Aztec-Escape

Finished

2008-06-12T03:53:00.001-07:00

Heres my final animation of the snake actually in the film, there were a few problems but we chose not to move the body but just the head.

Final Shots

2008-06-10T09:55:00.001-07:00

Here are a few render shots from the final film to show the rig of the explorer in full working order; i am so happy that the rig allowed for a dive roll and rope swings; i feel that it didnt hold us back in anyway, which was my fear. I had rigged before but nothing as complex as what i have managed to create for this film. The film looks fantastic too and the animation really demonstrates the rig. I feel it worked out so well although there have been problems theres been nothing i cant fix with them pretty quickly and with no effect to the current animation so overall i am extremely happy.

Animating the snake

2008-06-05T05:50:00.001-07:00

So i knew i had to do some animation for my file even though it really isnt my thing at all, however it had to be done. I had previously done a small amount of animation with the tortoise just a short walk cyccyle as a test, unfortunately the tortoise got dropped. Anyway we had a snake already rigged but not texture, therefore i needed to texture it then animate it for a scene in the film. The texturing went well but the UV'ing for it whoever had done it wasent great, but its so small thats its hard to tell anyway. I originally animted it moving along the floor and rearing up. Unfortunately when i imported it into the environment and tried to scale it down it messed up and corrupted. Therefore i had to unbind it and re-rig it to size. It took some time but i managed to get it done and animted in the scene. Heres the test animation for the original movement.

Nearly there!

2008-06-05T05:43:00.000-07:00

So close to finishing now! Anyway it was getting to the point where work is starting to get thin on the ground as we had started rendering and just finishing bits off at this point however the kitchen still needed to be textured for when the cooker had blown up. Therefore everything had to be blackened. So i took the original textures i had created and layered up a charred/burnt texture over the top to give the desired effect we were after. Here are a few screenies to show how it went, i am particually pleased with the effect to show how the ash has settled! As the camera only sees a certain amount of the kitchen in the shot ive only needed to texture about half of it for the specific camera.

Lighting

2008-05-29T08:31:00.000-07:00

Now that we have began rendering the house interior needed to be lit; having already modelled and textured the kitchen i now had to light it. I have also been given the texturing for the hallway and have taken up what Rob had previously started. Obviously i am not a lighter but i am pleased with the outcomes i have been able to achieve. Initially i was aiming for a light orangery/yellow to the scene as i imagined it to be very early hours of the morning where the sun had just began to rise; however Jonno wanted it so that it was clear it was the middle of the night as opposed to early morning. I therefore changed the lighting to be more of a moonlight feel. I am happy with both the kitchen and the hallway and feel that the light coming from outside through the windows gives that extra touch to the scene. Although my primary area of modelling and rigging is over i feel i have been able to offer help with both the texturing and lighting for the project.

Texturing

2008-05-22T13:52:00.000-07:00

So for the past few week or so ive been working on texturing the kitchen ready for the film; having modelled and uv'ed the kitchen it only made sense for me to texture it also. Jonno wanted quite a modern feel to the kitchen so textures were kept quite clean and nothing too fancy to fit with the style of the house. I found it quite a challenge as it is not really my specialism but i am filling in as required to get the film finished. Im very happy now with how it has turned out and can show a small environment from modelling through to texturing. Although it still looks a little plain here once the walls and floor have been textured and the scene has been lit im sure it will look great. So my next task is to finish those off and then move onto the next part, which Jonno will assign me to.

Tweaking the sleeping guy rig

2008-05-14T01:20:00.000-07:00

Rob found a few problems with some of the blend shapes for the sleeping guy; when the eyes blinked on one side it moved the eyelid on the opposite side. When both blinked at the same time it messed up. Unfortuntely as we are all aware once a blend shape has been created the only way to fix it is either to delete the cause of the problem or to unbind the skin and re-model the blend shape and re-weight, which would have taken way too much time to fix. I came up with a solution of moving the verts on the blendshape model so that they would not move on the actual rigged character. Agaian in took quite a while but crisis averted and the problem has been solved.

2008-05-13T00:13:00.001-07:00

Heres the UV map for the grandfarther clock, which Ben modelled, took quite a while as it was quite intricate and alot of small pieces, which took time to map correctly.

