Entering the Space

This is the first in the series of animations from EIAS Animator, that I used in the creation of the final video.

Surface Continued...

This was my attempt at smoothing the surface created from the previous diagram analysis. By rebuilding the surface, it ultimately became smoother and will be easier to work with in my animation intentions. The last image where the surfaces are triangulated shows the main points of focus, and ironically makes a circle around these points, much like the original point placement in the diagram...in the center of a circle.

Creation Of A Surface from the Diagram

This is the first attempt at a surface creation from the diagram created of still frames. The surface is too jagged, another rendition with smoother deformations may possibly be the type of surface I am attempting to create.

Circles in Frames

I felt like the last diagrams were not exactly successful, and I was going to completely abandon this concept, but for some reason I could not let it go. There were two things in this film that I found intriguing one was the way in which the camera was used to disorient the viewer through the changing angles. The second of which was the way in which the circle was used. Every two seconds the circle moves in the frame and no matter what it is alway present. The orange circles are exterior circles, black are the dancers who are located outside of the central circle of main characters, and blue is the faces of the main characters.



















I connected the horizontals and verticals of the centers to attempt to trace the movement further.




















Ultimately this image has begun to look like a possible surface. My next step will be to bring this into a modeling program to create a surface from the lines and points created by their intersections.

Layers

This was an attempt to see if there was a correlation to the panning of the camera and the relationship of the camera to the inner circle. I was initially using colors directly from the images, but I dont really think this study was overly successful, and I think it is not as effective as Kira's similar study, Kiras study appears to be more effective because of the colors in the film, especially because this video is one about the movement and the relationship of the camera to the circles of the image.

Pan Left/Pan Right

White=Left
Red=Right

Outside/Inside the Circle

Orange=Outside
Purple=Inside

Screen Shot Diagrams

This was the beginnings of a diagrammatic analysis of image screen shots taken every 2 seconds of the film. Initially I arranged these images horizontally, but once I oriented them vertically the story was able to be understood in columns as the the story of the film. Once arranged I began circling the pattern of the camera's relationship inside to outside the circle.




















The red box indicates when the camera is outside of the central circle, and the black box indicates when the camera returns to the main characters circle. The pattern of entrance and exit through the time span, in the way in which I arranged the images is something I discovered after I had arranged them.

Diagrammatic Analysis: First Attempt

This was an attempt at a visual diagrammatic analysis of the 34 actual frames that make up the camera directional changes. I attempted to track the movement of the circles and curves within the frame itself. I used different colors to represent different pieces of the scene.

Light Blue: Actual Scenery
White: Circular Movement
Purple: Faces of Main Characters
Pink: Costumes
Yellow: The Ring

I began to realize partially through these diagrams that there was a foreground middle back issue occurring in the piece of the film where the camera is within the center circle of characters panning person to person. The costumes create curves and circles in the foreground which begins to help focus the viewer on the main character of the clip. Unfortunetly I was using bright pink to "mask" these features and upon examining the final product, this analysis needs a second go around to help further the intention.

A very very simple animation

This is possibly the simplest animation of my model from last week. I attempted to create more space between each of the line figures, but ultimately after animating them I realized they cant really be differentiated in this video. Perhaps overlaying the lines on the still frames would be useful or maybe the lines moving towards the camera as the camera is moving into them?

Diagram Scene Analysis

This diagram shows the variation between the story telling and the fantasy world, as well as the camera angle changes, the way in which the camera is moving/panning.













This was the original sketch that I used to diagram the scene as I watched it. This includes analysis of the camera motion, the place, angle changes, and where the camera is in relation to the scene. I found that for the most part the camera angle changes every 2 seconds, there are a few exceptions to this rule. It seems that there are more camera angle changes when there is tension arising between the characters in the center circle. I also documented the motion of the characters in the scene itself in comparison to the motion of the camera, it appears for the most part the camera moves with the character's movements, just at a slower rate.

The Fall: The Wedding Scene 40 seconds

The original clip that I chose was 2:00 minutes long. I decided to shorten the scene to a point where there are still several perspectives taken by the camera, different frames, and hopefully enough to create a compelling animation. I may end up choosing to use the whole clip if there is not enough information within this clip, there is an end point of the original scene which i do find particularly compelling that is not included, and I may try and find a way to incorporate it.

The Fall: The Wedding Scene and a Sequence of Circles

The wedding scene in the movie "The Fall" has a repetition of circles in the visuals, the movement of the camera and characters. My first step in analyzing the sequence and space of the frames was to pin point the camera angle changes, the placement of the circles in the frame, and the movement of the characters in comparison to the motion of the camera.

These are the first few screen shots.

Project 2: Spatial and Temporal Sequence

"The Fall": The Wedding Scene

This is the original clip that I found to use for the project. It is a clip from the movie "The Fall," the scene was something that appealed to me because of the different camera angles, the repetition of circular patterns as well as the circular path of the camera.

Pattern Discovery in the Tile Print

Second Tile Print

The Matrix Revisited

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The Third Tile Attempt

In the previous model, I had achieved my goal of intersecting pieces creating a porous tile in which one may see different patterns at different angles as a result of the intersecting geometries. But ulitmately the model was too complex, I was having difficulty selecting different pieces and completely controlling the pattern.

As a result I decided to take a step back. Instead of layering my pattern on itself, I created a simple model that is just one layer of the original geometry. It still conveys the shape of the object and the intersections are apparent. Until I have the actual physical model, I am unsure whether it will achieve the same porous affect that I was initially intending for the piece.













These are some images of the new model/the piece that was printed, the patterns created within it as well as some different rendered views of the piece.




































This is an image of the bottom of the tile.

The Second Tile and the Patterns Within

Throughout this exploration I have tried to keep track of the different patterns created within the models themselves, whether this is in wireframe or by the overlap of shaded/rendered portions. Ultimately this model has become quite complex, and almost too difficult to work with. There are so many components that they are sometimes hard to select and specify, as well as the fact that the wireframe is becoming difficult to decipher. It is ultimately my intention to print this tile, but I may have to simplify the layers so it can still be understood.

The Second Tile: Process Images and Thoughts

These are process images of the final tile model, the pattern is currently twelve by six with four objects repeated below. This model does not quite fit the constraints for the 3d printed tile. Initially my intention with this model was a gradual progression downward so there would be a slight ripple and a decrease in the height of the tile, but to remain consistent with the pattern to surface transformation, I think I may keep a constant height.

The Second Tile: A new "building block"

Using the new object formed in Maya, I began the process of creating a piece that would be usable in the creation of a new tile piece. I brought the object into FormZ and attempted to add thickness. This time around, I scaled my object down to a size that would be appropriate for a 6" x 6" tile, then added the 1/8" thickness. In doing this I also simplified the model further, hoping to work with fewer lines but still having the same geometry. This image highlights the lines that I removed in FormZ. The lines contained within the gray area were completely deleted with the exception of the outer edge. By having fewer lines in the model I found it easier to create a paralleled surface and a solid object.













Although in the final model there was one piece that I had difficulty controlling resulting in a small triangulated portion on the bottom (highlighted in purple). This should not really effect the model as a whole, although it may weaken the corner in the printing process. Ultimately this model should be easier to work with an should allow the creation of a tile that remains true to the original pattern ideas .