Week 12: Final Video & Screenshots

Video

This is my final video I have created, using Sony Vegas Pro 10 as the editor, and Cryengine to create the model-

'Revenant'

Music: 'Forgotten Challenge Dual Mix' created by vonfrank42
             
Dual Mix of-
            "Forgotten Challenge" - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, Yoko
             Shimomura                       
             and
             "Forgotten Challenge" - Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded, Yoko Shimomura

Screenshots

These are the 3 final screenshots i think display my models best qualities nicely.  They reflect the panning sequence used in my video, two are taken inside the cave presenting the space of my model and the other is internal exploring inside my model reflecting more intensely how it can be inhabited when explored.

Week 11: Title

I have decided to give my model the title 'Revenant'.
Revenant is defined as returning from death or a long absence and is thought of as common folklore.  This to me evokes feelings of darkness + divinity, which reflects from the darkness of the cave contrasting the shining fragmented crystal like forms adding an extra sense of mystery + unworldlyness.  The space acts almost as a torrent of souls, and the glowing balls reflect the dead spirits rising and being drawn towards the light.  The music helps build these supernatural notions through its opera and crescendo.

Week 11: Video Editing

I decided to use Sony Vegas 10 to edit my recordings instead of Windows Movie Maker.  I have worked with this program before, and it gives me more options and effects when editing my scene-

Video Progress:

Week 11: Refinement

There were a few things I decided to change after seeing my video put together.  The first was the animation speed of the glowing balls- it seemed too subtle and unnoticeable in my first draft video.  Therefore I increased the speed using my flowgraphs in my model by doubling it.  I also refined some of the camera pans- ad increased either their distance/ time so that the transition between camera tracks appeared a lot smoother and continuous.

Week 11: Draft Video

This is a draft I created putting all the camera tracking scenes together and music added-

Week 10: Chosen Music

I have decided to use a song created vonfrank42 from YouTube called 'Forgotten Challenge Dual Mix' - which is a mixture he created from the forgotten challenge orginal songs from the Kingdom Hearts video game series, composed by Yoko Shimomura.

It is a classical track, contains instruments such as organs, drums, violin, symbols etc. A lot of tension is created and built up through the vocals in the song, which will be played during the climax of my video.  Overall the song helps reinforce the divine unworldly mood I'm going for.

Forgotten Challenge Music-

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Week 10: Middle & End Sequence

This is the middle and end sequence I have created for my video using Camera Track view and MSI Afterburner.  For the middle sequence, I was basically experimenting with different camera views/ angles that successfully accentuate and show off my models best features and help enhance the ethereal atmosphere-