printing Experimentation

So having decided I no longer wanted to use the laser cutter, I needed to try and think of how I wanted to add textures to the walls but...

Ab Fab Prop Lists

I decided at the start that I wanted to try and do a prop list that incorporated images as I thought it would be useful to help me build...

Imitation of Life (1959)

Imitation of Life was directed by Douglas Sirk A very poignant moment at the start, was when Sarah Jane and Lora's daughter (Meredith)...

Ab Fab Studio Plan

I really enjoyed doing this studio plan. I found working out ideas straight on the storyboard to be a really effective and useful...

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

The Man with the Golden Arm was directed by Otto Preminger and stars Frank Sinatra Trying to tackle drug addiction at the time was...

Ab Fab Script Breakdown

Having decided to do ab fab I then went onto to do my first script breakdown. I actually loved doing this and found it extremely...

Ab Fab Mood Boards/Research

I decided to do Absolutely Fabulous over The Young Ones as I felt that I connected more with that sitcom. I wanted to set it in the 1970s...

Photoshop Visual

Having solidified the rough design with the measurements and built a prototype, I decided to then go on and use photoshop, as I mentioned...

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Released in 1955, The Night of the Hunter was directed by Charles Laughton. I really enjoyed this film, my favourite Film Noir so far. I...

The Third Man (1949)

British film noir directed by Carol Reed When first watching the film, weirdly for me, I felt some parallels in plot with Citizen Kane...

Illustrator Net and Prototype

I then decided to use Illustrator as a software to map out my net for the model. I used some of the measurements that I developed on...

Dreamland Feedback

In conclusion, I absolutely loved this project as it really developed my skill set (in visuals particularly) as well as time management....

Sketchup Development

Before deciding what design, I wanted to do, I decided to explore some of my ideas using sketch up to allow me to understand how I would...

Dreamland Model and Video

So lastly from the technical drawings ,I created the white card model as you can see here. I decided to do it in three different...

Dreamland Tech Drawings

The technical drawing aspect of this brief was actually not as bad as I thought was going be. Having all ready done technical drawing in...

Dreamland Storyboard

Storyboarding is a very new technique for me, I found it particularly challenging as my sketching ability could use a bit of work but I...

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A Matter of Life and Death (known in the U.S as Stairway to Heaven) was directed, produced and written by Michael Powell and Emeric...

Initial Ideas

Having done my mood board, I then decided to sketch out a few ideas. The first one I looked at sloping ground that then went round the...

Dreamland Visuals

A big aspect for this project was the visuals and developing how to do visuals. Previously in a lot of the other projects, I used...

Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane is a classic (directed, produced and starring Orson Welles). Watching it now, it is really hard not to see it as almost an...

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