Title & Credits Ideas

So like our group totally forgot about the title sequence and end credits D: Our producer, Joseph said that he'd do that credits and I had a pre neat idea.
We can have a shot of the vanity unit to the left of the screen with the credits rolling up the wall next to the mirror. Our actor Hamish would be walking around the room (reflected in the mirror) , but it would be blurred as we don't want the focus on the contents of the mirror but on the credits. It would be quite boring if the credits were rolling on a still frame. Having the lighting change slightly throughout the credits rolling would be quite nice too. For example going from blue light to a pale orange. Even the credits slowly changing colour from blue to orange (might be a bit weird though as credits are generally one colour).

Our tutor suggested having the credits show up in a newspaper article which would be quite nice too. Rather than rolling they can flash (obviously softly).

BTW we have a gnarly as title for our story. Patrick came up with it. our story is called 'AFTERSHOCK' I really like this name as it refers to the aftershock of the earthquake, what and who it has effected as well as the aftershock of the male characters life - being without his wife.

Regarding the title card, we have a few ideas. I tend to find it quite neat when text is embedded into the scene rather than floating on the screen. One idea was to have the word AFTERSHOCK be carved into the corner of the vanity unit table. A truck would drive past causing the vanity unit to slightly shake, showing 'aftershock' physically.
Another idea that Patrick and I collaborated on is the word AFTERSHOCK to show in the shadows on the floor and it will disappear when the door is closed when the husband arrives. With this idea the door could slam shut causing the apartment to shake slightly and the word AFTERSHOCK will be shaken also and disappear slowly after. I'm not sure if the title for this idea would be shown as darker than the shadow or lighter as a sort of light source. I will try both ideas anyway.
Taylor suggested having a newspaper article having the title of AFTERSHOCK also which would be nice in comparison to the newspaper clipping in the scene.

IDEA FOR ENDING CREDITS (come back to near end ish of term)
In terms of a light source during the rolling credits, having a soft candle light flickering on the wall would be super nice.
In the mirror we would show our actor (blurry) walk out of screen and we would hear him light a match. Then a soft candle light would come on, flickering on the wall as the credits roll.
Obviously the light from the match would also shine on the wall, so it could shine on the wall when the title AFTERSHOCK appears as it would be a brighter and a harsher light. Then when the candle is lit, the credits continue.

Bookshelf Changed to blue books

My tutor suggested to change the books to one shade as it was too colourful beforehand. So I changed the books to a range of blues and purples. I reckon it looks a lot better and not super busy. It will also suit the mood and main colour theme, being blue, of the apartment and emotion for the story.

Vanity Unit Props

I put simple lamberts on the vanity unit objects as they aren't as important as the vanity unit itself. They aren't important props, but they add detail and depth to the scene.
I'm not sure what to do with the magazine stack yet...pretty tempted to chuck a G Dragon magazine cover photo just for Keat HAHA but yeah, might not be suitable, we'll see.

Coffee Table textured

Coffee Table texturing complete! Yay!
I used the same texture as the shelves in the bookshelf, but I darkened the colour by recommendation by Taylor. It turned out really nice and was easy to texture :)

Image Planes done

Quickly put together the framed sunset and images of the polaroid photo and newspaper clipping into maya. Tomorrow morning before the meeting, we're hoping to have the scene set up (even if it's not complete) just so we as the group as well as the tutors can see how it will look close to finished. Patrick will be putting everything together in the scene, while Taylor and I carry on working with the objects in the scene. The bookshelf and vanity unit are almost complete. I will start texturing the coffee table once that is ready which will hopefully be done tomorrow.

I took the photo at Muriwai beach in the holidays and showed the group and got thumbs up all round. The sizing of each image isn't quite right, but that will be sorted out later on :)

Textured Bookshelf

Here's a rendered picture of the textured bookshelf. I'll hand it over to Taylor and she will be doing the glass texture.
I haven't had time to work on it at home, but I got faster applying the textures as I worked on it today, so other objects shouldn't take too long. We're really only applying textures on a few things being the bookshelf, coffee table and the couch. Everything else will have a simple lambert on it.

I don't really know why I used complimentary colours on the books that are on the floor. PERHAPS it represents the husband and wife and how they're in opposite worlds~ or because skittles.

Term 2

I haven't posted anything in the last 2 weeks because..I didn't really do anything. I tried texturing at one point, but I couldn't figure out why the texture was coming up so blurry in photoshop, so I decided to wait until course started back up.

I've started texturing the bookshelf and it's looking pretty good. The texture does stretch a bit at the detailed parts, but we wont be seeing this in the final output of the scene.

Would be ideal to have everything textured and the room set up by next week!!