Production - Final Animatic

Now that the rough animatic had been completed for use in the group one, I had then moved on to producing another animatic, this time creating 3D shot in Adobe After Effects. A series of images showing designs and sketches that may be useful.

Design for the exterior of the liqour store.

1st design for a car.

2nd design for a car.

An original design for the interior of the liquor store. The desk, cash machine and clerk will all be added in front of it later via 3D layers.

Design for the shop clerk. Will manipulate and convert each body part into PSD files and use them as 3D layers, somewhat similar to cutout animation. 

More sketches for body parts and props for the shootout scene. 

I imported these designs into After effects and produced a lot of 3D shots in order to make it more realistic and well, three dimensional. In order to do this, I simply converted the files into 3D layers and maneuvered them around. But I saved a bit of time by using the same PSD files over again, like creating a line of cars by using the same two sketches I had produced. I also played around with spotlighting to create shadows and highlights, for example; the shadows underneath the cars on a sunny day.  So I basically constructed this animatic mostly out of 3D shots, plus a few simple 2D images to save more time.

An example of a 3D shot in progress. Composed of several layers and keyframes, it would seem as if you're actually moving through a car park.

Now for the big finale, so to speak. Once again, since it takes ages to upload big files onto these blogs, I have decided it would be better to upload it directly onto YouTube, which will have better quality and takes less time. Plus, you'll be able to view it more clearly than having a small window on this page.


Below is the link to the video clip. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NnZI6PGAAw


In conclusion of this blog, as for working in a group even though there has been some time issues and other complications with the project, I think me and my fellow colleagues have worked really hard and well together as a team to produce this project. As this blog is about my individual work on the project, our group animatic can be viewed in another blog, but a lot of hard working hours has gone into this project so I say it's time to rest.