Hi I am Oliver Lodge and as of 2013 I am studying 2nd Year Visual Arts majoring in Electronic Arts at the Dunedin School of Art. Electronic Arts describes a broad range but for me, my aim in this course is work with CG animation and video and gain skills and appreciation of the practice.
By the end of this degree I want to have successfully (at least successful to myself) have a fully realized CG animation as an artist rather than professional animator and as a student at an art school rather than an animation school I want to bring a certain beauty to my work.
I came to this particular school as the websites Electronic Arts preview video, showed glimpses of CG animation and also my interest in painting. In the first year myself as well several others were let down, in terms of Electronic Arts as we learnt that animation wasn't actually taught. After the first semester I was ready to leave, but due to several factors I decided to see out the year.
In the 6 week run at Electronics Arts in second semester, once again we did not do animation, I was disappointed but was able to use video to create narrative, and in 6 weeks was able to create what I felt was a successful and enjoyable project. and I was told that second year would allow me to broaden to palette, and to me that meant animation, and then decided to see out the degree.
Coming into second year I am the only student in my year to major in electronic arts and so have been put with the photography students due to obvious crossovers between the still image and the moving image.
It is hard to say how I feel about it all, I am glad I have peers, but the fact that I am the only Electronic arts student means that I am singled out, and I really really hope that I am not dragged around and limited by what is best for the photography students.
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