WEEK 1

My name is Shannon, and I'm a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I'm originally from Michigan, but went to SCAD to study Animation and Visual Effects. As of now, I'm a junior taking Collaborative Experiences in the School of Animation and Motion under the mentorship of 8 members of Harbor Picture Company.

To start this project, I became of member of team Coco along with these talented artists:

Alice | Compositing

Eva | FX

Jenson | Lighting/Look Dev

Shannon | 3D/Lighting/Look Dev

Wei | FX

We started by deciding what product we wanted to advertise. After going through various options, we landed on Chanel No5. Finalizing our pitch came next. Everyone took responsibility for different aspects, my role being storyboard and pre-vis models.

The first iteration consisted of 7 black and white panels. Our idea was to show off our perfume in a warm, flowery environment on a lake as the sun sets behind the product.

Storyboard black and white

After reviewing the storyboard with my team, I made a few tweaks before starting the color version, where I revised shot 3 and added a transitional wipe between shots 5 and 6.

Storyboard color

I then built simple models of the perfume bottle and driftwood for our previs.

Perfume bottle pre-vis model

Driftwood pre-vis model

As this first week ends, I'm excited to work with my team and I'm looking forward to the mentor feedback.