Assignment 3 - A seven second animation
My animation (~10.2MB)
My intent for this project was to get familiar with some of Maya's basic tools for creating character animation. The robots are polygon models with simple skeletons bound to their bodies. Using IK handles I posed them in key frames and attempted to create humanlike movement. I applied reflecting textures to the robots to create a metallic effect, which drastically increased the rendering time for each frame.
As far as cinematography goes, I think I broke just about every cardinal rule, and as a result it is fairly difficult to see what is supposed to be happening. The blue robot (the hero) is standing in the middle of a room with doors on either side. As the clip opens he glances forward and backward and sees that there is a black (evil) robot standing behind each door as they open. If you look closely at the reflection in the back of the hero's head you can see the robot behind him charge out of the elevator (I thought this would be easier to see). He jump kicks the robot behind him first, then the one in front of him next, and then leaps out an air duct to safety.