Week 8 – Tasks for Studio and Independent Study for Week 9

• Read Through the Assignment 3 Brief from Blackboard.


• Think of a concept for your Final Video.


• Decide on a subject area and direction for your final video.


• Write an initial 150 words outlining a theme, or visual direction for your video. This will begin the idea generation process for your final video.


• Find a minimum of one online Journal article, using Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, CuminCAD, or similar database, that interests you, and helps inform the direction you would like your final video to follow.


• Read through your article and write a 200 word synopsis/review of your article. (If you have chosen more than one article, write a synopsis for each one.) Include a full reference on your blog.


• Create a rough visual outline, or storyboard comprising of around 10 sketchy images, that begin to define your video. You can either use physical sketches, or digital sketches (models, images, montages, etc.) as your rough visual outline.


• Obtain some "real" footage, and produce a "test" showing the successful integration of digital and real content.


• This can be as short as a few seconds, this is just to get you familiar with Camera Tracking for 3D integration.


• When obtaining "real" footage, the more controlled the camera is, the better. If the footage is too shaky, or combines rotation with panning too much, the tracker will have a hard time estimating the camera properties. Also "feature" points are very important! These are objects in your scene that have a clear quality to them (such as a high contrast to the background, or static geometry that is distinct, etc.), that the tracker can use as reference points for estimating the camera.


• You may have to attempt your tracking a few times to get the best result. If the footage is proving too difficult to get a good track on, breaking the footage into shorter clips can help.