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2005 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Megan Murphy
| | | Megan Murphy | | Final Scene | | | Music of the Night | |
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| | Inspiration
When the time came to pick the idea for my final project, I thought of numerous possibilities such as a film noir scene, a safari scene, or an undersea theme. As I poured over the possibilities, I came up with an idea to recreate one of my favorite scenes. The idea soon became possible when I watched the film, “Phantom of the Opera,” written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. I looked at pictures and clips of different masks until I reached the ideal model for my scene. Also, I bought the film “Phantom of the Opera” as well as had seen the play twice, so I already had an idea of how I wanted the scene to be laid out. Also, the scenes from the film also gave me an idea of how my setting and background should appear.
The background itself had to be altered, because in the film the background was a cave and gold mirrors and such. I could not recreate that, but decided upon a simple dark background instead of the detailed one. I wanted to capture an elegant portrait of a single object to portray a hidden story. I used volumetric lighting to highlight the mask to show what the main importance of the scene was.
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| | | Objects | Wooden Stool | Megan | | | Pillow | Megan | | | Tassles | Megan | | | The Mask | Megan | | Volumetric Lighting | Megan | | | Floor | Megan |
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| | Time Frame
Some of the pieces that took the most time were the mask due to the detail of the shape and the ridges and curves. The mask took about a total of 4 and half hours to get the way I wanted it to appear. The stool and pillow did not take too long to complete, only around 2 hours combined. The lighting was difficult to perfect and took about 2 hours. The tassels took about 5 hours to create because of al the problems attempting to make them.
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| | Problems and Solutions
One of the biggest problems I ran into was creating the tassles for my pillow with the right proportions. It seemed that every time I attempted to create them, they either did not show up, or were very unrealistic. The end result was my last attempt and I actually was satisfied at how they appeared on my pillow. Also, another problem that I ran into was trying to alter the settings on the lights and textures. The textures I found suited the scene very well, but did appear somewhat unrealistic. I had to try to play around with different settings until I came up with what I liked in the end.
With the lighting, I was having a few problems with the luminosity and the specularity. It seemed that it was either too bright or dense, or too faint and barely visible. I fixed the problem by altering the settings and trying different renders to see what looked the best. I also added another point light in the distance to give more light to the scene. It made quite a difference, and the result looked natural but well lit.
The last problem was that I wanted to add a red rose to the scene lying on top of the pillow, but it seemed near impossible to create. I followed a tutorial, but the steps and language was very advanced and I could only get a few steps in, and lost track. The scene probably would have looked a great deal better with a rose, but I realize what was most important to my scene, and what I could accomplish.
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| | References
I used Kenny’s tutorial on how to create organic modeling. I also used the textbook to find ways to create some of the objects, and of course the play and film, “Phantom of the Opera.”
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