Reveal
This one minute experiment was for a challenge on the Britannica Dreams forum. The parameters were: one minute runtime limit, The Sims 2 engine, and no Sims present in the film. I used this as an excuse to try some experiments with smoothing the camera movements in this engine. This was also an opportunity to test a "vignette" idea I've been toying with for awhile where a one shot scene is gradually revealed to communicate layers of detail, the basic idea being that as the camera moves, the meaning of the scene is constantly evolving.
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Director and Music Composer: Phil “Overman” Rice
Custom Content Credits:
GunMod Lighting 2.2 RC1 by Chocolate Pi
Ceiling Tiles by jgwhiteus
Clothing Piles by FoxieRoxieNYC
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Great work Phil.
A nice slow pan. Good approach to the challenge.
I think the cieling tiles would have been better left off, and instead make the walls a second level. Those tiles just arent pretty enough. Great little coda with door. Great work.
Comment by todnyc — June 19, 2006 @ 2:31 pm
Yeah, the ceiling tiles frustrated me. There actually is a second story to the set which was built with this in mind, but I couldn’t get the lighting to behave properly between stories. I’ll definitely be researching both phenomena before next time.
Thanks very much for the comments!
Comment by Overman — June 19, 2006 @ 6:34 pm
I really like that, the camera movement was extremely smooth and since I didn’t read the info before I watched,:-\ it was really intriguing.
Great job for that theme too.
Comment by joredan — August 15, 2006 @ 9:32 pm
p.s.
Music was great too.
Comment by joredan — August 15, 2006 @ 9:35 pm
nice animation, nice camera. environment was nice too.
i wish to get the song of your vid. I really loved the music.
Comment by wren — October 11, 2006 @ 8:08 am
Thanks for watching, wren! As for the song, stay tuned, a “Goodie Bag” for Reveal and other films is in production, and will include any original soundtrack selections.
Comment by Overman — October 11, 2006 @ 1:58 pm