Final - Project 1

Final Video (Youtube Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVCr5xI3bts)

The link above is our final touch up  for Project 1 (Computer Security - Think Before You Click).

For my part (27s - 47s), i am the Main Animator for the team. I animate the Viruses, Anti-Viruses, Crown using Maya by setting Key Frame. One of the scene i had animated was the Virus's King hit a firewall inside the Computer. I implemented the Shatter Effect that i have read up (Previous Blog's Post). However i did not render well as when i nCache the effect, the wall are being shattered before the Virus's King hit it. I think i can improve it by rendering the 1st scene (Before Hit) and then nCache the scene after that.

Another scene was the Anti-Virus's Leader shoot at Virus's King. I add effects that i have learnt in MGE such as the Muzzle and adding Sound Effects in it to make it more realistic that the Anti-Virus's Leader shoots the Virus's King. Both Muzzle and Sound Effects are used similarly for the Anti-Virus Vs Virus scene.

For the other scenes (Anti-Virus's Soilder marching in, Viruses being eliminated, Etc), it is much easier than the previous 2 scenes mention as it make use of simple Maya's Key Frame to animate which i have learnt during IN3D. However to make it much more realistic i have to Key Frame it properly so the Anti-Virus's Soilder march in instead of float in. I had also added "Emotion" to the Viruses such as Viruses being scared when the Anti-Virus's Soilder march in using Maya's Key Frame which make the scene much more realistic.

Problem Faced :

Actually for my scene i intends to use Match Mover, however i think i did not track it like how it was being tracked for the lion. I can't seems to be able to track and after i success tracking the image does not seem to be appearing out in Maya. I have consulted Mr George about the problem but he can't seems to be able to solve it. However Mr George spend few hours staying back and meeting me early to teach me the different alternative methods i could use such as animate using Render View (Which Is very Tedious !). Seeing that i have a hard time doing it Mr George then suggest me to change it to what i had done which is to create Polygon's Plane to act as a Background for the scene instead of doing Match Moving.

What i had learnt ?

Through this Project 1, i have learnt how a video is being made. There will be a team consisting of different Roles such as Animator, Effects, Modeling, etc. We need to Co-operate with each others in order to build up something that is agree by both parties. In a team we must understand each other and help each other, if one does not Co-operate for instance if a Main Modelling does not want to Model this will stop all the work as there will be nothing to animate, texture, etc. So in a team all people is important !