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Graduate Project - 'Radioactive' As an animator and designer, my interests lie in creature design, creating dark atmospheres, visual effects and merging digital and practical techniques. This has driven my final year work, where I’ve designed a fictitious glowing virus spread into the physical world by radioactive bugs. My final year film, 'Radioactive' is the result of this and combines textural, tactile cave 'sets', 3D computer animation and light projection mapping to simulate an infected, underground environment. I hope to wider expand on this technique and concept in the future. |
Projection Process
The process involved mapping out the spider animation and path of action in 3D animation software, Maya, and exporting the individual frames into After Effects to adjust colour, add flicker effects and test the composition (this stage often needed repeated several times). The sequence would then be projected onto the physical set/objects on a loop using a mini projector and adjusted accordingly. The final shot would then be captured frame by frame in Dragonframe using a DSLR camera and dark lighting.
The process involved mapping out the spider animation and path of action in 3D animation software, Maya, and exporting the individual frames into After Effects to adjust colour, add flicker effects and test the composition (this stage often needed repeated several times). The sequence would then be projected onto the physical set/objects on a loop using a mini projector and adjusted accordingly. The final shot would then be captured frame by frame in Dragonframe using a DSLR camera and dark lighting.
Sound / Music
Static soundscape 'Untangled Particles' curtesy of the lovely Silo Portem.
https://soundcloud.com/silo-portem