Animation Final

Animation Final

My brief was to design a toy which would improve a child’s condition who is suffering from Psoriasis, a chronic and acute condition of the skin, and the relationship they have with the hospital, so that both parents and healthcare professionals can monitor the patient’s behaviour in relation to their condition and the toy. My idea was using a popular theme of superheroes which appeals to children. The superhero would serve as the module unit and would have a 3D scan of the child’s head as the superhero’s head, which would give the child voice reminders to apply treatment. The hub which would be the superhero’s lair where their treatments would be contained, such as cream and a humidifier.

1) Proposal/Abstract

My idea was to create a film set where an advertisement video would be filmed for the product, and the superhero character would act as an actor. 

2) Research/Pre-production

I researched lots of tutorials on Youtube on how to create the effects I wanted in my scene.

Fog/Smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnd6BK_WHI 

Walk cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-QLI1h7WYE 

These really helped give me an insight into what every feature in the process was and how it effected the animation.

Storyboard:

Stage 1

The film set is closed and only very little light is been put onto the hub

Stage 2

The lights in the scene are turned on as the actor and director come into the set

Stage 3

Then they are fully in the scene but off camera. They are both rushing around the set trying to find props and other equipment that they need

Stage 4

The superhero figure (Actor) moves into the view of the camera

Stage 5

The superhero figure (Actor) is surprised and shocked when he learns that there are sharks on the set 

3) Self-evaluation

What worked?

Although the smoke coming from the model stopped early, I felt that it worked well in the scene and settings such as the transparency and colour looked good. The green texture on the fish tank worked well as reference for the rotobrush tool in After Effects for adding in a video of a fish tank.

What didn’t work?

As much as I tried, I failed to successfully create a skeleton for my model. I managed to get the IK joints to work on the legs and arms but I ran into many problems when I tried to bind the skin to the skeleton.

What you found particularly good or enjoyable?

Surprisingly I found adding textures to surfaces and adding lighting to the scene and animating it really enjoyable as it brought the scene to life.

How might you want to continue or expand the project in the future?

I think first I would want to fix the fog animation, and then secondly I would try again to rig my character correctly with a fully working skeleton and skin binded. 

4) Final Animation: