The assignment brief is to create a futuristic environment using a 3D software called Maya. I have decided on a Utopian time square feel which is very slick and refined. I came to this idea from my researching future set games, movies and models.
My project will be a section of a city based in the future about 600 odd years. In it I will include a shop front, assets such as a bin, bench and street lamp which I have designed myself to create and fit my future virtual reality. My centre piece however will be my skyscraper which will be mainly glass top which will contrast to the advertisements on the other buildings and the main road/ path way will run through the middle of the building indicating a CBD. I will use games such as Mirrors Edge and their environment design to help get ideas and I will find/ create my own textures to show my Maya skills.
However, because I have looked at a lot of different trademarked and copyrighted games obviously I cannot copy. I will not be using any downloads and my city will be made from scratch so I will not be plagiarising. However just to be safe and give credit to my inspirations I will reference all of my inspirations in pre-production to consider the legal side. But if I happen to use any templates I will have to double check that they are not trademarked. One problem I know that I wont have is ethical issues as all of my buildings are fairly recognisable and doesn't link to anything that could be untoward.
My target audience for my assignment and future will be 16+ as I feel younger audiences would have been interested in bright colours where as mine is organised but also dense at the same time, additionally there will be small details that will appeal and be quite amusing/ cool for older audiences to understand. The glass and the billboards will communicate the future feel that will appeal to my target audience. Additionally, my environment will fit into an open world game type and an action game due to its openness and gamers would be able to scale great heights and also interact with the future environment and the world would interact and adjust to you such as bilboards changing as you get closer.
In order to make my project I will have to use various skills in order to complete my 3D city model. For example when creating the skyscraper I will have to extrude and alter my shape which will likely be a rectangle, and then use shapes and the co-ordinates to get the correct positioning and alignment. One of the main skills I will have to demonstrate is texturing which will be a key aspect to make it futuristic and realistic. Finally, I will show the skill of adding more edge loops which will refine my objects to make them more realistic and refined (rendering).
In order to successfully complete my project I will need a wider range of resources. for example I will need specific software programmes such as Maya and Photoshop for obvious reasons such as to actually be able to create a 3D environment. I will also need High speed computers or at least reliable computers such as a Mac so that it can store my project and run Maya. I will also need a scanner to scan in my drawings which I will need paper and utensils for.
This project is not going to be completed in one day and so I will have to spread it out over a longer period of time and try not to fall behind on any work be it on blogger or practical, but I will also have to take my time and don't take short cuts in case they prove problematic in the long run. To make sure I don't fall back I will set myself marginal goals that I hope to achieve by the end of each session.
The proposal allowed us to evaluate our brief and collect all that we need to do to lay it out in my head. This was extremely useful as I was able to really visually see and plan out in my head what I needed to achieve. I was also able to explore a lot of the limits I could take for example looking at legal constraints meant that I knew my limits. Furthermore it allowed me to be more efficient by making sure I was on task at all times and I could always refer back here. Here I also reviewed how long it would take along with what I needed to complete it meaning I could once again get sorted. Another thing you evaluate in this is your target audience as its almost like a pitch and so from this I decided on a set idea and so I wasn't messing around between ideas once again wasting time and in the real world money.
My project will be a section of a city based in the future about 600 odd years. In it I will include a shop front, assets such as a bin, bench and street lamp which I have designed myself to create and fit my future virtual reality. My centre piece however will be my skyscraper which will be mainly glass top which will contrast to the advertisements on the other buildings and the main road/ path way will run through the middle of the building indicating a CBD. I will use games such as Mirrors Edge and their environment design to help get ideas and I will find/ create my own textures to show my Maya skills.
However, because I have looked at a lot of different trademarked and copyrighted games obviously I cannot copy. I will not be using any downloads and my city will be made from scratch so I will not be plagiarising. However just to be safe and give credit to my inspirations I will reference all of my inspirations in pre-production to consider the legal side. But if I happen to use any templates I will have to double check that they are not trademarked. One problem I know that I wont have is ethical issues as all of my buildings are fairly recognisable and doesn't link to anything that could be untoward.
My target audience for my assignment and future will be 16+ as I feel younger audiences would have been interested in bright colours where as mine is organised but also dense at the same time, additionally there will be small details that will appeal and be quite amusing/ cool for older audiences to understand. The glass and the billboards will communicate the future feel that will appeal to my target audience. Additionally, my environment will fit into an open world game type and an action game due to its openness and gamers would be able to scale great heights and also interact with the future environment and the world would interact and adjust to you such as bilboards changing as you get closer.
In order to make my project I will have to use various skills in order to complete my 3D city model. For example when creating the skyscraper I will have to extrude and alter my shape which will likely be a rectangle, and then use shapes and the co-ordinates to get the correct positioning and alignment. One of the main skills I will have to demonstrate is texturing which will be a key aspect to make it futuristic and realistic. Finally, I will show the skill of adding more edge loops which will refine my objects to make them more realistic and refined (rendering).
In order to successfully complete my project I will need a wider range of resources. for example I will need specific software programmes such as Maya and Photoshop for obvious reasons such as to actually be able to create a 3D environment. I will also need High speed computers or at least reliable computers such as a Mac so that it can store my project and run Maya. I will also need a scanner to scan in my drawings which I will need paper and utensils for.
This project is not going to be completed in one day and so I will have to spread it out over a longer period of time and try not to fall behind on any work be it on blogger or practical, but I will also have to take my time and don't take short cuts in case they prove problematic in the long run. To make sure I don't fall back I will set myself marginal goals that I hope to achieve by the end of each session.
The proposal allowed us to evaluate our brief and collect all that we need to do to lay it out in my head. This was extremely useful as I was able to really visually see and plan out in my head what I needed to achieve. I was also able to explore a lot of the limits I could take for example looking at legal constraints meant that I knew my limits. Furthermore it allowed me to be more efficient by making sure I was on task at all times and I could always refer back here. Here I also reviewed how long it would take along with what I needed to complete it meaning I could once again get sorted. Another thing you evaluate in this is your target audience as its almost like a pitch and so from this I decided on a set idea and so I wasn't messing around between ideas once again wasting time and in the real world money.
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