Reference Material for Alien_Environment

For the Alien environment I wanted to create a small corridor. I took inspiration from Alien Isolation and Bio shock. I wanted to create my environment so that it would be similar to the inside of a space ship or space station. I played through Alien Isolation to get a basic idea of how it would feel and what everything would look like from a first person view.

I've loved the lighting in Bio shock and wanted to replicate it in my environment. I found that the green tinge in Bio shock brought out the atmosphere of the game and gave a particular look to the environments. The lighting in my environment I am quite pleased with because I believe it brings out the mood I was looking for and gives of a certain atmosphere.

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My environment

Alien Environment

So after 11 weeks my Alien Environment is completed to a degree that I am happy with. It was a real eye opener to environment creation and from spending so long on it, I realize now that I have learnt a fair bit about my chosen area. By creating this environment I have learnt how to loft, uv unwrap, texture, a basic understanding of lights, modular work flow as well as how to model using splines.

Ways to Publish

 Our group has discussed how we are going to publish our VFX commercial numerous times this trimester. Even though we have a set target market, we will be releashing our product across a large range of media so that it can be seen by more people. By doing this we believe it will be viewed more as well as having a broader viewing platform. Our group strongly believe that this will create more opportunities for us. For the VFX commercial we are thinking of releasing short 2 second clips or even screenshots to hype up the audience across social media. We believe this will generate hype and draw people towards our product. Similar to the movie The Tunnel and how they were able to create their product. Each post or release will have to be aligned with the Australian time zone so that we can capture the support and interest of the local target market. 

To be able to market our product we as a group have agreed to use a number of sites to successfully run our product. We have be thinking of using Zapier as the main posting hub so that we can reach all platforms at once. This method should be very useful for promotion and project management.

The publishing places we have been considering are:

1. Facebook
2. Youtube
3. Vimeo
4. Instagram
5. CGBros
6. Tumblr
7. Twitter

Self Reflection

Over the last the few weeks I have been watching tutorials, practicing my artworks as well as testing out numerous environments. I am currently working on lighting for on eo f my major environments which will be finished in the next day or two. From creating this environment I have learnt how to use spline modelling as well as speeding up my environmental modelling process which will come in handy over the next trimester.

Other works I have done include experimenting in Unreal Engine 4 with  lighting, particles and also the textures. UE4 I am slowly getting the hang of and will be using it for future projects as a rendering and lighting program.

For the CIU project over this week I will be continuing my blog posts as well as creating some concept artworks for the desolate cityscape. I'm thinking of using fallout 3, Wasteland 2 as well as numerous movies as reference. I'm looking forward to traveling to Russia and Ukraine where I can grab some great texture shots and reference because of the derelict buildings including Chernobyl.

Competitors

Contenders - Renewable vitality ads



 There are three energy companies that are known when mentioned. They are Origin, Energex and AGL. From what I have seen the environments have been run-down and restored to new life through some form of renewable energy. The idea that is sold appears to be a healthier environment as well as a brighter future.

From what I've noticed, the majority of ads related to renewable energy run for an average of 30 seconds. Not one of these ads seem to be similar to what our group is focusing on. Unfortunately there has not been a commercial similar to ours so really there isn't a set competitor for use to compare to. The good news is that we will be bringing something new to the table however the con is that we could potentially loose our audience due to the newness.

Below are a list of commercials I found for renewable energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz6bGY7ylWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImiajOOtRXY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT1IWwDvag

Target Market

To secure target showcase that identifies with the business I expected to have a superior comprehension of the reestablishment vitality in Australia. As indicated by Entrepreneur, Forbes and Technori ("5 Critical Tips For Identifying Your Target Audience | Technori," n.d.) exploration is the soonest steps taken after the goal of the item has been dead set. There are numerous parts of renewable vitality to research. I separated it into three areas;

• Age of like-minded audience

• Arrangements, use and insights of renewable energy in Australia by real suppliers

• Existing ads for renewable energy

Renewable energy in Australia

 As indicated by Origin Energy 14% of vitality in the graph is green. A blend of wind, biomass and sun powered energy adds to this mass of energy. ("Have you considered green energy?"| Origin Energy," 2015, March 4)

In 2007-2008 just 5% of the total energy created in Australia was renewable. ("Vitality PRODUCTION FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES |Australian Bureau of Statistics," 2010, August 15)

The use of power from the network has been declining and is thought to drop because of the use of roof sunlight based boards. In 2013-14 sun based board establishments lessened network use by 2.9%. Renewable energy has added to this development.