Lowering the Poly-count

My laptop continued to crash as long as I opened the Environment Maya file. So, Lily and I decided to lower the poly count. She had a look at it and together, we saw places where we could lower it.

We decided to remove the paint effects plants(which I never liked). They had an eccentric poly-count.I replaced them these plants.

I also changed the placement of some plants to suit more to our shots.

I removed the sun over the fluffy cloud and added another cloud. The front fences were aligned. Also, the bushes looked a bit too neat. So I had to make them look haphazard.

  

I had forgotten to model a few of the props. The saw, hammer and the bird-feeder.

The environment is ready but because there have been so many changes. I will need to Layout the scenes again. Also, I can only proceed with the lighting only when the texturing is complete.

Layout for Shot 14-20

Shot 14

We see the bird fly off to the fence where her tummy rumbles.

Shot 15

Lily and the dog understand the bird's problem. 

Shot 16

Lily builds a bird-feeder.

Shot 17

Lily builds a bird-feeder.

Shot 18

Lily puts up the bird-feeder.

Shot 19

The bird rushes to it.

Shot 20

Last shot, the dog and the bird happily peck on the their food.

Layout for Shot 7-13

Shot 7

The bird stealthily sneaks the biscuit while the dog is busy digiing a hole to hide it. Its near the pumpkin patch.

Shot 8

The dog turns and the bird swallows the whole biscuit and takes off.

Shot 9

The dog asks for another biscuit. We see the wheelie bins and the patio in the background.

Shot 10

The stand-off. We see the house in the background.

Shot 11

As they fight over the biscuit, Lily is raking. The wheelie bin and neighbour's house can be seen.

Shot 12

Lily comes running to brake the fight. The pumpkin patch and the bar-b-q table can be seen.

Shot 13

Lily picks up the dog and the biscuit. We see parts of the pumpkin patch and the shed area.

Layout for Shot 2-6

Shot 2

This shot was particularly very interesting to me. It has the tool shed as the background and I had fun modelling all the objects that  makes this house look like a running household.

Shot 3

Moved in Trees and Ivy to show the back garden area. There was a tree that was obstructing the view of the bird in the scene above. So,it was deleted for just this scene. 

Shot 4

The camera angle of this shot covers some of the pumpkin patch area and the rest in the back garden area.

Shot 5

Lily brings in a wheelie bin and we see her doing daily house chores while the dog comes back for another biscuit.

Shot 6

The dog runs after the biscuit and thinks of hiding it under the tree just behind it.

Layout for Shot 1

Shot 1 starts with the name of the film with a few clouds in the sky. Rough

clouds were just made for the animatic. So, I modeled a few new fluffy clouds and also set up a sun.

There was a lot that needed to be added in, as it is an extreme long shot where the camera pans down to reveal the entire set where the action takes place. I added a lot of houses that could be the prospective neighbours for our Owner and her dog.