Cinema 4D Experiments

These are examples of where I have taken a landscape image off Google (in this case a Snow Tundra texture) and applied it to the bare landscape shape on Cinema 4D. This then makes the scene look much more realistic.

In order to create my animation, I will be using Cinema 4D to create the outside landscapes and the objects that will sit within the frames. Here are a few examples of work i have produced using Cinema 4D. Obviously these are just experiments but i am quite proud considering I missed the first lecture on how to use the software.

Realistic Fog

For my apocalyptic scene, I wanted to add a layer of fog and this video explains simply how to create one! I hope to work alongside this tutorial in order to create this fog then use it in an appropriate manner in my animation.

Photoshop Fire

I intend to create flames within Photoshop, like the examples here, so I can later import them onto my background layer of a cityscape. I will use the technique of blending and layer masking so that the image looks professional and realistic. I will later upload my attempt of this flame creation when finished,

Cat

This is a first attempt of using layer masks to create multiple layers in an image, without deleting anything. This will come in handy when creating layers for a backdrop of a city. Also, this way of manipulating an image is far more advanced than just selecting an area and deleting it.

CGI

In order to make my animation look believable, I have decided to include the use of CGI and Special Effects. To create the desired 'Post Apocalyptic' effect, I will research how to create explosions//landscapes//fire effects on youtube which I can then follow and change to my own preferences.

I have included an example of what I hope to achieve in terms of landscape and CGI Effects.

'Looking Outside'- Idea 2

In order to expand on my knowledge within the 3D Animation industry, I have also thought up another idea related more specifically to 'Looking Outside' and modern day society.

I wanted to create a scene within After Effects and Photoshop in which a young child is standing looking out of a window to the view outside. The camera slowly zooms in to reveal in full the scene the boy is looking at. However, instead of being a peaceful, utopian setting, the scene is interrupted by dystopian imagery reflecting on modern day fears such as terrorism, capitalism, corruption etc.

I wanted the effect of this scene to be that our world is changing and due to the development of technology in particular, children especially are becoming brainwashed, almost obsessed with modern day technology etc. I wanted to show how corrupt the world is becoming and how this affects future generation so instead of someone looking outside to our world and feeling proud of it, we look outside and feel shear fear for the future and what will happen when technology development etc become out of control.

In order to show this dystopian universe,  alongside the images I wanted to have discordant music playing to create an eerie uncomfortable atmosphere in which to watch the animation. Creating a world uncomfortable to live in...

After these scenes have been completed, the camera will zoom out and rejoin the young child within the room. However the child has now grown up (shows passing of time//how times change) and is now an old. The camera continues to zoom out to black as the old man is left to reflect on the world he has now become a part of.

I think this idea is much more solid than my previous idea and also gives me the chance to create an entire animation through the use of 3D After Effects, therefore enhancing and developing my skills as an animator.

4 Walls, 3 Windows

First attempt of creating a 3D Room with added windows and a scene for outside.