Final Thoughts

Final Thoughts and Round Up

The off the map project was an intense roller coaster. As a group we knew very early on that we wanted to create a theatre circling the theme of Maskelyne and Cooke’s work- primarily focusing on automatons and the nature of these. We had initially intended on creating a theatre with a prop room, dressing rooms and an outside to cover the specialities of all group members. Unfortunately, we suffered an initial hit with a team member leaving the course early on which made the workload heavier on our group. The second hurdle in regards to meeting our target was the work pace of our team members- with some working considerably slower than others due to working on portfolio pieces- because of this I was forced to sacrifice much of the quality of my work in order to meet the target of creating assets for the theatre room.

Lighting

Early on I wanted to learn lighting and this seemed the perfect opportunity to do so. After Holly initially lit the scene with three point lights, i then went in and appropriately place point lights with shadows turned off in all the room’s light sources.

I used spotlights to illuminate the stage from above and side light sources with a yellowy/green tint to give the appearance of lime lighting from the era.

I also illuminated the chandelier and the ground floor dimly to create atmosphere.

Particle Effects

As the room was intended to take place during the day time before a show, I wanted to create a dust particle effect to ensure that a further atmosphere was created.

Sound

Using http://freemusicarchive.org/  I was able to find copyright free Victorian music that I then exported and changed the file type to .wav. I then took these files and, put them into engine and set it to play as background noise. Following the gramophone being imported, Jasmine set the music to play only around this object to create a most interactive element for the level.

Filming and Editing

Holly, Jasmine and I decided a list of shots we wanted to make so that we covered all the bases for our show reel. Whilst Holly made the rails for the filming, I stood by her as a critical eye to help make sure the shots were perfect. Following Holly filming and exporting these shots, I edited them to create the final cut in Adobe Premiere.