Week 23: Mastronauts - Meeting

Today Kieran, Tom and I had another meeting with Phil.

We were discussing possible locations for the external shot, and the implications of the location we had chosen. Originally we wanted the character to climb a tree full of shiny objects. We had a tree in mind, but felt the surrounding area was not right for what we needed. Further discussion lead us to the conclusion that a live-action tree (particularly a leafy one) would be an impossible task to integrate with the CG character in the time we have. This would require CG tree and then all of the leaves on top of this.

We considered a few locations further north using cliffs and caves instead of a tree for the home of the creature. As we debated this, Phil suggested we try a place called Lunan Bay.

This would tie in with our original beach idea, but also contains some of the rocky elements we were considering for the creature's home. It seems to be a very likely candidate for our new exterior location and the guys and I are planning a visit there sometime soon.

Week 16: Mastronauts Meeting

My fellow Mastronauts (Tom & Kieran) and I had a production meeting.

We were discussing the possibility of shooting the library scenes in some libraries in Dundee. Our current thought was that the DJCAD library would be sufficient, although I feel a more aged but classic library would be a better location for shooting. The problem is, I'm not sure if there are any in/near the city that have the aesthetic we were hoping for.

Although this is an old-styled library, which would be a lovely location for shooting, we are looking for something that is dull/bleak in comparison to the other worlds that the characters will face. We decided that although lovely in style that it may make more sense if the library was more modern.

This for of destination would be ideal with the monotony of the stacked books, and straight edged bookshelves. Perhaps with a little more desaturation in the colour, this would be a perfect example of the type of location we need. Although, this sort of feeling, we could certainly capture in the DJCAD library itself, we have agreed to investigate for better options, just in case.

Throughout the meeting I tried to write a note of tutorials and tests I will need to watch/ carry out to ensure that we are ready for production when the time comes.

Although, I have done a couple of tracking tutorials, I may, if given the chance, attempt to do more, as I still do not feel comfortable with them. I will also have to look into IBL tests, texturing processes, and consider how we will go about the transformation scene etc.