SDGM 560 - Virtual Collaboration with The Mill - Process Blog Week 1
Expedia Hot Air Balloon:
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Final Visualization
Breakdown
Story:
A hot air balloon takes off and floats over the mountains during sunset. It then breaches the clouds into the sky where several other hot air balloons are already flying to different destinations.
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Storyboard by Bua Kanjanapongporn
I am collaboratively working with 3 SCAD students to create a 4 shot commercial featuring Expedia, an international travel company. As a group, we have come up with a checklist of what needs to be accomplished within the 10 week deadline we have to complete this project. We have also discussed the techniques we will be executing to achieve a finished product. I will be focusing on the compositing aspect of each shot. The software that I plan to use are Nuke, Maya, VUE, and Photoshop.
Previs by Joonho Bang
Tasks that I need to accomplish:
- VUE to create sunset
- Matte Painting for shots 1 and 2
- Lens flares
- Heat wave
- Generating extra clouds
- Compositing BG and assets
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To better understand how hot air balloons function as a mode of transportation, I researched the anatomy of a hot air balloon. Accuracy is important, and some important statistics I learned were that a typical balloon is about 55 feet across and 60-80 feet tall. At an average wind speed of about 5mph, a balloon will fly 2-8 miles. Also, most hot air balloons are made of nylon while the baskets are made of woven wicker or rattan.
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We also gathered reference images to help further our process. I found images of mountains with scenic compositions as inspiration for matte paintings I will be creating. Images of clouds were gathered which will be beneficial as well. Bua also worked on the Previs color palette shown below.
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To better understand what kind of clouds we will be using, it is important to know the altitude at what our balloon will be reaching. For our purpose, we will be using stratocumulus and altostratus clouds as our balloon will be reaching a height around 6,000 - 8,500 feet. This chart was also helpful in stating how high birds fly as they're migrating because I am planning on comping some into shots 2 and 4.
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THE TEAM
