Production Log

1. Once I had completedall the modelsandthe texturingformyspace stationI wasthenreadyto
beginfilmingandrenderingwithLayout.
The firststepwouldbe to sendthe finishedmodel intoLayoutbysimplyselecting‘sendobjectto
Layout’locatedinthe top rightcorner of Modeller.
The firststepI completedwastomake sure I had placedall the lightinginthe correctpositionsand
had enoughtolighteverywhere thatIneeded. Once thiswascompletedIwasthenable tobegin
withthe camera work.
The firstthingI didwhensettingupthe cameras wasto make sure I had AutoKeyturnedoff to
ensure itwasn’tmake keyframeswhere Ididn’twantthem.Once thiswasdone I checkedif the
camera resolutionwassettothe correct figures,Ineededthemtobe setto1280 x 720 to ensure I
got a good enoughqualityformyrender.Withall the settingscomplete Iwasthen readytobegin
the camera movement.

2. WhenI was filmingmymodel Iwantedtohave the effectthatitlookedlike afirstpersonrenderand
the camera was actinglike apersonwalkingaroundthe station,thiswasone of the firsttimesI had
usedLayoutso at firstit tooksome gettingusedto movingthe camera roundand gettingthe frame
rate right.
AnotherimportantthingIneededtokeepmyeye onwasthe amountof framesI wasallowing
betweeneachframe Isetbecause if Iput themto close togetherthe camerawouldbe movingfar
too quickto be able to actuallyviewthe modelsduringthe renderedvideo.
Whilstfilmingthe model,IwouldoftenpressF9to ensure thatthe lightingiscorrectwithineach
room sothat whenI renderedeverything,Iwouldn’thave togo backand make changesbecause I
checkedproperly.
Once I had checkedeverythingwascorrectand done Iwas thenreadyto start my render,butbefore
I didthisI had to make sure all of the rendersettingswere all correct.Whenrenderingthe videoI

3. put the file formatintoaPhotoshopfile sothenif the renderwastocrash I wouldn’thave tostart
overagain,I wouldjustbe able to start fromthe last one that wascomplete before itcrashed.
Once I had made sure all of the settingswere correct,all Ihad to do thenwaspressF10 and the
renderwouldstart.