Virtual Environment storyboard

Haunted ride Evaluation

My main ideas and intentions that I was trying to express in the project were: 

In this project my aim was to create a 1 minute long animation of a haunted house, what consisted of 2 to 3 scare scenes and would fit inside the Waverley theatre. I went with a traditional haunted house ride theme with ghosts and skeletons.

The methods I use to develop my ideas were: (brainstorming, , visual research, storyboards etc)

I first created mood boards to get an idea of what style I wanted my ride to be, after deciding on a theme I went onto create sketches of the cart and entrance.  I also produced a storyboard for the narrative of my final animation so I knew how it would pan out.

I took a risk by trying something new. (Explain):

I took a risk by mixing both 3d object with 2d projected images in my scare scenes. i think that this worked well and saved me a lot of time.

Some of the unexpected problems I had to solve while working were:

One problem I had when building  my ride was creating fog, after applying it to my scene I couldn't set it to the right height and amount I wanted. Another problem I was faced with was cameras and making them move and follow the scares in my ride.

The decisions and choices I made to help solve these problems were:

For the fog I researched and looked at tutorials to help find how to alter the setting and also a suitable level of fog for my scene. For the cameras I just perceived and played around with the timeline until I got it looking smooth.

The things I have learnt from this particular project were: (Specific examples should be cited.)

I have learnt the difference between lights and how you can target a light on a specific object or area. I also learnt how to create fog and camera animation.

Areas for improvement , If I were to do this project again I would change or do differently:

If I was to re-do this project again I think I would work a lot more on the second scare scene. for example because it's a library I would possibly have floating books and I would spend a lot more time on creating the to make it look authentic.

A new project that might grow out of my experience maybe:

With what I have learnt I feel that I could create an animation in my own time and feel comfortable using cameras and lighting.

Virtual Environment week 3

I have changed my scare scenes since my first ideas mainly to do with the second scene. The second scene is know longer an office its a library. here are my sketches.

Scene 1 outside.

Scene 2 inside.

Virtual Environment week 3

In todays lesson we learnt how to add textures and how to make quick realistic shapes using diffuse, alpha, bump and uvw maps.

Here is a screenshot from my haunted house.

I have also finished making the entrance for my ride and here is images i researched whilst finalizing my design.

Here is the sketch i created and also the rendered version in 3ds max.

Virtual Environment week 2

Heres a few images ive gathered for inspiration on how i would like my upstairs scare scene to look like.

Heres a screenshot of my progress.

This is how i would like my haunted ride library room to look like along with the feel as you go through it.

Virtual Environment week 1

Mood Board
Here is a mood board for the type of style i want to portray on my haunted house ride. i have gone for a traditional theme with skeletons, chains, coffins, ghosts and so forth.

Screenshot

This screenshot shows the structure of the roller-coaster, I have designed in todays lesson with Andrew. I created it like this because i want to have two floors to give me space to create various rooms containing a scene and scares.