Animating and Rendering Scene 8, 9 and 10

A and R Scene 8/9/10
03/12/2016
Vasil Nikolov

Again this scene was now added as an aftermath filler in order for the user to make sure that the Tie Figther`s faith is sealed. As it was only half a second, the set-up for it was very quick to make as it was recycled from Scene 6. The only difference this time was swapping the Falcon and Tie fighter place and then making the blaster effect green and slightly bigger.

 From then onward the two ships were unconnected and then grouped as separate objects for Scene 9. Another path was drawn, which the Tie fighter followed gracefully. Further addition to the scene was the flame effect that was seen in scene 4 when the cruiser was set alight. The only difference was tweaking speed at which the fighter started falling so it could explode off screen without actualy needing to. This was done thanks to a close-up on the middle of the flight path and letting the audience only see the fighter beginning to fall.

The second reason to do it was in order to make the final scene as a more appropriate ending needed to be made due to the importance and "coolness" of the Falcon as a sign of rebelliousness. Thus a half-second scene was made where the Falcon was seen picking up speed before initiating a hyperspace maneuver. The greatest challenge in this section was adjusting the camera so the audience could feel like the Falcon is just a couple of meters above their head as it flies past. This was not helped by my inability to have a steady hand, however, after a while, the correct position was given and the  speed of the Falcon adjusted from the speed graph.

And with these last word ends the A and R sequence of posts. Hope you did enjoy, two more should be up soon.