2008-05-12T23:33:00.000-07:00

So for the past couple of weeks ive been brought in to UV parts of the environment and the assets/contents for them. Having already modelled the kitchen i was then assigned to UV it also. I had to learn how to UV properly first so Rob gave me a quick run through on the basics and the rest just came with practice and my own mistakes and learning through them. Im glad i now have learned how to UV as it will prove usefull when texturing my own characters when i graduate. Here are a few screen shots to show the completed kitchen ready for texturing. Ive also uv'ed a few objects around the house such as the grandfarther clock and other assets within the house. The plan is now to begin texturing so all is coming together nicely now.

The Mouse

2008-04-23T02:07:00.000-07:00

Ok so at the start of the film to bring a bit more life to the appartment we decided to have a mouse running under some of the clutter and units in the lounge. Also to bring a bit of life to the shot too. Ben Griffon modelled the mouse and very well i might add, low polly and a nice clean mesh. We decided not to smooth it but just smooth the normals out as you will be seeing it in the distance anyway. Its weighted really nicely and im really happy with the outcome. Jonno uv'd it ready for texturing too so its ready to hand over to Ben for animation.

A peculiar week

2008-04-20T11:29:00.000-07:00

So the first week back has been rather unsettled ive felt, having given the rig back to Asa i accepted doing a rig for Jess Soderstrom as i figured i had a spare week before Jonno wanted me back on Aztec Escape. I began work on the pigeon for Jess first thing on monday with the intention to start weighting by tuesday. Asa contacted me saying that instead of Ik handles for the arms could i parent constrain them, so i was working on 2 rigs, things got a bit hectic and Jess decided that the rig id done for the pigeon didnt quite work well enough so she decided to re-rig. Proberbly my fault for not having the time to be able to put in towards it; in hindsight i didnt really have enough time to do it. There was a few problems with the rig for Asa but finally they have all been ironed out. Jonno has asked me to rig a mouse for our film next week so im hopefully getting the model off Ben tonight so can make a start first thing monday morning. It will be interesting as ive not done a four legged animal yet except the tortoise, which unfortunately has now been scrapped as Jonno felt its involvement in the film was a bit odd. The rig wont be too complex for the mouse though as its only in the film very briefly.

Although the week didnt go quite to plan i felt i learnt alot and also learnt a few new future techniques for rigging, all experience which is a positive.

Asset Modelling

2008-04-15T01:37:00.000-07:00

Jonno asked me to make a few assets for the film just to bring more liefe to the appartment really, basic objects such as a sky box, dvd rack, beer and coke bottles.etc Heres a screen grab of the ones ive modelled for the film.

Having handed Sophie back over to Asa jessica sanderstrom approached me with some rigging for her film, ive agreed to take one of the models, which is a pigeon. Ive given myself a week to get it done in so that i can then get back onto my film. There was a shortage of work on my film so i thought id do the work for Jessica while i had a bit of time spare. Ben has also finished modelling the mouse for the film and has asked for it to be rigged so Jonno will be checking it over first but i think i will be given that to work on next week.

Finally Sophie is Finished!

2008-04-10T02:19:00.000-07:00

So after a few technical hiccups over the holidays ive finally finished rigging sophie for Asa!The model was quite nicely done so it was easy to weight and it turned out very well in the end, its not quite as complex as the rigs for my own film but it works well still. As always the chest was perhaps the most pain staking part of the weighting process as it took me a good few hours to sort it out properly. Anyway heres a few screen grabs.

Easter Break

2008-03-18T08:40:00.000-07:00

Ok so now were in the easter break and ive returned home for a few weeks so am incontact with Ron and Jonno through phone and e-mail. Rob touched up the snake that jen had modelled for the opening sequence for me to rig and weight; i managed to get it done in just a day or two as it wasent too complex. Here are a few shots of it.

Having rigged the snake Jonno has now assigned me to modelling props for the lounge area, small objects but necassary to add character to the film.

Finally finished the Dissertation!

2008-03-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

Finally, its over; it sucked so much life and time from the group in terms of working on the film this term; but alas its done now :) I feel that production on the film ground to a halt and no progress was made in the film for the term really, however were now ready to animate and finishing off modelling im sure will be done soon. Jonno has been most helpfull since we finished the Dissertation ans has taken on his role as Director very well with organisation very well.

