This week we were introduced to 3D previs and how it works. I had never heard of the concept of 3D previs before so it was really interesting to learn about how all animated movies have a previs to help with planning. There are also some high budget movies which have previs made for them, as it helps directors and film makers to plan out shots ahead of time.

We were given the chance to do a 3D previs for Jurassic Park as practice. This was a great practice and it was my first time to learn the skills. I struggled a lot at first as the key frames would not set no mater where I set them. I couldn’t figure out how to fix this so I decided that copying the meshes into a new scene might help. Surprisingly this did mean I was able to set the keyframes and I could get to work on making the previs.

It was difficult to get the frames quite right but I was able to get a draft of the Previs done with some good timing and not too bad animation. Obviously it will be improved with practice and as I get more used to 3D previs.