Lighting and Scenery

I wanted to start setting up the scenery for the animation, as this module is all about animation it was about time I jumped on the band wagon. I have spent ages making my kick ass character "Norman" and now he needs to show how much of a grumpy old man he really is!!

Where will this epic film be shot???

As we are not getting any marks on the environment, then I am not going to spend ages making a detailed environment. I decided to just make a plane background, out of a box.























I created a box, edited the poly's to create the shape you see above. (I made this so that the light has allot of space to move around, also being able to reflect of the top.)































The material used for the backdrop, was a shiny white. I used a reflection of 12, and a falloff map. This means you can see a slight reflection of the character, but not like he is walking on glass. It just gives the scene some more depth.

Setting up the Lighting































I wanted to set up the lights to make the character, really bright!! now low lights or dramatic shadows!! (which look rubbish) I wanted my work to be in full spotlight, I spent that time on him for a reason, so that he looks good!! (He wants his spotlight)

You will notice there are a few lights, there is the main light named (highlights) this gives my character his main shiny light on his face and body. I added a filler light which gives off less light from the other side making sure that the other side of him is not in pure darkness. There is also the light that you cannot see, towering from above. This is purely to light the scene and does not effect the character.

I also added a camera, it has just been set up dead straight for the first scene. Where Norman walks on/plods on. Making sure this was all sorted before animation occurred meant one less stress I would have to deal with!!