CNM Cinematic Update 6

Here are our updates for this week:

Characters (Cinematic Version):


For Arya, we are still trying to figure out the hair. If we run out of time for the cinematic version of her, the game resolution version is always available and being worked on for the rig currently.

Soldier:

Game resolution version is done, this can be used for animation, since he does not show up for long in the cinematic.

Demon Soldier:

In Progress, and almost done!

Environment and Lighting:

Updated Models and Textures:

Tank is now complete:

VFX: 

The Demon Soldier transition is currently being worked on, and here is the progress:

Animation: Animation is currently underway, the game resoultion version of Arya is being used as a placeholder for cinematic Arya, and the demon soldier and regular soldier are being worked on now.

Camera: We have a nicely blocked out camera layout for Sequencer in the Engine that we can show right now.

CNM Cinematic Update 5

There have been a couple of changes since the last status update.

Storyboard:

Characters:

Chunzi has finalized the demon soldier concept and will begin creating him in ZBrush. She chose letter B.

Game resolution Arya has been created and colored. For the next week, she will be upgraded to cinematic resolution, ready for rigging and animation. She would require a mouth bag and teeth, as well as upgraded hair, which is still being researched. UE4.11's hair shader will help with this process, but if we cannot implement it in time, hair cards and two-sided thin hair cards will have to be used instead.

A quick sketch of the new soldier outfit. 

This is the regular soldier's progress. He is about 50% done with the sculpt.

Env. and Props:

Snow has been added to the environment to give it a little more life and add more stuff to it. Here is what Jose and Dave have been working on. 

Lots of environment stuff being created in the game is being implemented for the cinematic build as well. 

Animation:

Arya's game resolution mesh is being tested for rigging practice, since her cinematic is still being developed.

VFX:

Fog has been updated to reflect the mood that is similar to the one set in the storyboard. Lighting is still being iterated on. 

A current shot of the environment before we delve into the engine.

CNM Update: Game Ending Storyboards First Pass

CNM Cinematic Update 4

We've made a little bit of progress since our last update. We are more into the production side of things from now on. Here is the status of our cinematic for Wednesday, May 18th.

Characters:
Here is our progress on the characters:

Arya:

She is almost done! Her hair and her shoes need to be worked on the most, and her hand needs to be polished. After that, it will be time to retopologize her!

Soldier:

Made different gasmasks for his design, and a functional bag for the 3rd design

Demon Soldier:

Here are 3 variations of the demon soldier.


Environment, Vehicles, and VFX:

Foggy first pass at the environment

The tank model is currently in development as well:
It is based off of a BMP-1 tank.

Camera:

Schedule:

We have had to change the schedule around a little bit since the last time. Our estimates were more ambitious than expected so we had to shift dates around a little bit. Here is our new schedule:

CNM Cinematic Update Week 3

Our team composition and roles have shifted quite a bit in the last two weeks, so here are the new members and roles for everyone:

Dave- Lighting
Larry- VFX, Rigging
Tamara- Hair effects, 3D Modeling
Jose- Environment, Vehicles
Chunzi- 3D Modeling, Camera
Kelly- Animation, Rigging

Welcome aboard new members!

We also came up with a new storyboard, since with our team member number has been reduced, we set the scope to something more manageable but still very dramatic. Since our scope has reduced a bit, we will be resuing a lot of the assets generated for the main story. For example, using the environment assets and fog system from our main game for the cinematic:

Here are our storyboards for our new cinematic idea; we are aiming for 30-35 seconds at the most:

Art Asset List with Proposed Schedule of Cinematic Process:
we want to get the environment and characters done as soon as possible and focus on the more difficult tasks, like rigging wings for the demon character.