Project 1.0 {Digital.Diorama}
The diorama functions as a device to portray landscape as a spatial experience. The diorama provides an opportunity to create a landscape representation that is created around a limited vantage point. Your vantage point and the composition of the diorama is vital to create a compelling experience. Your goal will be to use your group narrative to develop a digital diorama that will be viewed through an animated camera. Beyond expanding your theme/narrative your diorama will explore the following concepts: background, middleground, foreground, atmosphere, light/shadow, color/tone, scale, perspective, blending. Your animation will focus on the first and last frame and the motion/timing between those points.
For this project you will create a diorama in 3ds max and render a 15 second animation. Your diorama will consist of “planes” that are textured with images. The diorama will be viewed through a single virtual camera that will be animated in a 15 second sequence (450 frames).
Your presentation will be assessed on creativity, clarity, attention to detail, and quality of craftsmanship.
Project Deliverables
1. 15 Second Animation, Quicktime File @ 30fps, 852×480 pixels, Sorenson, MPEG-4, or H.264 codec
2. First Frame and Last Frame rendered as .JPG files rendered at 1920×1080 pixels
Student Works
- Diorama Sequence by Lance Fulton
- Diorama Sequence by Paul Toenjes
- Diorama Sequence by Kaitlyn Weimer
- Diorama Sequence by Paul Toenjes
- Diorama Sequence by Kaitlyn Weimer
