Today in Matt’s we were told how to set up 3 point lighting in our animation scenes. I will start with the lighting aspect of the lesson by explaining what three point lighting is and the 3 lights that are in 3 point lighting.
Three-point lighting is a standard method used in visual media such as theatre, video, and film. By using three separate positions, the photographer can illuminate the shot’s subject however desired, while also controlling the shading and shadows produced by direct lighting.
- The Key Light – This is the main light used on your subject
- The Fill Light – The purpose of this light is to fill in the shadows created by the key light, preventing them from getting too dark.
- The Back Light – This is used to separate the subject from the background.
In the other half of the lesson we were allowed to work on whatever we wanted that benefited our animations. So I decided to sort out the hierarchy and the character sets for my robot character. Below you can see the finalised hierarchy of my robot.
After I finished the character sets of both my robot and chest I started the animation phase by blocking out the stages of part of the animation (I didn’t have enough time to do the whole animation). Below is the vimeo link to what I have so far.
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