Evaluation:

It has finally come down to the evaluation. This whole project was an eye-opening experience that has taught me a lot on time management and overall how to combine several ideas to create a single project. This project originally began as a simple product visualisation of a mad max inspired vehicle but it has evolved into a much bigger outcome than I could have hoped for. I am happy with how the final project came out and even though I can see several ways it could be improved I still believe that the project projected a portion of what I had envisioned at the beginning when first writing out my statement of intent.

I’ve come to the conclusion that sometimes I may not believe in my abilities and that could be the reason as to why I’ve set a lower target for myself than I achieved however it could be because over time I’ve become better at modelling and it has pushed me to achieve more than I already have. Even though I’ve come so far I still see many mistakes in my work, even now I could have improved the truck by adding more rough details to it such as making the front body not be one big shape or by still somehow incorporating the back design of my original mock-up instead of opting out for an easier route by modelling tank tracks and removing the back portion completely.

I believe that the research I’ve done inspired my work a lot, in fact, without the research my work would be completely different and therefore I owe my inspiration to it. I’ve used a lot of the mad max universe to influence my models from the rusty metal to the overall shoddy look to the vehicles to even the sandy surrounding area however I feel that I have not used my other source, Twisted Metal, nearly enough and if I had the chance I would use it to implement elements from twisted metal such as vehicle-mounted weaponry to add to my models or maybe influencing the story similarly to how the story of twisted metal I presented. Further on I’ve researched different media and how I could use it to present my story. I believe that I’ve done a good job of combining the idea of the freeze frame fly-by with an animated comic well but If I had the chance to improve my work I would try to incorporate another style of video into my work to make it even more unique, possibly using a green screen to insert myself into the renders. The idea of visualising my truck model was dropped halfway through the project and even though it did not show off all of the work that I’ve created if I had the time to I would still attempt to create a visualisation of the model in a standard car part to create a niche contrast between the universe of mad max and the real world.

Along the way I’ve learned how to use a lot of new software such as Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas to edit my videos but I’ve also learned some new features of old software that I’ve used such as Adobe Photoshop which I’ve learned that it can edit videos almost to the same strength as it can edit images. If I were to improve some of the video work it would definitely be the camera work present in my final outcome. I can still see that some of the transitions are sloppy and could use much more refining such as smoothing out the zoom-in and zoom-out from each panel. I could have also attempted to make the videos look like a comic book similar to the still version of my final outcome as that would have increased the connection between my work and the research that I’ve done. There is also no sound present in my work which could be a major downfall for the final outcome as sound is as important as video when it comes to creating a successful movie as seen in the frozen heist video where the audio is always present even when the whole scene itself is frozen. Some of the sounds they used were slowed down noises that would be present in the scene such as a faint sound of a slowed down sound of a police siren or gunshots. I could have done the same within my project by possibly using a sound of an engine or the sound of crashing metal. This would make my work much more appealing in more than just the visual department.

I believe that I’ve managed my time well throughout the course of the project and in return I’ve had a lot of time to improve areas I would have otherwise not been able to. Managing my time well was what allowed me to further develop my project and branch-out from the idea of just visualising and produce a much bigger outcome. The evidence of my organising can be seen by the fact that I’ve arranged my work into weeks creating somewhat of a diary/blog.

If I were to improve the renders I would definitely change the lighting in panel 4, its is very hard to make out what I was trying to portray within the panel and that results in me having to explain what my intentions were. Another mistake that I’ve made is that some of the lighting in the panels is inconsistent, for example halfway through panel 5 the colour of the sand slightly changes off-putting the whole scene.

In the end I believe that this project resulted in some significant changes in my outlook and quality but most importantly I was able to produce a final outcome that I am proud of presenting and I believe that my website shows evidence of my process notes and my thoughts on each step.