Sem 2 week 9

 This week I finished all animations and began to render them out. This render process took a long time but allowed me to work on other aspects for submission such as my exegesis. here are the render settings I used for each scene:

For some of the bedroom scenes, I used a cloth simulation for Mikey's blanket. This was very similar to Maya's NCloth simulation tool so I worked diligently to get this simulation done. I then added collisions such as the bed and Mikey's character model so that it would fold and move as he did. I then baked this simulation and rendered the scene out.

During the rendering process, I also worked on the art for the cover of the dvd that would be seen during the opening live action sequences. I did this in procreate and made multiple versions so that I could create a transition between them. I put these images into nuke and corner-pin them onto a tracked shot of the main character holding a blank dvd case. I then colour corrected and put them back into resolve for further editing. I also tested adding a glow effect in after effects during the transition but thought that this was too distracting and absurd. 

Additionally I worked on the text graphics seen during the credits and during the choices scene in the film. This was animated and rendered in After Effects.