Scene 03: Fern Growth Previs

I have edited the ending of my animation to show the growth of the fern as it pulls back to release more spores into the landscape with the spores heading into the camera to show the cycle restarts. I am unsure how to light this scene though as I want the surrounding area to become less dark and more of a green colour to show that the landscape is given back life from this fern I had done some experimenting but didnt manage to achieve the look I wanted. Furthermore I will experiment with rim lighting my scenes and then onto my final renders for my animation :) 

Fantastic Voyage: Scene 01-previs Spore Realease

 This is my first scene ready to render if there are no changed to camera movements and transitions, now to do the spore transformation and fern growth scenes :)

Fantastic Voyage: Scene 02 - Spore Release Pre Vis

In the animation in Maya the floor is a lot darker and more atmospheric than in the photos but overal this is the movement for the spore release scene and the images show how it is going to look when rendered. I feel it may be a bit too slow but when the voice over is applied it may be the right timing

Fantastic Voyage: 01 Fern Scene - Test render

I want to try and create atmosphere within these shots and for the whole animation to have an atmospheric feel to it, with the first render i felt the fog was too thick so I turned it down for the second render whilst also altering the composition of the fern within the shot.

I want to create a feel like a big light source through a paper like they would traditionally to create shadow puppet animation and similarly in 'The Three Brothers' animation in harry potter, but Im not sure how to achieve this, I may have the main light source flicker almost like it is a candle that is lighting the whole scene as this will also go alongside the burnt landscape visuals. I will be using after effects to make ashes too arise around the landscape to help reinforce the burnt landscape.

Fantastic Voyage: 01 Fern Scene - untextured playblast

Playblast of the scene introducing the fern, where in my animatic it was a long pan of the trees I wanted to make it more dynamic going through the scenery to then introduce the fern. There is a scene before this with the narrator talking introducing the scene, I will focus on that scene next and focus on getting my pre-vis movement done over the course of the next couple of days :)

Maya Pre-Viz 10: Tracking Shots

Maya Pre-Viz 09: Camera Shake

Maya Pre-Viz 08: Car Crash

Maya Pre-Viz 07: Contra Zoom

Maya Pre-Viz 06: Crane Shot

Maya Pre-Viz 05: Dolly Shot

Maya Pre-Viz 04: Roll Shot

Maya Pre-Viz 03: Panning Shot

Maya Pre-Viz 02: Pitch Shot

Maya Pre-Viz 01 - Camera Rig

Final Shot Cam



Camera Set up





Camera Rig Set up



After completing the camera set up I now understand how to set up a simple camera for an animation in maya. I will be using this camera for later works throughout the course as this will come in handy.