Assignment 3 Storyboard

Core Word Behind My Animation

"AUTOMATION"

Assignment 3 Reflection

Assignment 3 is my architectural representation of the culmination of assignments 1 and 2. As well as carrying through adaptations of the themes from the previous 2 assignments, sound and video editing techniques are also similar. In each assignment I have experimented with various modelling and special effects techniques in 3DS Max such as opacity mapping, bump mapping, reactor, hair and fur modifiers, and particle systems “superspray” techniques. In all three videos, the viewer experiences the environment either as third person and/or as first person.
In assignment 1, the theme of fence was represented as one person’s freedom to escape the particular circumstances of an environment. Assignment 2 looked at transforming this theme into the idea that the process of freedom relates to the crossing of boundaries and thresholds. Assignment 3 looked at creating an architectural adaptation of both these concepts through the development of the temporal representation of a virtual urban environment that focused on a process of automation, rhythm, and transparency. The elimination of humans from the equation is antithetical to assignments 1 and 2 in the idea that humans or the human persona plays a key role in conveying the feeling of the video.

Assignment 3 Final Video