New project- Kind of

2008-02-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

Asa has asked me if it is possible for me to rig and weight her main character being a small girl. I have agreed to do so but stated it wud be almost 2 weeks before i can commence work on it as my main project comes first along with my Dissertation. I feel it will give me more experience and more work for my showreel. She was also very desperate as half her team had disappeared. Ive also been approached by a few other people to rig for them, seems nobody knows hot to do it really. Id like to accept all of them but i really just dont have the time.

Rigging the Explorer!

2008-02-17T09:43:00.000-08:00

Finally ive got my hands on the explorer, Jonno took his time but the model is really nice to work with as its very clean and well modelled, which makes my job alot easier. Anyway as i had experience from the sleeping guy i felt more confident with the explorer although its a more complex model, which makes it slightly trickier with weighting. Anyway although the weighting was a real pain at times im happy with the outcome and am able to hand over the model to Dan now to animate. Again ive created a full rig and all the blend shapes.etc

Rigging!

2008-02-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

Finally i get to work on my main area of the production pipeline! Along with Modelling; Rigging is my favourite area. Ive been given the Sleeping Guy model by Rob and have managed to Rig it pretty well i feel, it deforms nicely and is quite a nice rig, proberbly the best ive created. Ive added an ik/fk blend too and facial controlls for Dan to work with. Anyway without further adew heres the Rig for the sleeping guy model. I also created the face using clusters, which gives alot more acurate deformation and alot more defined facial expressions. Clusters are the way to go!

Dissertation

2008-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

It really is the bane of my life! not worked on the film for two whole weeks now! how crazy is that! Hopefully i will be able to carry on as of monday but am STILL waiting on the two models for me to rig and weight. I cant do anything until i get them, which is very annoying but i guess it allows me to do my dissertation. Its still fraustrating all the same as im restricted yet again and really need the models. The film has fallen well behind and id due o even further; i think a few members intend to spend yet another week on the dissertation as opposed to the film.

Term 2

2008-01-16T04:37:00.000-08:00

Having started the new term Jonno has assigned me with the task of modelling the kitchen; he gave me two weeks to have it finished completely; i have managed to do it with two days to spare and am very happy with how it has turned out. I feel that the modelling in it is very strong as the geometry is very clean as i have tried to keep it to quads as opposed to triangles; this helps for texturing. Here are a few screenies of the finished piece:

2008-01-16T03:36:00.000-08:00

I am very pleased with the tortoise and ultimately my first rigged character; however it did cause me plenty of headaches when trying to weight it. I found that because of its short stuby legs it deformed quicker than any other creature, which obviously has longer thinner legs, this made it hard to weight and i can only imagine how much better it will be to weight something with much longer legs. Anyway heres a quick test animation just to see if the rig works ok, or at least enough for what we want it to do.

2008-01-15T03:38:00.000-08:00

Here are the images of the tortoise once i figured out how to wrap deform a model; this allows me to rig and weight a low polly model and then sub divide it into a high polly model before simply wrap deforming the high polly mesh around the low polly allowing the high polly mesh to be effected by the weighting.

2008-01-15T03:15:00.000-08:00

During the Christmas break i have been working heavily on modelling and rigging the small pet tortoise for the film. Although not a main character we felt it added comedic appeal and we plan to have it appear more than what was initially shown in the animatic. Here is a blocked out version of it, rigged and weighted. I am quite pleased with this as it was a good oppertunity to familiarise myself with rigging and weighting and a good building block towards rigging the main characters. It has taken me a while to do but i had to learn all the principles for weighting, which took me quite a while.

I am however quite unhappy with the lack of direction from the Director over this period and although i was given the work to do the tortoise i felt that there could have been alot more guidance; i was not given a clear model sheet as i had to source one myself, which i felt was poor. To add to that difficulty the tortoise approved by the director was then decided inappropriate as the neck came out the shell and not under it. This was decided after i had modelled and rigged the chosen design. This meant i had to remodel it and rig it to fit the new design. I also feel that the group could have done more work; i understand it was a busy period over christmas for everyone as i was working 30 hours a week plus any family visits.etc but yet i still managed to model and rig a character; i feel that other group members did not put in the same commitment over this period. When we finished the term Jonno wanted all characters modelled and half the environments started; we ended up with 1 character being modelled and rigged that being mine....

