CGI Inspiration

dedicated for 3D models

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how 3D change the perspectives and UX - leap motion

[lizzy-bennet]

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Maya Glass materials(tutorial)

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Audi RS4 - Spider (2005, UK) A commercial with CGI and VFX Excellent cinematography, lighting, sounds, colour and choice of elements.

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Documenting the Narration Sound Effects in the project

Editing the sound is my job too (edited on audacity)

First scence (tree)

Go and open the door

(squeaky door opens - fade out)

maybe outside there is

a tree,

(wind)

(page flip)

2nd (magic city)

maybe it’s a magic city 

(fire flickering sound)

(page flip)

3rd (dog)

go and open the door

maybe it’s a dog is rummaging

(spiky triangle goes up—ice cracking sound)

(dog)

(light effect)

(page flip)

4th (eye)

maybe you will see an eye,

……

or the picture OF a picture

(dark wisp —ambient noise)

5th (dark)

event if there’s only 

the DARKNESS ticking

and

the hollow wind (wind effect)

Go and open the door

[jeremy-chung]

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Thanks for Jeremy's help on fixing up keyframes. 

I have added the animation of dark wisp crawling out from the door in the furtherest frame. This is another evidence to show the fear of character. The fear is increasingly strong which drags the character into the next door.

The camera has become the first person from the point where the character looks up to the eye.

Talking about the cinematography of camera:

Crane up -- looking up to the eye

Zoom in-- character is in deep thought, imagining beyond (thinking about what will happen next so the next door can be seen to)

Spin  -- represent the character being dragged into the next door

are the major techniques applied.

Reference:

Top 20 Amazing Cinematic Techniques Part 1, accessed on 1st November, 2014, accessed on 29th October, 2014  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3EnnBDgMww>

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Techniques of Cinematography:

Long take

Doggicam (establish 1st person feeling, feel the nerves)

Tracking shot (in search for something)

Steadicam ( moving with the character, bring audience on set)

Extreme establishing shot

Establishing shot

Pan (scenery)

Low angle shot ( to assert dominance) 

Crane up

Dutch angle (45degrees)

Frantic Zoom (can mark the sequence)

POV (point of view- as eyewitness)

Special effects (surrealism)

slow motion (emphasis the relationship with action and time)

Panaromic Travelling (a journey)

Horizontal Panning 

High angle

Tilt

Match cut (similar object ; switch)

Spin

Limitless zoom (for loop, going on forever)

Camera Split 

Reference:

Top 20 Amazing Cinematic Techniques Part 1, accessed on 1st November, 2014, accessed on 29th October, 2014  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3EnnBDgMww>

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Trouble shooting the speed of animation

Maya preferences > Time setting : PAL (25fps) *standard (NISC- AUS, Film- 24fps)

Time slider: real time 25 fps (real time every frame)

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Compositing in after effects

render something can support alpha (iff---quickest, targa)

import to after effects

Preset HD1080 25

import 1st sequence> tick iff sequence

bring in different layers (e.g. master, diffuse)

mode > overlay for occlusion the best (to blend)

adjust colour, opacity

composition> pre-render

output> real-time>RGB (audio off)

soundtrack put in premiere 

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For composition

Adding the page flipping effect when compositing to avoid awkward camera cut between different scenes

However,

later we preferred to model a flip page and add animation on it which streamline our production under maya.

Reference:

"After Effects Tutorial - How to make the Book Effect ( Turning a Page Over )">accessed on 27th Oct, 2014 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2mHML4OUbk>

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This is the perverse I did for the eye and frame scene

firstly, from the perspective of audience

zoom in to the character

secondly, character's perspective

then camera pan up to gaze at the frames

find the landscape within landscape

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Animating the Camera in the eye and frame scene

we want the micro movement of the animation to be jaggy 

but for the camera, we want it to be smoothly panned to draw a line between the audience perspective and the emphasis of our low poly model movement

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MAYA 3D Animation Tutorial : Batch rendering and converting to a movie file

using f check to create a movie/animation

render setting

Reference:

MAYA 3D Animation Tutorial : Batch rendering and converting to a movie file accessed on 26th Oct, 2014 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjcp75widX8>

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Animating a camera

set panel to camera 

set key frames

S hot key

Reference

Animating a camera, accessed on 17th October, 2014 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p0OqE3ZYamo>

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MAYA 3D Animation Tutorial - Attaching a camera to a curve in Maya

attached the camera to a curve by

creating UV curves + create camera

right click to attach the motion

for smooth camera pan

can easily move inside models

Reference:

MAYA 3D Animation Tutorial - Attaching a camera to a curve in Maya access on 25th Nov, 2014 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4VbosbaqQ>

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Frame scene

setting out the layer of model

idea of frame within a frame

a guide to how to portray the mountains

A replica of the "frame within a frame"

setting the camera

Reference

Creating and Using Cameras.

A Herbez, 2014, Module 12 Creating and Using Cameras, Maya 1 Online-Additional Resources

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Our project is based on the concept that Salvador Dali resembles--- Surrealism. 

Our storyline revolved around a door, wherever it leads to is a connection with the mind of character. Therefore, the scenery is very abstract which ties back to our low poly style as well because objects are still in development in our subconsciousness. 

 In the end the person never find a way out as he is trap in his own fear. We can view our whole image of animation as macro and the door opening being the micro of the person’s surreal imagination.

Dali's symbolism in his work

The egg is another common Dalíesque image. He connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love; it appears in The Great Masturbator and The Metamorphosis of Narcissus. The Metamorphosis of Narcissus also symbolised death and petrification. 

How Dali's symbolism has influenced us?

At the beginning, it begins with a tree means the early stage into character's imagination so it's simple and relaxing. The intensity increased with the intricacy of character's mind which colour and the lighting evolved along. Furthermore, we have the scene where there are a frame within a frame signifies the conflict in character's mind, he begins to be lost and trap in his own imagination. Lastly, the dark wisps representing the fear in character's subconsciousness which at a point always appeared to be spiky and creepy to freak the character out. 

Reference:

Wikipedia - Salvador Dali, via<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD#Legacy>, accessed on 25th Sepetember, 2014