#dan230

I think I could emulate a rock for the background assets and maybe emulate the lighting because this is too professional and I don’t think my skills are developed enough to emulate much from this amazing show reel. 

“Liquid Animation” - these guys seem to do a lot of stylized 3D animation/special effects - particularly for commercials. I’d say they look for employees that are ‘Jack of all trades’ with 3D programs; they want someone who’s up to date with the latest programs and can switch between animation positions e.g. texturing, rigging etc.   “Atomic Pixel” Is an animation company based in Queensland that focus more on realistic special effects animation - they do a lot of commercials for Disney channel as well as hardware companies. Again, they require someone who is experienced with working on the latest 3D programs.

Basically lighting make or breaks the style of your project - you can use it to establish the time of day, whilst visually showing the ‘feel’ of the environment (e.g. dangerous/safe place). By adding in a sun light, back up filler lights and a background image over a plane, you can produce quality environments like in this example

http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/

This colour scheme works because it really shows a turning pointing the story; notice how at the bottom of the image/the surface of the city are mainly made up of bland/dark colours whereas the the sky is full of bright colours. This suggests that the character is going from a negative place to a place of possibility and optimism. 

Hogwarts/wizarding world is the world I’ve chosen; it’s believable because everything that is featured visually has a genuine/legitimate use for the characters. Nothing is ever put into the scene for the audience, all props or colour schemes are beneficial to the characters. Moreover to this, the world gets it’s ‘wonder’ and ‘magical’ look with it’s architecture; although it is very similar to our own society, there is a subtle whimsical/exaggerated design that gives it a unique and more magical vibe. This is what makes this world believable.

Some visual examples of the process steps in animation/3D modelling

1) Story boarding - Drawing out the camera angles/scenes that will be seen in the project 2) Layouts -  Director approves camera moves, depth of field and the composition of the models making up the set and set dressing. It is then the responsibility of the Modeling department to deliver these approved set, prop and character models in the final layout stages. 4) Modelling- the character is drawn out andonce it's design is approved it goes to be modelled in a 3D program before going to the process of rigging and texturing.  5) Texturing -  textures are painted to match the approved concept art and designs 6) Lighting is added to the scene  7) Rigging -  Rigging is the process of adding bones to a character or defining the movement of a mechanical object, and it's central to the animation process. 8) Actual animation -  cleaning up the motion captured performance and completing the portions of the motion (such as the eyes and hands) that may not have been digitized during the process. This can also include adding  elements such as smoke, dust, water and explosions.