MS1

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MS1

• The Art of Mood Setting
• Agneta Åkerlund

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Overview

• Project Plan
• Time Plan
• Design
• Research
• Project Blog
• Conclusion

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Project Plan

• Purpose
• Gain better understanding and awareness on the
  subtle differences when lighting scenes of
  different genre and adjustments for specific
  moods.
• Become more in control of software like Maya,
  Mental Ray and Fusion as tools for lighting and
  rendering.

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Project Plan

• Background
• Lessons learnt have been very benificial and
  inspiring however superficial when considering
  mood and genre.
• Wish to be in better control of how to emphasize
  mood/genre in light.
• Identify the elements that make up a scenes
  mood.
• Gain depth in the usage of tools of lighting and
  rendering

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Project Plan

• Goals
• I wish to gain a better understanding on the
  tools for lighting in Maya and the tools for
  editing light in a compositing program such as
  Fusion.
• Increase my awareness to the subtle differences
  in light and texture when applying different
  genres and moods.
• Deliver a small piece of film with clips from
  three different genres wheras each of these have
  two different mood settings which the film fades
  between

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• Strategy
• The goals will be reached through research,
  exercises/tutorials and learning-by-doing.

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Time Plan
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Design
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Research

• References
• Cozy
• Happy
• Creepy
• Magical

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Research

• Scene Plan
• Genre Point in Time Mood
• Fantasy Dusk, Night Cozy, Magical, Creepy
• Painted Night, Morning Creepy, Evil, Happy
• Realism Morning, Midday Happy, Neutral, Cozy

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Project Blog

• General
• Up and Running!

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Conclusion

• So far on schedual
• I am anticipating some timepressure during the
  preproduction face.
• It is going to be a fun process with lots of
  valuable lessons.