CDJ 2000 Renders

Here are some work in progress shots of how the model is coming along.

Supervisor Meeting

Minutes of Supervisor Meeting, (Thursday, 10:30):

• He was very pleased with progress, and impressed with play blast.
• Liked most of the camera angles, except for wide shot of Intersection. (Suggested camera stays on the road following a car.) Also thought it might be better if we entered the CDJ World through the Right hand side, starting on the road leading up the the Bridge.
  
• Suggested large neon signs, just before main strip, lighting up with homages to the CDJ-2000 and Pioneer. Also suggested the light orb paints the Main Strip with lights and as it travels through the scene it collects other objects in a 'gravity field' which can be seen as we spiral up the final skyscraper.
  
• Explained to me some of the technical details of animating, and rendering the city scene. He suggested using a Surface Flow / Curve Flow to get objects to gravitate round a path.
• He thought the city could be too much to render if done "photo-realistic", suggested adopting a Unique Visual Style, and mentioned perhaps using animated image maps of green circuit boards subtely pulsing with light.
• Said keep up the good work, and any problems email him.

Play Blast

Here is a quick Play Blast of the rough path the camera will take around my city:

World Renders 2

Here are some more renders of a work in progress model of the CDJ World inside the deck:

World Renders

Here are some renders of a work in progress model of the CDJ World inside the deck:

Supervisor Meeting

Minutes of Supervisor Meeting, (Tuesday, 17:30):

• Pre-Viz done for next week's meeting. Done in playblast format.
• Explained to him the development of city idea, and story for the advert.
• He agreed the advert needed a story as such, and suggested that the Orb of Light could take the DJ on an adventure throughout the city.
• He thinks the city needs to come to life more than just buildings lighting up, he suggested looking at the MSC coursework of the cubes flowing throught the Virginia Woolf buildings. Link (click on "Modules" -> "High Def. Video").
  
• He liked the idea of personifying the Light Orb into some kind of character.
• He thought the prospect of compositing the Orb over live-action footage (i.e. the orb circling around the DJ) was a good idea, to be done with a Mask in AfterEffects.
  
• Will create several Mood Boards on canvas with different headings such as "Night Club", "DJ", "Skyscrapers", "Orb of Light" and "City at Night".

More Inspiration

Here is some more videos that I have found on the web that inspire the creation of my virtual world.

• The Cinematic Trailer for DJ Hero Video Game. Link.
• The 2009 Coca-Cola Advert. Link.
• The New Xbox Experience Introduction Video. Link.