Test

I have done a test of the tree design I am going to do, to do this I am going to use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, the tree is in a silhouette style which I feel would work well in the dome, to make this I have used a simple key, mask and transparency effects, whilst simple its also very time consuming which means I will have to give a lot of time to this part of the project. After viewing the test I feel that I may use colour, as it will work well to show the change of seasons and also to make the leaves stand out from the branches as the silhouette leaves have the effect of bumps in the branches.
Below is a test render of the growing leaves effect.





I’m now planning on not having the tree grow at all but instead just having the leaves from the tree blowing off of the tree. This is because I am now going to be focusing on the season of Autumn as I feel this will give the most interesting effects for the dome, I am going to mainly work with the things people associate with Autumn such as Guy Fawkes night, Halloween and the weather.
Below is a test render of the tree effect.



Having tested this method in the dome I feel it doesn’t work as well as I’d hoped, the tree doesn’t look as professional as I’d hoped and the motion of the leaves isn’t very noticeable, sadly I am now lacking on time as I’ve made so many changes, I therefore am going to change the idea quite dramatically, the film is now going to be a music based video using graphics, I am going to use the colours to reflect the sounds in the music but I am not going to be using the seasons any more as I am running out of time and am going to end up without a film to show!
I now have to find a song that will fit well, my first choice is Space Walk by Lemon Jelly, this song has quite a relaxing beat but does change into a faster pace part way through I think this sort of song would work well for a visual music piece as the change of pace could be reflected well in the visuals, I want to use a piece without singing but I feel speech will work well, I think that singing would put people off from the visuals but the music with possible speech would work well with the visuals.

I am going to keep on the theme of Synesthesia as I have already done a lot of research on the subject, I will try to use colours that reflect the sounds in the music, and if there is any speech I will write these words on the screen and try to use colours to reflect the key words meaning for example, if there are words such as love or hate I will try to show them reflected in a way someone with Synesthesia see them.

I would like to try and use the visuals that I have already put the time into making like the fireworks and the fire effects and will try to find somewhere to fit them in. I believe the fireworks will work especially well when the music increases in pace.
As I have started with after effects I feel that I should finish now, I want to make some 3D visuals with after effects to give a true immersive effect for the audience.