End Of Term

2007-11-28T16:03:00.000-08:00

Well finally, end of term and our film has been re-pitched! Overall the pitch went very well we all thought and the animatic that we slaved over for so many hours went down fantastic with many people coming upto us and saying how good it was. This past week has been manic with all the other end of term things as well such as the essays and presentations! The past two nights ive been up until 3 am working and slaving away and im in serious need of some good sleep. Its all been worth it though. As far as what ive actually been doing, well having finished the draft animatic i then helped to an extent with the final one by sourcing sound effects for the film and generally having input at certain areas and unfortunately i got stuck with the job of scanning every image in, which took ages to say the least. Aside from that Jonno also asked me to prepare presentation slides for our re-pitch of the film, which took a while to collaborate together. Heres the final animatic version!

Animatic

2007-11-23T13:57:00.000-08:00

Over the past week myself and Jenny and to an extent Dan have been working on putting our animatic together. The drawings done by Ben have been scanned by myself and then put into photoshop and after affects by jen; obviously restrictions have been in that we can only really do it on one computer that being jens. Together we went through the storyboards putting the shots together with myself and dan suggesting camera shots and timing and jen implementing them into after affects. We now have the whole animatic timed out but are waiting on ben to finish the last scene and some inbetweens. We have now given the animatic to Jonno and Ron to touch up and add the soundtrack.

Final House Design

2007-11-19T13:04:00.001-08:00

Final House design using a combination of both jens and my designs to create the picture, the house design is jens design, which was decided as most appropriate, then we combined elements from areas of the two designs i had done.

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Exterior street light designs

2007-11-15T14:25:00.001-08:00

Exterior asset designs for bins

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2007-11-15T14:22:00.001-08:00

Second "Warped house" design; im undecided on which i prefer really as their are aspects from both i like but ultimately the decision is Jonno's

2007-11-15T14:18:00.001-08:00

Warped House designs

2007-11-15T14:16:00.001-08:00

Exterior house design in the "warped style" as asked by Jonno

2007-11-15T14:06:00.000-08:00

Initial pencil crayon sketch

2007-11-15T13:56:00.000-08:00

Here is the new script and scene/shot breakdown that myself, Rob and Jonno worked on after having our previous story ripped apart by a lecturer. We worked through the night to create this and have had it approved by a number of different teachers.

Having decided that we were having a modern day house within the film i was asked by Jonno to work on the external house designs and assets. Here are a series of images showing the development of the style and colour. As you can see the style became somewhat warped and bold in colour, which was unique and something that appealed to the members of the group. Along with Jen and Dan we generated a style for the house both exterior and interior and then finalised it and developed images using this style.

Final Scene & Shot Breakdown

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Graphics Tablet

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Having recently received my new graphics tablet i thought it was time for me to expand on my montage work and start adding colour to some of my work and begin to follow a specific style for the film. I am very happy with the outcome of the images i have created and they have been well received by the group.

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Corridor concept using the montages

Montages

2007-11-02T14:23:00.001-07:00

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Again with the statue trying to add character to the scene

2007-11-02T14:19:00.001-07:00

To add to the effect of the jungle i have added the statue and fallen log, which is actually a shot we intend to have in the film

2007-11-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

Here i wanted to create a scene from the inside of the temple

2007-11-02T07:25:00.001-07:00

Here i have really tried to create depth in the image with the old rope bridge leading to the temple, i like how the vines and trees all immerse into it too.

2007-11-02T05:40:00.000-07:00

Again but i tried to give the effect that the light was very dark within the jungle

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Jungle pathway leading past a waterfall to the temple

2007-11-02T05:37:00.001-07:00

Developed to create a more moody feel set around late afternoon/early evening

2007-11-02T05:33:00.001-07:00

This is the first image i created using a collage of images i have referenced over the past few days. I felt this image was perhaps too green although i did like the dark thick jungle it created, which gave a dimmer light effect to it.

