Final Film

Incandescence

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Final film for 197.134 Digital Design
Justin Karwowski - 12078501
Music from: http://dig.ccmixter.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9siIbE7P3z8&feature=youtu.be

Rationale

For my final model I wanted to have an aspect of ancient ruins, which matches the desert theme I have made. The title "Incandescence" means  bright, or strong heat, which also fits in with the desert theme. I used slow smooth animations of the model spinning around itself to make it seem floating, as if it was levitating out of the ground. The simple storyline shows the models buried and forgotten in the sand, then rise up and float into the distance.

Final Images

The final 3 images of my model

Film test

Testing the recording, editing, and uploading


Incandescence

Incandescence

Incandescence is the title I have come up with for this project, it means fire, or strong heat, which reflects the atmosphere of my level

Storyboard

Here is my film idea shown through a storyboard

So it starts out with all the broken models, then shows the main model still floating and functioning (Through animation). It has danger from the two cliffs but makes it through the gap and lives.

Flow Graphs

Here are some examples of Flow Graphs being used for the spawn point and some simple animation

100 Words - Where I want the project to go

I want my model to have the appeal of a desert ruin, reflecting the heat and emptyness of the scene. I will animate the rings to float around the model in different directions, while the ends of the pillars hover in and out.

For the final film I am thinking of having a simple storyline. It will start with either the model itself or broken/buried versions of it, then perhaps have the model float through the cliffs, narrowly avoiding the rocks that have destroyed previous models.

Interim Images

These are the three images I took for the interim

Time of Day Exploration

Doing some more testing with the time of day

Introduced model

Managed to fix the error in exporting the model and I have started testing shots for the interim on Friday

Change of Scenery

Started a new level with a desert theme planned. Changed textures, edited the lighting/atmosphere, added rocks, starting to look like a nice scene. Changed the textures on the model to match. First attempt to get model in the scene had some errors that I'm currently trying to fix.

Model in Engine

First time testing with the final model in CryEngine

Sketches for Improved Models

Here are the sketches completed over the break to improve the models for CryEngine
I am going to base my model on the top sketch.

 

Final Images

Here are the final versions of my models with entourage

Advanced 3D Models

These are the improved versions of my 7 models

Advanced 3D Model sketches

We had to make sketches of how we could improve our 3D models

3D Models

These are my initial 3D Sketchup Models