Reflection on Assignment 3

The idea of assignment 3 was developed from previous assignments which were about fences and “challenging the fence”. The word “chaos” was selected from the ten nominated words. In addition these ten words represented important points from my previous assignments.

Therefore in the assignment 3, I played with the idea of chaos. It was believed that “chaos” substantially represents disorder. However, I saw this word as an opportunity to express dynamic or energetic movements within an urban environment. The idea had been expanded in relationship to architecture. The theme building of the movie is based on this expression of “chaos”.

I admit that the expansion of the idea of “chaos” is one of difficulties among the projects. This idea is the center of the whole project.

Furthermore, when I animated the 3dmax clip, it took days to render the reflection and refraction of the glass materials. It was one of the painful jobs. It was not only time- consuming, but also when the rendered results were not satisfactory, it needs more efforts to find and fix the problems.

Nonetheless, the project trains my 3dmas abilities as well as video editing. Hopefully, I can apply this kind of 3d presentation skills to my graduation project next year.

Words about the video

Chao is a very interesting word that implies a lot of meanings. It may include the idea of dynamics, energy or psychological response. It is chosen to be the theme of this video.

The idea of this video is to show the intergration between building and urban fabric in a virtual environment. The objected building in this video comes with a chaotic structure, which building form and envelope are very diverse to the surrounding. As a result, that creates an identity for itself. In order to reveal its uniqueness, aspects of the building is emphasized such as its zoning, skeleton and form. The video also describes how the building situating within the urban fabrics, specifically certain movements are highlighted. The video animates air, ground and water transportations which are essential in injecting dynamics to the city. One of the social factors also is included in this video. The psychological response towards the rapid rate of urban development is described at the end of the video. However, through slow progress and rhythm background music, they help to relief the fear and perhaps creates a pleasant moment within intensive urban life.

Story Board

Final Video

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Inspirating Clips

Zaha Hadid

10 words selected

Experience
Segregation
Obstacles
Psychological
Fear
Chaotic
Identities
Dynamic
Pattern
Energetic