Now once I was completed my modelling I could move on to the editing and rendering of my final video. I don’t have much experience with this however I enjoyed thinking of new camera shots, angles and ways to really  show off my work as best as possible.

I began by deciding which areas of my environment I would like to highlight such as my own assets like the roast pig and grande curtains as these took my work to another level. once I settled on my shots I decided on transitions and how I could move from one scene to the other smoothly

here is me playing with the brightness and contrast, this was how I achieved my transitions of dark to light between scenes. I ended with a fullshot of my environment as almost a grande finale to fully show off my work.

although i am very pleased with my outcome I did interfere some issues as when rendering I noticed some of my assets such as my pillars disappearing momentarily therefor I had to be careful of my shots and work around it. Again an issue I encountered was my original lighting as in the beginning after rendering the lighting became very dull and dark to the point very little of the scene could actually be seen. therefor to solve this I brightened the natural light so more overall light could seep in through the windows which also created new shadows that added detail and realism to the project.

In conclusion I am overall very happy with the end result as I put lots of hard work time and effort which I believe does show in the details of the model, however with more time I definitely could of expanded it as i did not manage my time very well so any technical issues left me more behind than I would of liked as I felt very rushed and panicked in the end which is something I will make a conscious effort to improve on in later projects.

Texturing has always been something I have found challenging however I feel like I have really grasped it with this project as the textures all seem to blend together rather seamlessly whilst maintaining the ancient viking aesthetic I had been aiming for in my references. One of my favourite things is how I maintained the roughness throughout to keep that authentic ancient temple look. however the only error that i believe i could have done better was with certain objects I have stretched in the modelling phase which has been highlighted by the textures as it distorts and those errors are more noticeable. this is something I will work on in future projects to prevent and increase the quality/ appearance of the model.

Here we can see the stretched texture and the way it effects the quality and realism of the model.

Here is a final model textured, The textures have added so much depth to the environment and really brought it to life. The hints of gold amplify that idea of royalty almost providing more of a story and connection. I particular like the combination of the stone and the wood as it is quite relevant to the time as they would of been man made using the materials and resources they have on hand. the colours go together very well and compliment one another while making the environment look more complete. the lighting and shadows created by the windows and candles emphasize a serious and almost eerie atmosphere with harsh shadows and dramatic light changes. I focused on creating more light at the end with the arch way and throne through a much larger chandelier and more lighting as that is where i wanted to draw attention as it gives the impression someone very important lies there who is to be respected and looked up to

In the very beginning stages of planning my group all sat down to discuss or plan of action. we carefully made an asset list and assigned each team member with their own assets to keep the workload balanced and fair.

I took on the food/feast and kitchen appliances and then throughout made more assets I thought would be a nice addition and then shared them with the group.

My Assets

-Dishes

This is the first model I did to create the feast, these models where useful as I could reuse to build up the feast and make it look much more full and detailed while saving time to work on other assets.

Roasted Pig

this is my favourite most detailed model. I am most proud of this asset as it has the most detail however it did consume a lot of time due to the modelling in blender and UV mapping but it definitely paid off in the end as it really bring the hall and feast table together.

-Other Assets-

These are the other main assets I have created which have all came in very useful and I am very pleased with. however my oven ended up not being needed for the environment I am still happy I done it as it took a lot of time and effort which can then be transferred into future work.