Project 1 Reflection

This project was a really new and interesting experience for me. I learnt a lot throughout my project. 

The few things i did for the project was:

• Storyboarding
• Implementation of 3D viruses into the video

Although i did a few things. They were both very tedious. I has a hard time thinking about where the cameras should be for the shots, after spending a few days on it, i finally finished my storyboarding satisfactorily with the help of my group mate. I had problems drawing a few scenes too. but after referring to a few images i managed to draw them. 

The second part i did, was implementing the 3D viruses into the video. this was the most complicated part for me. Although i knew what i was supposed to do, very well, my maya was not cooperating. I had already planned out what i had to do from start to end. I managed to do this because of the tutorials we did in class. 

Firstly, i exported the image sequence of the video, using After Effects. After that, i imported the image sequence into MatchMover. After that i matchmoved the video and then opened it in Maya. After this, i faced many problems. Firstly my image plane could not be seen. After that was fixed, i imported my 3D elements into Maya. However, when i clicked on the 3D object to animate it, my image plane at the back disappeared. Therefore, i could not animate my 3D element while watching the video, like i was able to when i did the Zombie Chase Scene. I tried and retried several times, but i still has the same problem. A classmate of mine, had the same problem too. 

I got some help from Mr George. After about a few hours, the only possible way he said i could do it, was by using the render view. This delayed my whole work greatly. I had to constanly render the frame to make sure my 3D virus was in the correct position.

Another problem i had was that when i imported my spinning virus into the file, it didnt spin when i playblasted. i had to animate the spinning separately, and furthermore, a few cones from the "Master" virus were missing. But because of the time-crunch i had due to the delay, i decided to ingore the few missing cones and proceed on with my work.

After a day, i soon got used to the idea of using the Render View to animate my 3D element. Thankfully, i finished my work in time to pass my part to my group mate who added in the filter to make them all look natural in the scene. 

Overall, i had a really interesting, and yet fun experience working with Maya and MatchMover. I learnt how to solve minor problems and i learnt not to be discouraged with problems i faced.