{"id":495,"date":"2024-05-01T14:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=495"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:14:14","slug":"ideas-and-storyboarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Ideas and Storyboarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The General Idea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this module, we are required to construct a minute animation sequence using visual effects which would be covered in the lab sessions. I generated a few ideas, but stuck with a city environment based around an asset pack (Epic Games, Inc, 2022a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have downloaded the City Environment asset pack while it was free for one month.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have drawn up a mind map around this idea and included some visual effects that could be used within the sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A mind map of the ideas surrounding the City VFX cutscene, with the different types of particle effects I will be using.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The type of sequence I will be doing is a video game cutscene of a character walking through a city landscape, as they search for their target, i.e. a boss fight that takes place soon thereafter. The character I will be using is Murdock from Paragon (Epic Games, 2016; Epic Games, Inc, 2022b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The asset pack for the character I will be using for the sequence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Storyboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get started on planning, I drew up a digital storyboard on how the sequence will play out, what time each shot will be, and the types of camera shots, visual effects and sound effects would be in the animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve created a storyboard of the frames that that the sequence will follow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Animatic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put together a quick 60 second animatic showing the scene as it’s supposed to be roughly mapped out. The scenes are very similar to what was shown in the storyboard but with some colour added to the frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n