Category: DA9012 Media Art Nexus 2017/18 Sem 1

Added an introduction so as to create a momentum for the story instead of jumping straight into the forest which looks plain for the beginning. I wanted to attract people in the first part.

However along the way, I faced issues at the ending where the witch did not fade out completely and only half the door closed when I push everything back so as to add the beginning. Every other elements were on point except the ending scene.

Next step:

Fix all the errors of animation and check through the follow once more.

Added another rotation for the boy and slowing down some parts so that it would not been too rush.

Next steps:

Add an introduction (same as the ending) so that it can grab people’s attention.

I continue to animate the story. I added a bird that would fly randomly which is similar to the forest animals: tiger, elephant and monkey. It creates an illusion of interaction among the viewers.

The boy picks up the flower so as to bring his love back to her original human form.

Next steps:
Add another rotation for the boy to create interesting effect rather than just walking.

I struggled with using Unity as I was new to the software. It was difficult to implement the interactive element while using Unity. I could only figure out how to move the character from left to right but not the rigging of the arms and changing scenes when interacting with the object.

I decided that with about 1 month, it was quite difficult to be able to do all that I have planned out. Therefore, I decided to use after effects to complete my story instead.

I was also new to after effects and struggled on how I could do all the scenes I had wanted. However, I had tutorials to help me along the way which enabled me to figure what I could do with it.

One of the tutorial I looked into was morphing:

I decided to implement into the girl who changes into a peacock and moving the characters around.

I added the bird cage where the witch is carrying.

Next Steps:
Continue the story
Fix the background position
Flip the characters instead of going backwards
Change the birds into girls and make the witch disappear
Add an overall ending to the video

Using Mouse control to move in Unity:

Trying out new scene with keyboard keys: