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N.E.mation! 9: Production wrap up for wasd (#NE9C10)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

When we visited wasd in their final week of production, we discovered that they were very much ahead of schedule – and it looked like they’re going to finish with much time to spare! Erin reports.

Team wasd (Niger is just outside this snapshot) busy finishing up their animation clip.

Team wasd (Niger is just outside this snapshot) busy finishing up their animation clip.

On the second last day of the 3-week production, we visited Commonwealth Secondary School’s wasd at Nanyang Polytechnic.

There was a rather relaxed ambience in their cubicle, as they were close to completion and were simply doing rendering and touching up on the finer details.

All set for rendering.

All set for rendering.

They chose to do rendering in layers, instead of everything at one go.

Rendering in layers is to render different objects in the scene separately, in different layers, so that for each layer of objects, a different image is rendered.

The ticking clock that commences the day for the non-sleeping SAF.

The ticking clock that commences the day for the non-sleeping SAF.

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N.E.mation! 9: Mid-production spotlight on wasd (#NE9C10)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014

This week, Commonwealth Secondary School’s wasd powers full-steam ahead in the production of their SAF-themed animation masterpiece. Erin Tan was on site to get to know the team members and to get the latest updates on their progress.

The team, wasd, with their mascot - Penguin the penguin.

The team, wasd, with their mascot – Penguin the penguin.

Last Friday, we visited N.E.mation! team wasd, working studiously away in their cubicle in Nanyang Polytechnic.

They have been keeping very strictly to their schedule, as created for them by their mentor, and have made much progress in the making of their animation piece.

Niger and Zhi Qing talking enthusiastically about their progress of the previous week.

Niger and Zhi Qing talking enthusiastically about their progress of the previous week.

So far, the team has been able to finish most of the animation sequence, and were able to show us a fully-coloured, fully-animated sample of the final animation.

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N.E.mation! 9: Introduction to wasd (#NE9C10)

Saturday, November 22nd, 2014

wasd is the team from Commonwealth Secondary School that never expected to make it to the Top 10. But made it they did and they’ve got an exciting animation story idea to vie for the top prize.

wasd is one of two teams from Commonwealth Secondary School that entered this year’s installment of the N.E.mation! competition, and the lucky one to make it to the Top 10.

wasd is one of two teams from Commonwealth Secondary School that entered this year’s installment of the N.E.mation! competition, and the lucky one to make it to the Top 10. The fourth member, Niger Lim is not in this photo as he was not present during the visit.

The N.E.mation! competition is a yearly inter-school animation competition for students from secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes to express their thoughts on Total Defence.

Lim Xun Yi from wasd. The team's motto is

Lim Xun Yi from wasd. The team’s motto is “Expect the unexpected”.

This year’s competition is the ninth iteration since the inauguration of the series in 2007.

More than 11,500 students have participated in N.E.mation! thus far with participants comprising mostly secondary school students aged between 13 to 16 years old.

These students form teams of 3-4 members and have to go through multiple rounds of pitching and selection to beat hundreds of teams from other schools to make it into the Top 10.

wasd registered for N.E.mation! 9 some three months ago in August and it has been an incredible journey for them ever since.

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