Our Briefing, The Cutscenes And Machinima

          So we started our new project to create our own cutscene in groups of three the end outcome should be a a up to 1 minute long cinematic using all the components which the group creates ranging from sound props background and the characters themselves. since we don't have a genre limit this leaves a lot for us to decide on oh joy.

With that the research begins fortunately annabeth gave us a few cutscenes that got me ready to start this course the three she chose were:

Mists Of Pandaria



Now I'm not a massive MMORPG fan but the cinematic is beautifully done even though it is a pre rendered sequence so though it is an opening it doesn't use the in game models. the models animation and the camera angles are amazing and the art style of the cutscene is well done and aesthetically pleasing.

Red Vs Blue



I have watched red vs blue original series and the red vs blue is a machinima that started during halo 2. The thing that i find good about machinima is that they are made by a group of gamers rather than a team of animators. machinima was originally shunned by game companies due to them using copyright on the developers but after a while it became a new form of advertisement that lead to the machinima becoming as popular as the games itself.

Wolfenstein



This is the type of cutscene i like were you walk into the area that the boss or key moment is and then it instantly starts to run the animation that uses in game models which then enter combat and normal gameplay afterwards. the dark tones of the game really suit with not having a really long cutscene since you want to get back into the combat.

What went on this summer?

       So what did i do after having a year of a study and having the summer to practise my new study, unfortunately not as much I would of liked in the way of practising maya and unity. I have spent alot of time doing concept art which lead to my realisation i need to work on human proportions since i am better at humanoid and non humanoid with irregular proportions.

      During the holiday i bought a few old games from PS2 since i wanted to look into stories for games the list of games i played are:
PS2/1
Prince of Persia sands of time, warrior within, the two thrones
Sly Cooper 2 band of Racoonus
Spyro the Dragon

XBOX 360
Gears of War 3
Mass Effect series
Halo Wars
Halo Reach
Halo 3
Dead Rising 2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider anniversary
Dynasty Warriors 6
Sonic the Hedgehog
Dead Island
Red Dead Redemption
Afro Samurai
Saints Row series
Just Cause 2
F.E.A.R
Lost Planet 2
Portal 2
Metro 2033

Computer
Team Fortress 2
Portal
Shogun 2, Fall of the Samurai
DC Universe Online
Age of mythology
Sims 3, Medieval.

        Now that list is finished i should mention that i have gotten a new Gaming computer Which has been able to run all my games at the highest quality which has allowed me to enjoy the models of the characters and areas in game, much faster gameplay :D.

      Altogether i have been looking into stories and writing my own and designing and drawing the characters for them with practising modelling of some of the characters.