Video of a alien invaders

Project by Raymond Kwan

 

Project Overview

Project Overview:

This is a short video taking place in space. The main focus here was animating the ships with close up camera shots. The project took almost 8 week to complete but it was worth it.Aliens have finaly decided to invade earth and the humans have to fend them off. Fortunantly for the humans, the aliens waited too long and the humans have advanced in technology to destroy the aliens.

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What I Did: Ship and camera animation
  Lighting
  Video editing
   
   
What Other People Did: Music
  Models
  Textures

Software Tools: 3ds Max 2009, Sony Vegas 8

Project Timeline:

 
Activities and Accomplishments

WEEK 1: 1/12 – 1/16

I will download and look at tutorials

WEEK 2: 1/19 – 1/23

Get 3ds max trial

WEEK 3: 1/26 - 1/30

Have ships positioned in space scene and animate them

WEEK 4: 2/2 – 2/6

Continue positioning ships in space scene and animate them.

WEEK 5: 2/9 – 2/13

Continue positioning ships in space scene and animate the camera. Add in special effects.

WEEK 6: 2/16 – 2/20

Finish special effects to ships such as lasers and lights and explosions

WEEK 7: 2/23 – 2/27

Render scenes and combine scenes with video editor

WEEK 8: 3/2 – 3/6

Project website, portfolio assembly