SCAD X Harbor Picture - Week 2

Mentor Kyle

Mentor Hailey

Mentor Vi

Mentor Luke

Previs

Video reference from Kyle

need good quality lighting references for leaf scene
recommend shot 1-1 dolly, motion control rig

fear of boredom about logo opening
curious about the gray lumps at the end shot
ensure the end frame looks interesting

dragon shot needs more dynamic camera moves
product should be the focus in shot 1

visually connect the two worlds/flow

Snake ring symbolism research from Olivia

Updates

• Added particle trail FX (connection between the disintegration scene to branch scene)

• Deleted leaf simulation scene (work overload, concerning the quality)

Feedback/Notes

Tasks

• FX Test - Disintegration, Particle trail

• Ring animation

• Previs camera adjustment

Work in progress

I optimized performance by reducing polygons and used a Boolean node to disintegrate the dragon statue based on point attributes. The Points to Volume node filled the mesh with points, and a "temperature" attribute controlled point removal through a Pyro Source Spread. Then, I converted the points to voxel to fill the gaps. Finally, I used a POP network to create particles and a POP Wind node inside the POP network to add motion to them.

I created a particle trail using a POP network with a curve line, where I spawned particles from a circle that I copied along the points of the curve. Inside the POP network, I used a POP Curve Force and POP Force to add swirling movements to the particles. I also adjusted the Max Influence Radius in the POP Curve Force node to be larger than the radius of the circle generating the particles, ensuring proper bounds for the particles.
I applied the same curve to the ring animation and used Follow Path constraints.

Disintegration FX

Particle Trail FX & Ring Animation

Camera Adjustment

For shot 1-3, I keyframed the camera to capture the entire FX and the overall background. I also adjusted the curves for both the ring and particle trail to align with the camera movement.