Production Blog for KIB221 Assessment 3
Student Name: Ashley Davis
Student Number: 7116594
Student Name: Ashley Davis
Student Number: 7116594
This blog shows the production of my final assessment for KIB221
Idea For Utopian Scene
When deciding on a theme to go with, I decided to create a Utopian image of the future. I wanted to make a futuristic looking city like those displayed in movies and games.
Influences and source images
To get ideas I began looking at difference Sci-Fi games and shows. One object that stood out was the space elevator from the Halo games. This is going to be one of the objects I make.
Space elevator in Halo 2
When gathering ideas for futuristic buildings I looked at shows like Star Trek and FireFly for inspiration. I liked the big, blocky industrial type buildings as well as the tall sleek curved buildings.
Some other media I looked at included Halo, Serenity, Mass Effect and various images located via google images.
"Serenity" image found on google images
Shot from opening scene of "Serenity"
Image of Citadel from game "Mass Effect"
Original Video of Brisbane
To begin my scene I first took some footage of Brisbane. This video was later put through AutoDesk Match Mover to create a 3d scene to place my buildings in.
Building Creation
I created some basic building shapes in Maya then began extruding and adding objects in order to create a detailed building.
To begin my scene I first took some footage of Brisbane. This video was later put through AutoDesk Match Mover to create a 3d scene to place my buildings in.
Building Creation
I created some basic building shapes in Maya then began extruding and adding objects in order to create a detailed building.
In these two images the building in the background has various object added to it to give a more detailed appearance.
Textures Applied
Once I had finished my buildings I then created various textures. I wanted the larger buildings to have a rugged concrete look. I wanted the smaller round building to appear more like the sleek smooth buildings like those in serenity. I gave it a white tile texture with many windows.
Final Textures used in video
Problems with Mental Ray
After I put my city video through match mover I then placed my buildings into the scene. When setting up my scene I was using 3 point lighting to check textures.
Once my buildings were in place I then created indirect lighting through mental ray and applied a HDR image.
My goal was to have all the windows reflect an image of the sky. But for some reason I couldn't figure out maya couldn't locate the building textures, even though they were present when using 3point lighting.
Because of this issue I had to use 3point lighting in for my final scene.
Image of attempted render using mental ray.
Textures redered using 3Point Lighting --- wierd?
Masking In After Effects
Once I had rendered out my scene in maya I then took my city video and maya buildings into after effects. Once in I used a combination of colour keying and masks to place my buildings behind the real buildings of Brisbane.
Once I had rendered out my scene in maya I then took my city video and maya buildings into after effects. Once in I used a combination of colour keying and masks to place my buildings behind the real buildings of Brisbane.
Using animated masks in after effects
After I had successfully combined the two videos, I then went back into maya and created a few shuttle crafts to have flying around in the background.
Image of space ships flying around buildings
Final Project
My final rendered video can be found at the following vimeo address
