Previs Development:
I wasn’t in classes this week, but George still gave me some feedback through syncsketch which was super helpful. I also made extra use of something I try to do a bit usually, where I write my own feedback after not looking at the work for a day or two so I have a fresher take on it. This also proved helpful, since even though I will think these things to myself having them written down allows me to remember and consider my own reflections more.
Some of my own feedback I noted down:
- I tried moving table scene (Shot 0090 and 0100) right the the end, but feels a bit too slice of life-ish compared to the gritty/janky/punk vibe I was going for. Character animation could help with this though. For now I have instead placed it just before Shot 0190, as I feel this retains the fast paced janky vibe I prefer.
- Shot 0120 feels a bit dull, so I would like to add something more to that.
- I also decided that I’ll remove Shot 0150 + 0160 as these shots feel out of place and for me they break the immersion due to that.
- For Shot 0180, the punch action feels a bit dull also, but I would still like a hype action shot in its place. I’m considering a shot of the main character swinging their weapon (a Falx, a traditional Dacian weapon) towards the camera instead.
- Finally, the dance at the end feels too slow compared to the fast paced, hype vibe to the rest of the opening, so I would like to change the dance at some point. The shot still works for timing and transition concept purposes, so changing the dance is something I’m considering lower priority for now.
Previs Feedback:
- For Shot 0120, maybe instead of just walking his friends run past him and then he starts running?
- Currently, the camera in Shot 0130 rotates as the wolf runs out of the smoke to be above the wolf, then it rotates again to be a side shot of the wolf. The amount of rotation in one shot feels weird, so try going straight from the first camera angle into the side shot instead
- For Shot 0180, it could be good to experiment with some Maya viewport FX to make the shot more interesting
- All shots should be at least blocked out in 3D by now, so have that done for next week