This
week has been the start of what is the final process, rendering. For the
rendering to be successful, I conducted a lot of tests to make sure it looks
and feels correct. Once I was happy, rendering began. (More on this later).
Starting
on Wednesday night, so far I have rendered all of scene 1 and almost all of
scene 5. These renders aren’t final as they must go through a number of stages
including correcting the levels, twicking the curves and some colour
correction, all completed within After Effects, (which I will do after the
renders have finished). Along with this, I added (suggestion from Sean), some
brightness/contrast and blur creating a historical but contemporary feel. This
was something I was unsure of on first suggestion, but upon viewing I knew it
was right. I was originally going for dust and scratches, ala old film, but it
was quite rightly pointed out that this would make it in Molly’s past, it
needed to be her present. With some
slight modifications, this look will be continued throughout 1895.
In
terms of rendering, I have made some silly mistakes, mainly to do with rendering
the wrong camera stemming from the fact, I haven’t really rendered multiple
cameras, and sight laziness by not checking. After this happened twice, I am making
sure it is the correct camera before proceeding.
It
is also during the render testing, I have discovered that render at a high
detail is pointless, due to what I do in post. By setting it slightly (only
slightly) lower than the highest setting (ie Production: Fine Trace to
Production), it saves me a handful of minutes for one frame (it’s been on
average 5-8 minutes on Fine Trace and 3-5 on Production). These small minutes
will save me hours in the long term meaning I can render more over the same
time frame.
Outside
of render/post production, Seon has done a fine job, modeling and texturing
objects within the lounge such as the light fixtures. She has done a fantastic
job and this has really added character to the room. Plus her texturing has
been impressive as well.
When
it has come down to sound, another student has come on board. It’s very last
minute and I personally don’t or can’t expect miracles being with only one week
to go, but let’s see how it goes. It terms of voices, I have moved on and are
using most of the male voices (not Bradford). In terms of Bradford I am trying
to use one of the teachers at JMC, but time and my lack of organizational skills
has been detrimental to the project. My plan is if I can do it in the last week
great, but if time runs out, I will use the temp voice for the hand in and use proper
recording afterwards (with a re-render of Bradford’s three shots) for the
Martini awards.
If
all goes well, most of the rendering should be complete by Friday/Saturday, however,
if time is short, I will do quick renders for hand in and do them more
correctly for the Martini awards.
Raw Renders
Levels, Curve, Colour Balance added
Brightness/Contrast and Blur added
No comments:
Post a Comment