(1/31/19-2/6/19)
Tools: Houdini, C4D, Maya
Languages: Python, Vex, Mel
Genre: Abstract, Procedural Animation, Visual Music
Possible techniques: Data Visualization, AI, Deep Learning
Vivaldi - Lauda Jerusalem
Length: 4:19 (1:06 - 5:25)
Represents nature's magnificence
Juxtaposition of destruction by nature and beautiful music
Lyrics - Psalm 147
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion. For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates: and hath blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: and his word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth snow like wool: and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to abide his frost?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob: his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.
Beat Board
Phase 1: Beginning
1. Hydrothermal Vents - start of life
2. Waves
3. Ice - penitentes
4. Avalanche
5. Blizzard
Phase 2: Life
6. Aurora
7. Corals blooming
Phase 3: Destruction
8. Volcano
9. Wildfire
10. Tornado
11. Annihilation of humanity
Option 1: A herd of naked humans running away from natural disasters
Option 2: Pool of blood (kind of like the LCL sea in Evangelion)
12. Halo (Ending)
Represent nature as a godly being
The cycle of nature
Justice towards mankind
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction" - Pablo Picasso
Technique Break Down
1. Hydrothermal Vents
Houdini smoke simulation
Houdini particle simulation (ambient texture)
Assets: Rock model
2. Waves
Houdini/RealFlow liquid simulation
Houdini particle simulation for small water bubbles
3. Ice - penitentes
Houdini generative animation (NEED TO FIND ALGORITHM)
4. Avalanche
Houdini particle simulation
Houdini smoke simulation
5. Blizzard
Houdini particle simulation
6. Aurora
Houdini particle simulation OR HDRI animation
7. Corals blooming
Houdini generative animation (NEED TO FIND ALGORITHM)
8. Volcano
Houdini Viscous Fluids
9. Wildfire
Houdini Pyro simulation
10. Tornado
Houdini custom forces (VDB volumes & VEX)
11. Annihilation of humanity
Option 1: Houdini crowd simulation
Option 2: Houdini fluid simulation
12. Halo (Ending)
AfterEffects