A brand thought of my thesis will be creating a series of animation short that will be promote this brand new Video Game that will be featuring on Play Station 3 and XBOX 360. So the idea will be me to create the story of this new video game title that will be release in sometime soon. And i will be the person to create series of advertising champaign that will be focusing on selling the game of course.
At the beginning i was thinking of promote this popular online MMORPG game call World of Warcraft. However i got some feedback that it's not original and it will be much better if its an game that is created by yourself. Of course this game title won't be really release and won't be develop. The idea of this thesis will be targeting about promoting this video game (just imagine that this is a video game that is already finish and ready to put on the self soon). So i will the role of promote this game.
Pretty much first of all i will need to come up the idea about this game before i move on to actual advertising. For example what type of game this game will be, who is the good guys and who is the bad guys, and who is the target audience of this game. Then it will be moving on to the character development and etc.
-Right here is a trailer of the World of Warcraft. I believe this is actually a trailer of the game. It seen like blizzard didn't really have an advertisement for this game. Maybe because this game is just way too popular, so they don't need it. Well....by the way they did had a commercial last year. But i don't really call it a commercial......
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A Brand New Thought
So one of the idea that cross my mind while i was working on the thesis is creating a series of different character facial modeling. One of my favorite thing with 3D is modeling. I just love the idea that you start with something simple like a cube and can making it as detail like a human head. A lot of inspiration coming from video game modeling. especially today, most of video game contain a lot of character modeling. So taking away from the original realistic effects, the main idea of doing that is making is realistic. And a detail model is one of the triggers to making it realistic. Which is as well the where this idea building on, to create a series of character facial model that can be seen as real actual character. Im still thinking if i should be set with one type of character such as creature or multiple. right now it is going toward to creature type of character though.
One of the reason makes me want pursuit this character modeling idea is because that's what im targeting to do in the future when i graduate. Which in a way using this idea to prep me before i move on to the industry. As well to proving myself that i can do different character modeling.
One of the reason makes me want pursuit this character modeling idea is because that's what im targeting to do in the future when i graduate. Which in a way using this idea to prep me before i move on to the industry. As well to proving myself that i can do different character modeling.
Some Random Thought After the Midterm Critic......
So i after the critic last week i have to be honest, I'm kind of lost for my thesis. I been asking myself over the weekend what exactly i want to do. And i been thinking a lot and still have no clear idea what i want to do :( some of the idea that i got sort out after talking with some of classmate....it seen like i can take it a different direction from the animation that i have in mind before. the brand new idea will be creating action movie effect in a much more realistic and emotional way. Unlike the typical Hollywood action movie which is taking it a step too far. So the idea will be crating an animation that will be as realistic as possible. The target will be as real that people can be relate to it and instead of them been impress with animation they will be shock.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Midterm Time.....
Here is just the link for the powerpoint and the rough animatic movie for the prototype
Link to see the actual movie
Midterm Powerpoint
Link to see the actual movie
Midterm Powerpoint
Monday, March 5, 2007
Concept Porposal 4
For past 5 years, 3D animation has evolved into a tool for creating realistic effects and it pushes boundaries of live action films. It allows the freedom in animations where everything can happen into realistic environment. It makes impossible camera angle shots possible. It accomplishes the stunt that was too dangerous to perform. Today, nearly 7 out of 10 commercials on the TV are created in 3D animation.
For my thesis, I will create a series of short animations that achieves special effects often seen on TV commercials and movies today. The realistic special effects can vary from car crash to meteor shower. The target audiences for this thesis are people ranging from the age 18 to 27. They are people who enjoy the thrills. They be pleased of films bring the scenarios and drama in the movie allow them to get lost temporarily away from their mundane life
Most of these short animation effects will be done in Autodesk Maya 8. I will start off with modeling, then move on to texturing, rigging, animating, and finally lighting. Modeled parts will be furnished in another 3D program called ZBrush. Some of these animations will be composed with real life footage, enhancing the realistic feel in the animation. My goal for this project is to create realistic animation that is difficult to film in real life.
