Final video! Personal Breakdown This breakdown contains my portion of the project which mainly consists of look development, environment...

Shot 5 A large focus I have for shot 5 this week is to increase the general contrast and making it more punchy to serve as a better...

Shot 1 Glass Shader I focused on developing a shader that would interact with the rain sim element so I came up with an idea to use...

Shot 4 Camera Change To try and fix the scale issue, I adjusted the camera animation to pull out and translates downward to emphasize the...

Shot 2 Bridge Shader I brought the bridge into MAYA to UV and Substance to texture it. I focused on adding deterioration marks using...

Shot 3 Environment My main focus for this week was developing the environment for shot 3. Tunnel I modelled this tunnel while being...

Shot 4 Environment I focused on adding variation in foliage and scattering them in a way that would be realistic. I used a technique of...

Shot 1 Camera I worked on changing the camera angle from mounted on the top of the train to an interior shot. This change was to offer a...

Lighting Rig & Shaders Brushed Metal Shader Reference I created this shader from a metallic base that is masked out using different...

We decided to use the Acela model for a couple of reasons The model has the sleek and clean look that we were looking for while still...

Idea: Amtrak train rebranding - Playing into Amtrak's motto "Rain, shine, sleet or snow, Amtrak takes you where you need to go" - But...