Week Two
- gracieszymanski04
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
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To-do:
Rework shot 3 - more macro
Rework our transitions between shots
Rework the color palette to make it more cohesive
Make sure the speed of the shots are ok
1/14/25
After spending some time last night trying to rework the flower shot, and trying to think of ways for it to work with my group members today, I started hitting a wall with this shot. Water and cloth are both one big thing while I can't think of a way to do the flower shot without multiple flowers. After thinking for a while and using AI, I still was hitting a wall. I started thinking of other options for the shot, and that is when the idea hit me to do clouds. They fit really well with water and cloth, and would tie into the function of the ring since the rings measure blood oxygen levels. Going forward with this idea, I started looking at some reference from Pinterest.com:
I think this overall aesthetic might fir a lot better with the other two shots. On top of that, Wren brought up a good point that if we do clouds, then water, then cloth, the ring could be continuously falling from the sky. This would be a really good way to tie the shots together, like the mentor's emphasized on pitch day.
I went into Maya started working on a couple ideas for how this shot might work. I envision the ring continuing its fall from the previous shot and down into clouds. the clouds would slightly move to allow for the ring to enter. I don't want a huge emphasis on cloud interaction here as I don't love the look of the ring just falling into a dense cloud and disappearing. I would rather an opening appear.
After this shot, it would cut to the ring float falling in the clouds. The movement would be very airy and dream like. I envision the ring moving in a circular motion at one point while it falls.
Along with the clouds, I like the idea of the ring having a soft wispy trail, like some of the reference images picture above. This would push the aesthetic and the idea of the oxygen monitoring.
1/13/26
Today was pitch day! Unfortunately, I couldn't be at the pitch with my group because I had a shoot at the SCAD XR stage on the same day that was booked in advance. I let my team know in advance and gave them speaker notes on behalf of my shot. From what I hear from my team, the pitch day went great! Here is the feedback we received from the mentos:
Beck
Good job keeping effects contained
Pay attention to refraction on bubbles and the physics of it
Be careful for scale- vellum can also be used for small scale fluid sim
Billy
Good shots with intention
Kyle
Flower scene– keep the environment simple, don’t make it overly detail
Beck
Maybe go macro in the flower scene as well since the other shots are also macro
Stephan
Macro photography with shallow DOF
Kyle
Find elegant ways to transition into each shot
Molly
Figure out timing of the camera moves and make sure the speed of all the shots make sense
Kyle
Lay out color palette together and make sure they follow a color script and are cohesive
Pheya
Find similarities in the shots and see what connects them to
With the biggest critique being to change the flower shot into a macro shot to fit in with the others, I got to thinking on how we could shift it. I have two ideas right now that I want to further discuss with the group tomorrow.
The first idea would be to have the ring roll in and out on a branch. There would then be peonies coming in from the corners of the shot, possibly even just 2-3, to keep it simple. I used references and Google Gemini to come up with these concept photos:
Here are the non-AI references I used from Pinterest.com
My second idea would be to have the ring fall from the sky and land straight onto a leafy or mossy surface. The water droplets from the previous shot could fall down with the ring and land on the ground. There would then still be peonies in the top right and bottom left of the image.
I'm liking the way both of these shot ideas could go. I think the struggle comes from finding the transition from one shot to the next and how the ring enters and exits. This will be the main thing to talk over tomorrow with the group!