For my thesis, I will create a series of short animations that achieves special effects often seen on TV commercials and movies today. The realistic special effects can vary from car crash to meteor shower. The target audiences for this thesis are people ranging from the age 18 to 27. They are people who enjoy the thrills. They be pleased of films bring the scenarios and drama in the movie allow them to get lost temporarily away from their mundane life
Most of these short animation effects will be done in Autodesk Maya 8. I will start off with modeling, then move on to texturing, rigging, animating, and finally lighting. Modeled parts will be furnished in another 3D program called ZBrush. Some of these animations will be composed with real life footage, enhancing the realistic feel in the animation. My goal for this project is to create realistic animation that is difficult to film in real life.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
User Testing II
User #2: Nancy Wei,
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Occupation: Parson Junior Design & Technology Students
Concentration: Animation
Nationality: Taiwan
Interest: Animation
Common for the Intro
Should have the idea of “Making of” for this movie to show how to make this movie works is nice and interesting. This movie will be showing off how it is done.
Car Crash Idea
-It will be great of seeing in the driver’s view when the car about to move toward to another lane, and in the instant minutes you see the truck come toward you and hit you.
-In the mid-way should have a free second which will have the 360 degree surround pam shot.
-suggestion,
-Looking into more about car crash, particularly about camera angle.
-How about take a shot from a movie, and modify the shot into animation or even make it better and intense.
-To make a very realistic model and animation might be a big challenge.
Meteor Idea
-Why didn’t you start from backward just like typical movie, however it is fine since it might not concentrate on the meteor.
-Might not showing any impact while the meteor is going in and camera coming out. Might be an interesting shot since most movies don’t really do it that way.
-Overall the shot should be continue zooming out until a meteor passed by fast, then the camera starting to slowly stop. Right about the meteor about to hit the place the scene is cut to the shot of witness the impact. After the impact, the scene is cut to the zoom out scene
-suggestion,
-maybe the explosion is link one after another from car crash to this meteor idea
-wireframe part on the ripple effects will be very interesting.
Building Collapse
-See the normal day life, then 1 sec after the building start shaking will be great for the scene.
Overall
-Connecting the whole scene from car and zooming up and zooming out and then seeing the meteor coming down, as meteor going toward to the earth right in the second before it hit it. It is cut to the shot to witness the impact and ripple effects. Then cut the scene out to the space shot of the earth then instantly it is rotated to the other side of the earth then zooming in to one of the building just happen to be the normal scene and within a second it is starting receiving the ripple effects which eventually make the building to fall down.
-Is this a do-able thesis? It is tricky, if you can have a whole crew of people who know Maya well. However, at the end it is study in detail of different action movie, especially study different part of the camera angle. In a while you will notice what is a good and what is a bad camera angle.
-Camera angle is very important particularly for the action movie
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Occupation: Parson Junior Design & Technology Students
Concentration: Animation
Nationality: Taiwan
Interest: Animation
Common for the Intro
Should have the idea of “Making of” for this movie to show how to make this movie works is nice and interesting. This movie will be showing off how it is done.
Car Crash Idea
-It will be great of seeing in the driver’s view when the car about to move toward to another lane, and in the instant minutes you see the truck come toward you and hit you.
-In the mid-way should have a free second which will have the 360 degree surround pam shot.
-suggestion,
-Looking into more about car crash, particularly about camera angle.
-How about take a shot from a movie, and modify the shot into animation or even make it better and intense.
-To make a very realistic model and animation might be a big challenge.
Meteor Idea
-Why didn’t you start from backward just like typical movie, however it is fine since it might not concentrate on the meteor.
-Might not showing any impact while the meteor is going in and camera coming out. Might be an interesting shot since most movies don’t really do it that way.
-Overall the shot should be continue zooming out until a meteor passed by fast, then the camera starting to slowly stop. Right about the meteor about to hit the place the scene is cut to the shot of witness the impact. After the impact, the scene is cut to the zoom out scene
-suggestion,
-maybe the explosion is link one after another from car crash to this meteor idea
-wireframe part on the ripple effects will be very interesting.
Building Collapse
-See the normal day life, then 1 sec after the building start shaking will be great for the scene.
