THE SACRED ENCOUNTER
Set in the stage of a post-war medieval world, this CG short film conveys a knight's journey and his encounter with a mysterious pastor in the cathedral.
In this team project, I served as both a character artist and environment artist. My individual contributions included characters, the interior of the cathedral environment, cameras, video editing, and color grading.
Time Spent: 3 months
Software Used: Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine
Environment Breakdown
With some assets our former team member provided, I worked on the prop modeling, textures, and lighting. Aside from using directional light and exponential fog, we also used god-ray blueprints, artificial light, and particles to create a more interesting look.
We used world-aligned textures for the walls and ceiling to ensure a cohesive look.
Lighting Process
Important Cinematic Shots
When considering camera angles, we experimented with incorporating various shots, including wide shots to introduce the entire environment, medium shots, and over-the-shoulder shots to depict character encounters, among others.
I created this hero asset for our ending scene, where the pastor hands something to the knight. I prepared a set of original textures and toggled the emissive map for the material transition effect later.
Hero Asset
To achieve a more natural camera perspective between the knight and the pastor, I additionally used a camera shaking blueprint to simulate this tremulous effect.
I created a shader that allows us to change the material of an object with a dissolve effect. In the sequencer, we showcased the original texture we created for the hero asset and then modified the emissive map.
All the content above was my individual contribution. For the entire project breakdown please click here.