Adam Paloczy: Sculpture and SFX Blog

  Ghost Stages Project Unit 7 In this part of the unit, we have been tasked with  collaborating  within a small team: JACKY CHAU   ZHISHUANG FAN  YISONG HUANG  ADAM PALOCZY  GEORGE TUSON   RUIMENG GU In our group had the chance to select a ghost scene from a list to work on, moreover, we could approach the making of this scene however we wanted and we been taken through some introductions and workshops to give us tools for designing, making and performing. We were asked for a production pitch of our scene so our ‘pitch’ can include drawings, designs, samples, models, and proposals, furthermore like part of the pitch to be a proof of concept (a performance/animation/small film etc.) of the ghost. We had the opportunity to find our project from 6 scenes. I was very excited about this project. I was reading about practical ways to produce ghost effects, like peppers ghost and other staff. I always wanted to be involved in a ghost film. Our ...

  CHARACTER SCULPT PROJECT This project was a collaborative unit with Set Design, therefore  For the unit, I was working with  Alexei Wescott in pair. We were given a 5-week   project to draw and sculpt a licensed characte r .  The  main focus  was to produce a sculpture plan  drawing  of an existing character from film or TV to a certain  scale , then model it as a 3D sculpt but paying close attention to keeping it the  correct size  and every possible detail. We were instructed that the  sculpt should be no larger than 25cm in height and can be sculpted in monster clay, plasticine or similar material. Why did I choose the Alien Chestburster? So actually we had the opportunity to sculpt whatever we wanted, but the height can not be larger than 25 cm. I was thinking a lot (since the first year) about what to choose. Around October I started to think, what if I would do a creature, like Yoda, the Alien or Predato...