Overall
-Connecting the whole scene from car and zooming up and zooming out and then seeing the meteor coming down, as meteor going toward to the earth right in the second before it hit it. It is cut to the shot to witness the impact and ripple effects. Then cut the scene out to the space shot of the earth then instantly it is rotated to the other side of the earth then zooming in to one of the building just happen to be the normal scene and within a second it is starting receiving the ripple effects which eventually make the building to fall down.
-Is this a do-able thesis? It is tricky, if you can have a whole crew of people who know Maya well. However, at the end it is study in detail of different action movie, especially study different part of the camera angle. In a while you will notice what is a good and what is a bad camera angle.
-Camera angle is very important particularly for the action movie
User Testing I
User I: Ayumi Takahashi,
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Occupation: Parson Junior Interior Design Students
Nationality: Japan
Interest: Movie and animation, but not comic animation
Car Crash Idea
-It’s the tragic of car accident
-Awareness of been patient
-Don’t really feel pity for the person who had the car accident
-Can u see this in a movie or TV commercial? Yes
-Can see the overcome without going down for the rest of the story
-Suggestion,
-Scene can happen to be real render->wireframe render->real render
-Maybe a police car chasing scene will be better
-This scene potentially a very strong scene, and can be develop more in depth
-People might draw back to any car crash scene they seen before. Might need to
create a car crash that people never seen before? Or something that is hard for people to relate
Meteor Idea
-In most of the movie it is often see the meteor first before it hit anything.
-Like the idea of zooming out of ordinary scene before seeing a incoming meteor to hit them.
-Can u see this in the movie? No, because most of time it is often seeing the meteor first before it hit anything
Building Collapse Idea
-Crack on the building should come in before window glass shatter.
-Suggestion,
-It will be cool if it is going backward first instead of just showing scene by scene. After the scene is back to the first frame then it start to play forward again. It will be interesting of having it backward because most people are pretty much tired of a normal scene. So going backward should create a nice touch.
Overall
-The car scene is like a storytelling, which might be too common. How to make viewer shock that it is in fact an animation? To create a very realistic scene that people might be able to relate and feel bad, maybe a person in that car or maybe that person is somebody important to him or her? But need to keep in mind that the scene can not be too common. Since most of time people tend to compare anything that they can relate back.
-If the person in the car and the explosion is real she will be surprise if she found out if it is in fact an animation
-The other 2 scene is more like something happen. It doesn’t seems like a scene of telling a story.
-Today people been training to see any animation in TV or commercial, it might be difficult to create something wow them.
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Occupation: Parson Junior Interior Design Students
Nationality: Japan
Interest: Movie and animation, but not comic animation
Car Crash Idea
-It’s the tragic of car accident
-Awareness of been patient
-Don’t really feel pity for the person who had the car accident
-Can u see this in a movie or TV commercial? Yes
-Can see the overcome without going down for the rest of the story
-Suggestion,
-Scene can happen to be real render->wireframe render->real render
-Maybe a police car chasing scene will be better
-This scene potentially a very strong scene, and can be develop more in depth
-People might draw back to any car crash scene they seen before. Might need to
create a car crash that people never seen before? Or something that is hard for people to relate
Meteor Idea
-In most of the movie it is often see the meteor first before it hit anything.
-Like the idea of zooming out of ordinary scene before seeing a incoming meteor to hit them.
-Can u see this in the movie? No, because most of time it is often seeing the meteor first before it hit anything
Building Collapse Idea
-Crack on the building should come in before window glass shatter.
-Suggestion,
-It will be cool if it is going backward first instead of just showing scene by scene. After the scene is back to the first frame then it start to play forward again. It will be interesting of having it backward because most people are pretty much tired of a normal scene. So going backward should create a nice touch.
Overall
-The car scene is like a storytelling, which might be too common. How to make viewer shock that it is in fact an animation? To create a very realistic scene that people might be able to relate and feel bad, maybe a person in that car or maybe that person is somebody important to him or her? But need to keep in mind that the scene can not be too common. Since most of time people tend to compare anything that they can relate back.
-If the person in the car and the explosion is real she will be surprise if she found out if it is in fact an animation
-The other 2 scene is more like something happen. It doesn’t seems like a scene of telling a story.
-Today people been training to see any animation in TV or commercial, it might be difficult to create something wow them.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)