Visiting Lecturer & Notes - Peter Peake
Visiting Lecturer & Notes
Peter Peake
Animation Director – AARDMAN
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668849/
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Studied as a Graphic Designer, and side-lined as an animator in
college, then found employment at Aardman with his 3 exhibition animations.
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Works and directs
a multitude of multi-disciplinary skilled people in order to create a cohesive
project.
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Extremely focused on his intent.
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Was hired as a stop motion animator after university.
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One of the animators on Rex the Runt.
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He was the one to help
develop the original Sean the Sheep with Nick Park.
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Directed Robbie the Reindeer-
Legends of the Lost Tribe.
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Design idea to create simple representation in order to differentiate
objects easily.
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Without maintaining focus, it
can severely increase production time.
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Spontaneity creates more
approachable viewings.
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Creates bespoke characters in order to create characters we can relate
to.
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When working in a collaborative environment, it is always wise to
design multiple options that relates to your teams work.
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Works towards the simple draft in order to visualise concepts faster.
Also used for storyboards & lip-syncing the character.
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Researched based on life
experiences.
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Informed research from a range of disciplines (furniture/product
design/surface pattern), materials and environments.
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Look & Movement are used
to inform the design of the character.
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Developed inspiration by utilising objects found on hand. Shoe-horned
Design.
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Unusual experimentation can create unusual results. (positive)
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Out-sourcing work, if
appropriate, to appropriate designers in order to aid production.
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Eye & mouths of characters, are usually tracked and added later in
Flash.
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When creating polished
designs, the entities need to be easy to register and distinguish, by having
simple features that portray this.
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Using bespoke tools for location research. (Google maps)
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When working for a company, you can’t go off script due to the higher
end requirements.
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When working on solo projects, he tends to work on anything fun and has
fun with the research.
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