the still of the cabin shot looks cool cant wait to see it tomoro will be cool

I did a spelling check for you Ben. =P

Finished scenes

Here are some shots I managed to finish today in After Effects. Let me know what you think guys.I really like the way this static shot came out. Although it is static, the dust layer really brings this shot to life. We just need to add a wind sound effect to this shot and this scene will be perfect.

This was a tough scene to do as I had to parent and animate the background layer and dust layer to the 3D desert terrain. It looks like a relatively simple shot however there are a lot of layers here. I took a photograph of my Dad's car's dashboard which can be seen at the bottom left of the screen, I believe this provides something familiar to the scene which the viewer can relate to, it also makes the interior less empty and more interesting and realistic. I also took film of a swinging card pass which hangs from the roof of the cockpit of the vehicle. This adds movement and additional animation to make the scene more interesting and to inject a little life to an otherwise dull scene. I also filmed a movie of my Dad to create the driver's reflection. This too helps to bring life to the film. The cockpit windscreen is a basic layer made in photoshop which was animated in adobe after effects to depict the illusion of uneven terrain and to give a sense of the motion of the vehicle. I also added soot near the corners of the panes of glass as extra detail to make the vehicle used and weathered. I was concerned that the sky was a little too pink so Tom and I graded it so that the background was more orange thus creating the illusion that the vehicle had orange tinted glass. This was as they say, a happy accident and seems to fit rather nicely. This scene looks quite decent and adds a new dimension to the film, it also seems to humanise the environment too.

Progress

We made excellent progress today. We have almost finished compositing all our scenes in After Effects. Ben your time management and organisation skills have been flawless these past few weeks, we would not be in such a good position now if it was not for your good judgement and decision making. All of you have put your heart and soul into this project, and it shows. Without your talent and attendance we would certainly not be in such a position that we find ourselves in now. Good work guys and keep it up, only a few more days.

We need to start thinking about assembling our sound effects into folders so that we can begin adding sound effects into our film.

Good Work Team

Some really nice work guys, I am really pleased. We are making excellent progress and I'd say we are on schedule. This week we have to concentrate on helping one another. We only have a few more scenes to render and we should start bringing the targa sequences into Adobe After Effects in order to begin compositing and introducing the finishing touches such as dust layers, masks, mountain ranges and matte backgrounds etc.

A small update!

In relation to Andy's last post, we have now managed to move the wheels of the vehicle.

I've also managed to render the piece, which will be collated together with the rest of the film tomorrow!

It's taking shape boys!

response to Andy

I agree Andy I think animating the wheels would be a good idea, I know initially I said that it would not matter too much as dust trails would hide the wheel animation, however I think you are right in saying that the wheel animation will make our film less of an anamatic.