2007-11-02T05:23:00.000-07:00

Having now changed the story quite drastically and received the approval from four tutors we have now gone ahead with the new idea. As it was developed along with the scene and shot breakdown by myself, jonno and Rob we still had to inform the other three members of the story change. We made the decision to inform as soon as possible so as to not lose productivity in what they were developing towards the project. We decided yesterday now that we had the story confirmed to start thumb nailing; this would be left to Ron while myself and Jonno decided upon a style we wanted for the film. Having picked out a number of different images that we liked we have now both began collaging different images together. These give us an idea of how we like the film to look in terms of the style, colours and time of day. We will later be deciding on a final style for the film, which we can develop from the montages we have created.

Story Finalised

2007-11-02T04:59:00.000-07:00

This week has seen even more developments, the new story has now been fully backed by four tutors and the idea is now set in stone. As the new story and scene/shot breakdown was written by myself, jonno and Rob we had trouble deciding when to inform the rest of the group of the new changes as we didnt want to lose productivity

2007-11-01T04:29:00.001-07:00

More reference imaging looking at specifically the foliage; i like the idea of large "rubbery" looking leaves and plants and the style of trees in the ratchet and clank concept image are really appealing

2007-11-01T04:20:00.001-07:00

I feel that Disney really have something to show in these strong images; they have alot of depth to them and show great colour and richness in the backgrounds. Alot of the distant backgrounds are also faded slightly to draw attention to the foreground images.

2007-11-01T04:13:00.001-07:00

Here i have found that the "Iron Giant" has prooves to be of quite large significance, i feel the colours and silhouette style could be used in our fiilm.

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More reference concepts

Reference compilations

2007-11-01T03:48:00.001-07:00

Concept art reference images and inspiration; i was trying to look for a night time feel in the first two images as i like the style of the houses and the vastness of colours in the top left image, which i feel would convey well for the outdoor of our house.

Huge Changes

2007-11-01T03:06:00.000-07:00

This week has shown some HUGE changes to the whole production in general; having had our formative assessment we then proceeded to get our story looked at by a separate tutor. He looked through our story and general breakdown and basically said that it was quite poor and had no real resolve or purpose. He also suggested a few new ideas that inspired us. Myself, Rob and Jonno then went off that night and developed almost an entirely new story, although some areas do remain. We spent the next 16 hours developing this and creating a story synopsis as well as a script or shot breakdown. Feeling alot more enthusiastic and pleased with our new story we then had it looked at by two separate tutors including the same one who had previously destroyed our old one. Both of them said that the new one was alot better and had so much more promise.

Due to the changes in story my role upon the project has subsequently changed; i am now classed as an "Artist" and am doing "Modeling and Rigging" as we now only have one character as opposed to five, which means i have alot less rigging and can focus more on the modeling to help it develop into a more visual based film. Overall i feel more comfortable in this role and am alot happier within the group. I have informed the tutors of this change and it has all been agreed that the change is fine.

After the formative it was decided that we must get more reference imaging and decide upon a style, it was my job over the last 36 hours to get as much reference as possible. I have therefore compiled a number of image slides showing the different influences and references for the project.

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Initial concept for first explorer

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Initial explorer concept

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First Explorer concepts

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Interior temple entrance

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Ruined interior concept of the temple

2007-10-29T13:16:00.000-07:00

Over the past week i have focussed on really getting some nice detailed concept images of the temple interior, which i spent a large amount of time on each piece. I have also sketched out a few ideas for the explorer and what they may look like. As well as this we as a group have also done the thumb nailing for the storyboard; i myself sketched out scenes 1 and 6. The story still feels like it nice a slight bit of work; but having got the drafts for the storyboard finished we are happy with our progress.

Final Production timetable

2007-10-25T00:34:00.000-07:00

Production timetable for the year created by myself and Jonno

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Final Environment map for the inside of the temple, drawn out by Jonno

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Temple Entrance

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A basic map plan for the environment; a contribution from Rob, Jonno and myself as we all collaborated to design how the interior of the temple will be laid out.

