Final Animation

Imagination Game Insane

Brainstorming:

Before starting this project we had to actually come up with a project to make in the first place. This, we struggled with. There were a lot of different ideas that were flowing through our group, none that we necessarily disagreed on, but none that we thought were good enough to make our final. It was my idea to use the green screen to show Wyatt daydreaming of being in a soccer stadium. After we decided this, the rest starting coming together. From here we created the storyboard (as seen to the left). We basically just made rough sketch before we went to test the waters while filming. 

Filming:

Brooke did most of our filming while Wyatt, of course, was in front of the camera. I didn't take video this year so I didn't have any experience with the big cameras or have the knowledge to know what aspects to think about. We filmed at least 2 shots of each clip we used just to make sure that the final product would come out smoothly. 

3D Animation:

I animated the soccer ball in Maya. I first created the sphere, then added the soccer ball texture, and finally tried to add a motion path for it to follow. Unfortunately, the motion path didn't work out as I had hoped. Instead I added key frames to get it to move in the directions I wanted. In order to render the ball in two different points of view I had help from Mr. Netterville to set up different cameras to line up the perspective to the clips we shot. When I finally rendered I had to do it twice, once for each camera I used.

Final Editing:

When we finally put everything into After Effects we layered it all together, tweaked everything that needed it, and ended up rendering four different times. With some feedback and help with Mr. Netterville the project ended up looking more realistic than expected. 

Throughout this project I learned that I work really well with Wyatt and how to properly edit an animated video. I learned how to render in Maya with different perspective cameras. Also I mastered how to work with green screens and how to add audio to my videos.

If I could do anything differently I would have either perfected the explosion or have made the ball break through the wall rather than explode. I also would have adjusted the sound to make things sound more put together and sophisticated.

My favorite part is where the green screen fades into the background and the ball flies. I think they look really well done and really show all the different things we have learned in Animation pulled into one.

The next project similar to this will be a lot more put together. At the end of the time we were allotted, we were running out of time to finish the small but necessary details. I'll definitely spend more time paying attention to the small things that can be very noticeable.

Overall this is the most proud I've been of a project all year. I really enjoyed filming and then pulling all the pieces together. It was a great way to wrap up a great year in E-Comm Animation!