Another Quick Month!

Wel a month has past on the project, it was the Easter holidays for most of it and the absence of lectures and formatives meant that we could all easily work with no interuptions! lol! It kinda of felt as though we didnt have an Easter break as most of the days were spent modelling, set layouts, production schedules and a 3-D Animatic! The first week of the holiday i spent carrying on with the layout designs for the jungle environment, the second jungle area (scene 2 - explorer running towards temple) is now relatively complete, the only elements missing are extra vines, a broken wooden bridge, canopy alpha planes and brackground environment plates.

The images below give an overview of the layout of the main path of the second jungle environment, it took me about a week and a half to model the terrain and plan and build this environment. I was also experimenting with the main camera movement for this environment, the camera produced for the 3d animatic is a rough out version, the timing is precise but the angles and following motion needs to be made alot smoother and much more dramatic.

Second Jungle Environment - shot showing merge from
first environment into jungle path of scene 2
(35mm Widescreen, Focal Length 28)

Second Jungle Environment - shot showing environment half way down
the jungle path, broken bridge to be placed between gap, note the curved trees above
will be mostly covered by hanging vines and the start of the alpha canopy
(35mm Widescreen, Focal Length 28)

Second Jungle Environment - explorer completes large jump over broken bridge here, i designed the terrain to slope downwards so that the distance that the explorer runs is emphasised, i feel it gives a more dramatic feel to the shot, giving a feeling of not knowing what lies ahead.
(35mm Widescreen, Focal Length 28)

Second Jungle Environment Side View - Detailing valley gradient
(35mm Widescreen, Focal Length 28)