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Animation Update

Animation came in late last night. I think does a good job simulating traffic flow. Must add the title into scene and see if the traffic create unnecessary distraction. Some of vehicle I plan was removed from tech guy do to debugging problem of that vehicle asset.

Title Screen Update

Change font and color of title screen. To make even more brighter and in theory stand out even more. I might request changes on it. The white highlight may change to a different color. Animation is not in place. My tech guy is having a problem with his computer. He got few option to solve it. It may create minor tweaking on the project. Tweak. Less traffic Shorter animation time. Repeating may occur. People may figure the loop. We wanted create a stimulation of forever no loop. But if too short animation might be able to pull it off. That about it. Hope he can solve the issue soon. IF not, plan B. Google Sketch Up will be used. Anyway here our title screen.

Preparing the Animation for title screen.

Understanding the technical limitation. Base on my tech guy. It take 40 ++ hours to render a minute worth of video. Therefore I have to be mindful on time of the video and also lock the animation down with no changes. If not, my tech my tech guy will have to re-render the video to account for changes. This will slowdown progress on the project and his other work and we may miss deadline. Conveying the purpose of this animation. The idea is to show little movement in the highway to make it believable. To bring player into the world. John Lasseter said that every small detail might be notice by the viewer but will make the viewer believe in the world. Believing the world allow them to fully commit to the character and to the story thus making more immerse game experience.. Seeking inspiration and reference to make the animation. Grand Theft Auto [GTA] The game shows the simulation of traffic at different situation. It has the situation we need; which is a highway ...

Music Inspiration And Updated version of Title screen

While watching SWAT on Tv and I got inspired for background music or theme music of the title screen. Link to description of the movie. S.W.A.T. So he is the sample and direction we are going for in terms of music. This Title screen has been added the words. And Basic mood and tone of the title screen has been establish.

Progress

How the idea expands into a more refine conceptual product. Sketching the basic layout. Playing with time the image will be rendered.Improve on framing as the  sketch up file export above is at different aspect ratio for the project. The time of day the image is taken is locked and framing looks better.  However, the background of the image is not what I intended. It should show a more highway feel compare to housing street. The highway feel is set. Must add more object on the road, like car,  bike, trucks. The position of the car is okay but can  be improved.   Waiting to add title and press button and company rights on the image. My Final composition for this week. I added a more detailed background image,  and how I will plan to put the wording to the image. The lighting is wrong. But this is  for concept of faming the objects in the image.

The Game Plan

This is the plan I will use to schedule the progress and eventual completion of the title scree. Week 1 : Preparing a mock. Giving them a conceptual look of the final product. Week 2 : Improve on the image. Tweak and finalize the framing. And lock down the name of the game. Week 3 : Look into lighting and mis en scene of the image . I will tweak and finalize the tone and color of the image. Week 4 : Back Up Weak. In case anything fail and goes off schedule. Also feedback time and tweaking. Through this project I will be presenting my idea and changes in Sketch Up 3D. This is for 2 reason. Visual show the idea to the group. If there is any technical issue arises with my tech guy. I will have a back up of the progress. Sketch Up 3D is a powerful software and it can do all that I need for this project. After preparing the image, I will export as an image file and edit it using Hitfilm editing software and include the press start animation and music. If Sketch Up 3D is...

Framing of the Title Screen

The content of the frame. Can be found from previous post. A press start display. Some cases Option Continue Game Credit Copyrights of the game from the game company. More information about start screen technically can be found As for now I planning to make the start screen with no animation and only including start button and copy right of the game company. I am doing this because in my own understanding the information should clear and simply, that its a start screen where player's must press the start button to proceed. While focus on this primary objective I plan to include the copy right of the game company so that any information export from the game at that point on is against the law. [ Depends on the use ]. And give credit to developers of the game. Information presenting Start Button Copyrights of the game from the game company [Number plat of the car] Secondary Information Expectation & Hyping of the game. Graphics Game pla...

Making a Start Screen Part 2 : The Concept

Idea Genre Street Racing Police / Cops chasing Street Racers & Smugglers  Tone & Feel Highway in American At night. Got nice scenery : Mountains, Trees.  Got billboards and sign boards. Got cars going by. Mostly trucks and transportation vehicle. At night a lot of illegal racing. Drag Racing. Police scout and monitor the safety of the highway by hiding behind billboards.  Content How to present the start screen. 16: frame. Resolution playing around 1080p or 720p. Might have some animation. Background music. The animation will be added upon progress of the initial template. Plus, most Racing Games does not need any animation from its start screen. More detailed elaboration of the project will come from further post. Eg: My Job I will frame the image. I will set the tone and mood of the image, If animation is place, I will determine which portion of image will be animated. I will try to improve...

Making a Start Screen Part 1 : Understanding What is a start screen.

Start Screen What is it? In terms of console. Technically To determine which controller the player is using. First controller to press start will sign in first. Can determine the storage device as soon as press start. Add On Show gamers what to expect from the game. To prepare the gamer for the game. Hype up the game. What does it content? A press start display. Some cases Option Continue Game Credit Copyrights of the game from the game company. More information about start screen technically can be found from this website. Press Start

Great Inside about the World of Cinema

Steven Soderbergh - The State of Cinema Video & Transcrip t He talks about Art and its purpose. Why are we compel to narrative. Business of Cinema. What films are made and are not and Why? What can we do about it? Great talk. Will definitely watch it a second time to get a better inside on Cinema. Hope your enjoy it. blog.sffs.org/home/2013/4/steven-soderbergh-the-state-of-cinema-video-transcripthtml And more simple breakdown of the talk. I recommend reading this after watching the talk, to get the essence of his speech. http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-steven-soderbergh-state-of-cinema-speech-transcript/ Steven Soderbergh in my opinion is a terrific director and inspires me to excellent in the art of cinema. Thank you Mr. Soderbergh.