Over the holiday I also had to experiment with how the film will overall look in it's final stages of production. This included movement, colour, layout and editting. I tried to do the shot's that I knew would definatly not be cut from my film.
My second test was just a rough little test of the rough colouring and layout of the creature moving within the environment. I think the blue tone works best, so for the night scene I will be using blue tones. Some of the others either look visually unpleasing or just too floresent.
My second test was the enviroment test, which is the first shot of the film to establish the location and just to jump in to the dramatic atmosphere of the storm. I also tested out the after effects rain simulartion and I think it works well and it doesn'y stand out too much, just marries which well with the environment. I drew on paper the overall forest from the sky to the bottom of the forest, the imported it into after effects, cropped it into different layouts to add perspective when it moved and moved the image around to give the illusion of the camera moving. I did not use the 3D camera so I am not sure if it will look any different or even better so I will have to experiment, also I will have to consider which is the faster way to edit.
My key test animation was just too see how the creature moves around the screen, I added a rough green background just to have a bit more of a feel to the shot. I think with this scene I need to zoom in more to add a more intense connection between the creature and dragonfly.
My forth test is somthing I'm still not sure about, what the dragonfly is doing in the first time it is shown on screen. I've looked at video reference and while they are sat on leaves etc they do not move much, somtimes a quick flick of the head, a tail twitch or it's wings might flicker. There was also footage of a dragonfly communicating through it's tail almost breathing in and out, it created a beautiful shine as the sun reflexs it's shiny skin.
For thr first test I applied a 3D plain on ther dragonflies wings and rotated them to make it look liek the wings were slowly flapping. My mum said this looks too mechanical and a friend said the 3D might not go with the reast of the film.
My second test I'm not fussed on, I think it makes the dragonfly look more dead than the last one. Plus I don't like the angle I've drawn it at.
Overall I think if I keep the 3D wings but make it more sutble. I also think I need to add a glow of some sort to to the dragonfly to make it more special.
Finally I then experimented with the different wings I could use. I studied the way a dragonfly's wings operate during flight. There are two sets of wings, when the front row go up the back row do the opposite etc. So for eat test I created four separate wings, parented them to the body and moved them up and down to create a fast flapping movement.
My favourite is the top left and bottom right, I think the 3D wings don't work with flighing, it looks too much like a butterfly. The other I think is too busy.
With the movement tests I experimented with the flow and speed of the dragonfly. My favourite is the first one and second, I feel the rest either move to fast like a fly or too slow like a butterfly. I think the quick zippy movements work well and creat a dragonfly character about it.
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