Research Board

The James Bond film I have chosen to make my trailer for is Quantum of Solace. This is the most recent James Bond film. The story line is based on Bond trying to seek revenge of the death of his love whilst stopping an environmentalist taking control of a countries valuable resource.

Week 1 Task 2

Once the building had been created the next task was to create some fruit using Soft selection tool in the Editable Poly rollout. To do this vertex and sides were selected and altered to give an uneven surface to the apple.

To create the leaf additional length segments were added in the Modify Parameters menu so that a tip could be created and more flexibility enabled to create organic shape.Below is the Convert to Editable Poly roll out.
In the right of this screen are the Soft Selection menus and vertex, sides and poly selection tools.

The finished apple.

Week 1 Task 1

The first task was to familiarise ourselves with the user interface and basic controls. We were shown some short keys and mouse controls which make working in the program more efficient. After drawing two basic shapes in the perspective view the first tool we were asked to use was the alignment tool. It is important to correctly align objects for accurate modelling.

After managing the basics the next task was to create a well known building using the tools and techniques that had just shown.

The image below shows the scale tool beign used.

This image shows the clone tool in use. To use this tool the object to be cloned needed to be selected and then either right click and select clone or press a and drag away from original object.

Below is an example of the alginment tool.

Objects can be moved along a certain axis to ensure they stay on the correct allignment. An example is hown below.

This is the completed model of the White House.

Reaction to Brief

I believe that the breif will be a fun and creative way in which to learn 3DS max. James Bond films are timeless classics which appeal to most viewers, this is why it will be interesting to make a trailler and by the brief being interesting it will make the learning of the software easier. I feel that by making a blog it will take some pressure away from the assignment at the end of the semester and will enable me to only have to consentrate on the visuals of the assignment.