proof of concept

this is one of the first few test flocking behavior test that i did i hope to be done with the proof of concept for the flocking behavior by tomorrow

industry panel review

we had an industry panel review last friday it went really well they were generally appreciative about the project and they had lots of suggestions regarding the project and the techniques i was going to use for it

here are some of the sugestions they had for me

• instead of trying to form shapes with particles they wanted me to start with an already created shape and let it break away and play the animation in reverse


• dont use particle goals


• dont worry about interpenetration the motion blur would take care of it


• render it at dvd resolution it would save you lot of time


• fluid motion can be achived in maya itself try playing with the phase attribute in turbulence field to get random fluid particle motion


• try different methods to achieve the same effect dont limit your self to one procedure try different techniques


• paper planes dont have to deform according to the direction they fly if they are flying at a distance it would be hardly notisable


• have the velocity drive the orientaion of the the paper plane


• try using live action clouds for most part


• dont worry about the reflections for the first scene concentrate on shadows and lights


• if you use particles to generate clouds dont use sculpted surface to emit particles they dont usually produce the desire result - instead use planes with different shapes to emit the particles they form good surfaces


• dont use blur for maya fluids do it post


• environment for last shot??


• think about using maya cloth for crunching paper use psoyp's nascar commercial as reference


• since you got only one effect do it well


• dont waste time on cclouds since that is not the focus of the project

styleframe

This week end i had worke don my style frame im still not happy with what i had churned out i wanted some thing that was photorealistic but after twodays of struggel i ended up with this . as of now i am trying to figure out what would make this image photorelistic.

for this week i have been working on my animatic it is not quiet there yet i managed to get only half of it done and it need more work i would have it finished hopefully by the week end

click here

reference for timing and choreography:

thesis mid term deliverables

i have changed my initial idea from doing a car commercial to an short film
click here to read on about my new project

storyboards

These are my initial storyboards i have used them to just layout the story the way it happens i need to set up more dramatic shots i plan to rework on it after todays class

script

click here for the script

research outline

research outline
I. Introduction
II. Technique
A. modeling -
1. polygonal modeling
a. car the model will be bought from turbo squid
b. the sting ray fish will be modeled using polygons
c. terrain will be just a poly plane(maybe severallayersof it and the
surface might be dented at few places using artisan tools
B. texturing -
1. image map
a. for bg plates
b. texture on sting ray
2. procedural
a. ice surface
C. rendering
1. realistic
D. dynamics -
1. atmospheric
2. particle effects
3. rigid body dynamics - when the ground breaks
4. fluid simulation - water that is thrown out with the rigid bodies
E. animation -
1. procedural for the fish fins
2. key framed
III. Design
A. environment design
1. study various frozen terrain
2. study various objects frozen in ice
IV. story

V.conclusion

reference to commercials done for eco friendly cars

this is a bmw commercial for a hydrogen car where a girl jumps into a pool in which bmw is parked and swims around it there is no indication of any water in the pool when she jumps and there is no splash or in the water either but the moment she she enters the pool she starts swimming around it - right at that moment you understand that there is a liquid nature to that car -



this is a saab commercial for their eco friendly car it runs on ethanol even thought they had the visuals and the bgm telling this they have a tag line at the end explaining how the car is eco friendly

treatment

i have been thinking of using a minimalistic approach to the project in which only the key elements are used
like the car and fish and the environment is going to be empty with just this icy terrain

reference

i have been using the clips from bbc stock footage gallery to study the motion and skin texture of the ray fish
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/SearchResults.aspx?searchText=ray+fish&type=Simple

and here is a list of movies that i have chosen to study the surface of the ice and its inter-action with light

polar express - the scene in which the train runs over a frozen lake

Incredibles - to study how an object look when it is frozen and under ice -the scene in which frozone uses his powers

the day after tomorrow

die another day

thesis statement

The goal for this project is to create a CGI car commercial for a hydrogen car. The commercial would emphasize the key point of "eco-co-existence" where the technology and the nature live in harmony with each other.

story synopsis

story synopsis

This commercial is set a time when the whole world is frozen and and all the life forms lie beneath the surface of ice frozen and motionless. then comes this hydrogen car which breaks through the ice and breathes life into the creatures that are frozen. thus establishing a world of eco-co-existence where the nature and technology live in harmony with each other.

Inspiration for my car commercial i have drawn the inspiration from this saab commercial





documentaries on under water life
deep blue - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365109/

the blue planet - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099158/

story synopsis- first draft

A fish is swimming through an destroyed city looking for a home and it reaches a coral reef replica in an aquarium. As the fish is swimming across the tanks in the aquarium we see the actual habitat in which the fish is supposed to live as the reflection on the tanks.

thesis statement

Since lighting and rendering is my concentration.This project would be an under water visual effects piece focusing on lighting, rendering and dynamics.