Week 4 - Daylight

This is the scene I created by taking some basic shapes, adding different materials to the shapes and using the Mental Ray daylight system. I was very impressed with this technique and very happy with the rendered scene. The long shadows and material effects really make the scene come to life. I believe I used a late February afternoon setting to achieve this type of lighting.

Week 4 - Pumpkin

This is the pumpkin I created following one of the tutorials. The basic object itself was downloaded and I took it from there, creating the landscape and adding the material and lighting. I also added a fog effect to make it look more eerie. Although I'm quite happy with the rendered result, I do feel I could improve this.

Week 4 - Lighting

This is just a few basic shapes that I used to test out lighting settings. By placing light sources either side of the objects, one red and one blue, I was then able to alter the settings so that certain objects would only be affected by certain lights. This picture shows the result.

Mood Board

The film I have chosen to create a trailer for is A View to a Kill. This is the final film of the James Bond series to star Roger Moore. In this film, Bond goes up against villain Max Zorin who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. The film features several famous destinations including Paris, with a chase up the Eiffel Tower and also San Francisco where Bond ends up at the top of the Golden Gate bridge. These two landmarks could potentially be used as models for my project, along with Zorin's airship.

Week 2 - Tank (W.I.P.)

This is my work in progress of the tank from the week 2 tutorial showing how to use planes in order to create more accurate models. I found this technique very useful as it gives a guide where to put the basic shapes and the final object then fits together almost like a puzzle. I will definitely be making use of this technique for the assignment.

Week 2 - Chess Piece

Here is my attempt at creating a chess piece. The path was created in Illustrator and then imported into 3D Studio Max. Using the lathe tool I was able to complete the shape. I'm happy with the bottom of the shape although the neck and top section could be improved next time.

Week 1 - Apple

This is my attempt at creating the apple from one of the first week tutorials. I'm quite happy with the result, although when I tried the banana from the same tutorial I found this really difficult.