<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Matthew Leonard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matthew Leonard]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/casebook</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:37:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pre-Production in Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pre-production stage is one of the most important stages in animation as it's the stage which fully develops the story and the...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/pre-production-in-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b1018238061b001529b775</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 14:59:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kN5Xi9vC04&amp;t=15s&amp;ab_channel=NickelodeonCartoonUniverse" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Umbrella' Part 5 - Animatic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally we move into the last stage of the project being the animatic. One thing that I didn't mention in Part 4 during my storyboarding...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/umbrella-part-5-animatic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b0011c7ac5f300157f1675</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 20:46:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_a3f87e1bf7d04b55aa529f548ede702b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Umbrella' Part 4 - Storyboarding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once I developed my characters enough it was time to begin storyboarding. As I mentioned in Part 2 I already did a tiny amount of...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/umbrella-part-4-storyboarding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60affcdb4c8a780016c78453</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 20:28:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_6b1297826efc46a3bd7b937dc23fd12e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_783,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Umbrella' Part 3 - Building on Characters]]></title><description><![CDATA[After I knew what characters I wanted to be in my project it was time to develop them further and experiment with their designs. 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These...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/designing-environments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60ae71ca06fbf200151eab6a</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 17:05:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_1140817f04a34de1acf20d31ce485ff5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concept Idea Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[During this lesson we were told to design our own characters keeping in mind the use of shapes from the previous lesson. 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They play a key role in society and are...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/semiotics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">606d67727c370700151a5a77</guid><category><![CDATA[Animation Context]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:30:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_d5416a9d546e4e619bda3b2da8d1c036~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_637,h_543,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character Archetypes]]></title><description><![CDATA[During this lesson we move away from different story structures and start focusing on different archetypes for characters in which we can...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/character-archetypes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603cb8041e9cde00411d2b80</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_5c5daa6c6ab04033b11f9fc3fe84aa4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pose Practice on Buckid]]></title><description><![CDATA[For our introduction into this new module, we got shown this model known as "Buckid" which has been intentionally rigged for the use of...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/pose-practice-on-buckid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603cb37a4a7387002bd02cac</guid><category><![CDATA[Animation 102]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:42:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_d0a193aa027d45998d7f38e68f333cde~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Story Development for Animation]]></title><description><![CDATA[To continue where we left off in our previous lesson, we focus on looking at more types of story development methods, as well as being...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/story-development-for-animation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603cac3b4a7387002bd0289c</guid><category><![CDATA[Script to Screen]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:25:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_04ca13f35e59457182f81cf94c6aefc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_353,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of CRAAP Testing]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my lesson in animation context, what I've learned which I've found to be incredibly useful is to use CRAAP testing on documents...]]></description><link>https://matthew-leonard.wixsite.com/website/post/the-importance-of-craap-testing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6033ac82842a080017c9e306</guid><category><![CDATA[Animation Context]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:39:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29c2b_e9a60e8c93764caf823d619252f69fae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_638,h_479,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew Leonard</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>