Week9
Team Member
Mar 2
Yiqi Zheng (Fx)
Riley Ho (Fx)
Itim Kongsakulvatanasook (Fx)
Sofia Mancias (Compositing)
Benji Hopkins (Look Dev)
SCAD X HARBOR X ETC - Week 9
Hello, this is my ninth week of the Scad x Harbor x ETC blog!
These are the mentors' feedback from Tuesday's presentation.
Kyle:
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Shot 1 particles too saturated?
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Ground and printer looks awesome
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Shot 2, less saturated
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Depth of field and motion blur is missing
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Be more mysterious and hide some stuff
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Shot 3 depth of field can also be tightened, it will help hide the low res on the painting
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Not sure about the warm light in last shot, maybe more blue
Beck：
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Wood is very bright
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Soften the bump on the wood
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Should not be that dark, makes it look CG
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Where you cut is important, so particles are not fully faded away in shot 3 and then finish in shot 4
Pheya:
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The spill on on first shot is not the same as the second shot
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Spill is more on first shot than the second shot, but second shot is more macro?
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Wood is better but still very smooth
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Looks more like plastic
Molly:
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Would be cool to see hints of particles in last shot, maybe fog
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Watch out for flickering in the backgrounds
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Shot 3 and 4 camera move feels the same, should feel more like progression
Molly:
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Kill the orange in last shot, switch it for a cooler light, and bring all the lights down by 10%
To-Do List:
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Render high-res still image, and make a breakdown and final video
This is our Previs for week 9.
This week for Shot 1, I focused on refining the outer particles to better integrate them with the colorful flows. However, the result wasn’t visually strong, so we decided to remove them to create a cleaner composition.
For Shot 2, I refined the color flows to reduce the flat appearance and introduced more volumetric depth to enhance the three-dimensional feel, particularly in the pink and magenta areas, which initially appeared quite flat.
Render:
For Shot 1, we separated it into nine layers so Sofia could have more control over the ground shadows during color grading.
For the rendering part, we separated Shot 2 into nine layers to give Sofia more control during color grading. I also rendered the printer’s ink slots separately and enhanced their color so they wouldn’t look like black holes or feel disconnected from the rest of the scene.