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Artifact designs

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Temple Doorway

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Waterfall

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Initial sketches for the temple entrance and totem pole that may stand at the entrance

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Initial sketch of the temple exterior

Concept

2007-10-21T02:16:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of this week we had a tutorial or small review of how our story was developing; having received some constructive criticism about our idea we decided to alter some aspects of the story; along with Rob & Jonno we spent a large part of the day reading over our scene and shot breakdown and making alterations when necessary. Even though we spent such a large amount of time developing the story making changes to both the center section and the ending we feel it developed to such a degree that we are very satisfied with how it currently stands.

Along with Jonno i also helped to create a production timetable for the project from now until when we finish; although this is quite long term and vague in areas it does help us to foresee what we need to be doing and when. We feel that it will give the group and project some direction and therefore we can manage our time more effectively. We do also intend to do a weekly production timetable at the start of each week so that each member knows precisely what they have to do and when it needs to be finalized by.

Now that we feel the story has developed to a degree that we are satisfied i am now able to move onto concept, which a few members had already began regarding the characters. The whole team is now involved in creating both character and environment concept for the film and we intend to finalize our characters for further development in the next upcoming week.

Now that concept for the project is fully underway we have decided that we need to create a map for both the external environment of the jungle, which will be very basic as there are limited shots of the jungle as well as a map for the interior of the temple. We have decided between us that the temple needs to be quite vast and open, however due to the traps we need to create a narrow path for the explorer to follow; meaning he has to go through the traps as opposed to simply walking round them. Although we intend to create an intended path we still need to give the impression of a vast temple. To do this we have decided that bits of crumbled wall and vegetation along with large tree roots that have grown into the temple will help to determine a specific path that the explorer must follow while retaining the image of a vast open room.

Along with an environment map we have also looked at the traps themselves and which ones we may use in the temple, after some discussion we have decided that the traps are as follows; Poisoned Darts, knives/blades and then a swinging hammer/pillar. To illustrate this we have began designing a few initial sketches for these contraptions.

Production timetable and story

2007-10-14T09:47:00.000-07:00

Having done a large part of the story, which we feel is almost complete we decided it would be best to do a production timetable for the term up until Christmas; lasting eight weeks. Along with Jonno we created a simple table with our main goals for each week; from this we can assign certain bits to each member and it gives everyone a clear outline of what they shuld be doing towards the project.

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Concept art from games that has a unique style that i feel inspires me

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More examples of previous animated films/games done in a style i would really like to implement into the short flm

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Here are some examples of some initial research i have done to aid me with visualising how the environment may look

Production

2007-10-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

Having formed our groups we have now began the daunting task of production! Our first goal was to nail down the story, which meant that we had to look at the story in general and then develop a scene breakdown and from that a shot breakdown for each of those scenes. I personally had a large involvement in this area as i gained enthusiasm from this and found myself comfortably able ti write a scene and shot breakdown along with Rob.

Having finalized the scene and shot breakdown we then moved onto a character breakdown; this involved giving a character description and brief background so that our concept artists could create characters in a style which we intended for the film.

The Beginning

2007-10-12T03:53:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my production blog for the next nine months of my thoroughly exciting life as an animator! We recently pitched an idea for a short film for our final BA HONS that if green lit would then be made over the next nine months as a small group; having pitched my idea, which unfortunately wasent accepted i have now joined up in another group to work on a fellow classmates idea...

I am part of group of six; each of us taking a key role in the project. I have undertaken the role of Modeler and rigging & weighting, which comes under the artists category. As there is only one human character and a cat in the film it was decided that it would be more beneficial for me to do both modeling and rigging as there is only one character to rig for the film. I also feel most comfortable in modeling although i feel i have something to offer when it comes to being able to rig and weight the one character. The film "Aztec Escape" is about a jungle explorer in search of a sacred artifact hidden deep within the south American jungles. This may seem like any other jungle adventure but there is a twist at the end, which we hope will differ it from other similar films. Comedy plays a large part of the film and we intend to get a few laughs from our work along the way with subtle references to games and films past.

I will be posting up any work and progress made on the production and therefore will update the blog on a weekly basis. Enjoy!

Jonathan Pryce: Modeling and Texturing (Producer)
Robert Sidney: Modeling
Jenny Morgan: Concept
Giles Pease: Modeling and Rigging
Ben Griffon: Concept
Dan Hayes: Animation

Giles