Overall, I think the project has gone really well.
The final video has come out extremely well, and I as well as the rest of the group as very pleased with it.
The only thing that I would say that was disappointing was because the renders kept freezing, as the deadline approached we had to lower the quality of the superspray effect, and as feedback suggested in the presentation, it now looks like 'porridge' being emitted from the plane.
Other than that I am really confident that the animation is entertaining and features some good, original ideas.
I really did think that some of the other groups had really strong ideas, such as the road that showed lots of signs with a rollercoaster goin overhead and a voice over. That one stood out as it was in a way connected to ours in the way that it was a custom little 'world'.
More Sound
Finally, we needed a sound for the falling letters of text for each model. This was going to be a hard one, because its not a realistic sound, at least there is no obvious answer. I mixed a thud with a heavily processed gong to give a metallic feel to the thud of a landing object.
Yet another new effect was included; the filtered ringing effect, this muffled the sound slightly, but kept the pure metallic bounce to the clip.
Clips mixed in found at:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=16793
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=18447
I did also share some bird sounds to give more of an environment to the piece, they were recorded for a module last year by myself in my back garden, and so are totally original.
Yet another new effect was included; the filtered ringing effect, this muffled the sound slightly, but kept the pure metallic bounce to the clip.
Clips mixed in found at:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=16793
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=18447
I did also share some bird sounds to give more of an environment to the piece, they were recorded for a module last year by myself in my back garden, and so are totally original.
Further Sound Editing
A mix was needed for the rayfire effect; one that sounded like a collapsing building. I created a mix and threw some effects of some more audio clips found at:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=99197
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=77074
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=51123
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25014
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=80450
Low pass is becoming a favourite of mine! I also tried a reverb effect on one clip; Convolution reverb, which worked quite nicely. Here are some screens of the Soundbooth file in motion:
It was edited further to remove the metallic squeal at the beginning.
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=99197
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=77074
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=51123
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25014
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=80450
Low pass is becoming a favourite of mine! I also tried a reverb effect on one clip; Convolution reverb, which worked quite nicely. Here are some screens of the Soundbooth file in motion:
It was edited further to remove the metallic squeal at the beginning.
Final Adjustments And Contributions
With other group members being much more confident and capable when it comes to lighting, after generating ideas for camera pans and angles of flight etc, my model has been handed over to the 'professionals'.
Another main reason for this is that the hardware available to the other member(s) is much more powerful and able to render the work, whereas my MacBook Pro freezes every 5 minutes....
But no, I cannot sit back and relax, I have attempted to continue to contribute by continually asking if there is anything I can do.
Examples of such little tasks may be setting up the superspray effect on the final MAX file which has then been sent back and rendered, and locating a sound file for my jet model.
This was found at:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=40625
I then imported this downloaded file into Soundbooth and put some envelopes on the beginning and the end to really emphasise the stark nature of the quick passing of the jet.
Other modifications that were made were adding distortion, changing the pitch of the clip by +1.5 to just make it sound that much more realistic, and also for another module I had to 'muffle' a sound, and after experimenting with this I found it worked quite well.
The Low Pass Effect really worked wonders on the clip and makes it sound really life-like.
Another main reason for this is that the hardware available to the other member(s) is much more powerful and able to render the work, whereas my MacBook Pro freezes every 5 minutes....
But no, I cannot sit back and relax, I have attempted to continue to contribute by continually asking if there is anything I can do.
Examples of such little tasks may be setting up the superspray effect on the final MAX file which has then been sent back and rendered, and locating a sound file for my jet model.
This was found at:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=40625
I then imported this downloaded file into Soundbooth and put some envelopes on the beginning and the end to really emphasise the stark nature of the quick passing of the jet.
Other modifications that were made were adding distortion, changing the pitch of the clip by +1.5 to just make it sound that much more realistic, and also for another module I had to 'muffle' a sound, and after experimenting with this I found it worked quite well.
The Low Pass Effect really worked wonders on the clip and makes it sound really life-like.
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