Friday, 1 December 2006

Group Comment:

Jenny: oh my days! its looks so good! im really happy with the whole final look. If i had more time i would make sure the fence looked grounded, also maybe animated the gates to open and add my ripple effect to the water in the fountain. However i am very pleased with the houses, flower beds, lamps, fountain and particle effect etc. I think we worked really well as a team particular as there was so much to do before the deadline. Despite the presure i found this unit very rewarding to do. I never thought i would be at ease with Maya but im beginning to feel more comfortable using it. yey!

Jono: it really does look quality! worked very well as a group, we stuck to the production schedule close enough and was so pleased with the overal feel. If I had more time I would of animated the mill wheel, used a fog visor for the river and rendered using ray-tracing so that the forest lighting would be enhanced. Well done everyone, so proud of this environment, especially the texturing, makes me think that I would like to look into this area of animation for feature film! x

Giles: Finally finished and it looks stunning, really pleased how we worked as a group with each member contributing to every decision and the environment as a whole. I think creating the environment in one file and importing into that rather than joining each section really payed off as it all blends together so well rather than looking like seperate areas. Had i had more time i would have liked to have the light beacons but unfortunately the initial render of them showed too much glow and i feel my "slums" area looks maybe a little dark, even if it is at night; and maybe had the camera a little closer. Anyway well done everyone!

Rob: OMG guys, im really pleased with the outcome of this project. i think we've all worked really hard and really well as a team. the outcome shows that. i reckon if we had another chance i'd definately spent a bit more time on the enviroment and produce some more textures to make it looks more realistic. the fountain jen is fantastic the water effects make the scene what it is definately. and the lighting i think guys just makes an amazing atmostphere. gile man, your tavern is cool dude and looks so nice on the render, and jono, omg the 30000 poly bridge is amazing, lol, not to mention the style of your mill. amazing guys i could talk for ages. but the best thing i think is that we're look at what we can improve rather then whats so good, and if we all put alil more time in maybe we'll have a shit hot piece of work for our show real. keep it up guys, FANTASTIC!!!!

Jenny: FANTASTIC!!!
Giles: Yeah...FANTASTIC!!!
Jono: QUALITY!!! =D

Thursday, 30 November 2006






jenny: puting in the finishing touches. The foggy river etc...
Giles: Further setbacks to the rendering process have given us a tight deadline but hopefully we can pull it off, have every confidence in us being able to achieve it. The production quality shots look extremely nice.