3D Alien intro + Honolulu under attack
Process
Intro
The intro sequence was created in 3Ds Max. This is an intial test project to become accustomed to using the camera and lighting as well as a simple animation along a motion path. The mesh for the vine/worm things is deformed dynamically using the stretch and twist parameters.
Once rendered, the sequence was brought into After Effects where the light speed/wormhole effect was added.
Finally, the packaged file was brought into Premeire. Sound was added after some mixing in Soundbooth and the final project was married with the aliens attacking Honolulu.
Aliens Attack Honolulu
The Alien attack on Honolulu was entirely created in After Effects. To create the matte painted environment, a static photo of the city was masked and layered with footage of a dark cloud cover. The mask was animated to give the illusion that the cloud cover was on motion over Diamondhead. The " Aliens" are simple lens flares with lightning targeting various parts of the city. The explosions and smoke are actual footage sized and translated as 3D layers to give the illusion of depth in the scene. Several masking techniques were used to give greater sense of space volume in the picture.
The sound was mixed in Soundbooth to give the impacts and weaponry of the aliens greater punch.
The entire piece was timed to be 1:15 long.