The End

Ive finally finished my Project, its gone pretty well, really pleased with it. all it needs now is Morgan Freeman to do the voice over. i Knew exactly what i wanted from the word go so once i had the storyboarding done, the modeling was fairly hassle free, doing the particals did take alot of experimenting with to get right but once one scene was done, the rest followed with no problems.

The sound design was very difficult for this project, because many of the sound are similar its tough to keep it sounding consistently interesting, i think as a whole, the animation has accomplished the brief. the visual aesthetic matches the same kind of realism as the discovery channel and also the animation is based on the facts which have so far been collected on comets, surprisingly they are still very alien and alot of the what scientist think about comets is speculation.

Storyboards Ruff Concept Copys (big bang beggining)

possible addition to the animation, the big bang. scene begins in black and with the words 13.5 billion years ago. then i can just have some fun recreating the big bang!!
the scene would then face to black with the words Halley's comet in white and continue with the other scene.

i do also want to show how comets a formed so i will continue sketching and shuffling ideas.

Storyboards Ruff Concept Copys (2)

the camera follows the comet and it orbits though the air, as the sun appears fro the right hand corner, the tail begins to glow as the gas's realised react with the radiation. the camera zooms into the comet and u can see bit of ice and rock falling off.final shot is back on earth showing the comet fly through the sky.

this needs more work, there isn't not enough action so i want to add to the beginning and also maybe show how the comet forms.

Storyboards Ruff Concept Copys (1)

very ruff storyboarding just to look at the structure, you might not be able to work out whats going on but once i have my final idea at the end of the week, i will post my finals.

Scene one begins in darkness as the camera moves out from inside a Creator on what looks like an icy wasteland, the camera continues to pan left as the camera likes up to a shot which is in thirds with a planet in the center, realising that your in space. a huge spurt of gas shoots from a Creator in the center of the scene.

the camera moves forwards into the gas and is hot up into the air. the camera is now inside the gas, with lots of colours everywhere from the chemicals. this is my transition to the next scene.the camera is now floating in space and as the comet flys by from over head.

Dry Ice

A Comet's Surface

The nucleus of a comet is the central portion of the head of a comet. It is a solid part of the comet, made of a special sort of dust which is called "fluffy" because it could be as light weight and full of holes as a sponge. The holes of this "sponge" are filled with ices like water, carbon dioxide (dry ice), and carbon monoxide (what comes out of your car).

Observations of the nuclei of comet Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake have given scientists fresh ideas about comet composition and evolution. But, scientists still don't know whether the nucleus is very hard, like solid ground, or very soft and breakable, like a snowball. The Rosetta mission hopes to land a probe on the surface of a comet to find out just how hard it is!

As a comet approaches the Sun, it begins to evaporate, forming the coma and a spectacular comet tail. This picture shows that evaporation may happen only in specific places on the nucleus. These spots of evaporation are called "jets". Halley's comet had three distinct jets on its surface as it approached the Sun in 1986.

Boldly Go!

Halley's Comet

Halley's Comet or Comet Halley is the most famous of the periodic comets and can currently be seen every 75–76 years. Many comets with long orbital periods may appear brighter and more spectacular, but Halley is the only short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye, and thus, the only naked-eye comet certain to return within a human lifetime.During its returns to the inner solar system, it has been observed by astronomers since at least 240 BC, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until the eighteenth century when its orbit was computed by Edmond Halley, after whom the comet is now named. Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986, and will next appear in mid-2061.

The Big Bang Theory

Observations suggest that the universe as we know it began around 13.7 billion years ago. Since then, the evolution of the universe has passed through three phases. The very early universe, which is still poorly understood, was the split second in which the universe was so hot that particles had energies higher than those currently accessible in particle accelerators on Earth. Therefore, while the basic features of this epoch have been worked out in the big bang theory, the details are largely based on educated guesses.

Initial Concepts

I’ve got a few strong ideas forming and hopefully depending on time and my technical ability I will be able to combine them together. at the beginning of my animation I want to recreate the big bang, I will have to research into the event further but even then the bang is somewhat speculation, this could allow me to use some artistic licence but without straying from the facts, the use of sound and colour will prove interesting. I haven’t thought of any transitions for my animation yet but the next scene i want to show will be of the comets surface as if the camera had being placed there, the icy/dirt landscape would be very effective and also the jets of gas which shoot from the core.

From this point i will zoom out and focus the comet as a whole showing its external structure and coma (tail), when a comet gets closer to the sun its tail begins to glow because of the reaction to the gasses, I want to show this process. I thought my final shot could be from earth, looking into the sky and seeing the comet shoot across.
I have also considered using the famous Halley's Comet; this might make the project more solid instead of just creating an animation about random comets. Again I will research into Halley's Comet before for the facts. Perhaps instead of the big bang approach (although I think I would be a nice strong introduction to delve into space) the right way to go is to show how comets are formed from the matter from the solar nebular. All these ideas can be combined but it requires time to find the correct structure.

The discovery channel

The discovery channel is one of the best places for factual programming, there programs provoke curiosity of our world and beyond taking us to places near and far, to entertain, inspire and teach. There programs cover a wide range of different topic, from Marilyn Monroe, Martial Arts to motorbikes and even to aids, they literally cover everything.

There audience ranges from about 13 to 16+ years old because some subjects can become more complex and technical than others. The documentaries consist of real-time footage and animated material in diagrams and visualisations, the aesthetic style of the documentaries is a realistic approach, using the natural colours and shapes which are true. When the topic is of a speculative nature the aesthetic will be based on the facts available to get it as true to reality as possible.

Comets

A bit of research on comets and the solor system, basically a comet is a minor planet made up of rock, dust and ice. they originate from a cloud of debris remaining from the condensation of the solar nebula(the disc shaped cloud of gas and dust left over from when the sun formed). Comets are unique because they are created in the outer solar system, and are greatly affected by the planets they pass. While a comet is orbiting, its path is constantly being altered as it nears surrounding planets. These changes in orbit can send it on a path approaching the sun, where it will burn up, or can be cast completely out of the solar system.

The tail of a comet is actually called the coma, which is composed of gas and dust streams. When a comet passes through the inner solar system, the sun lights up these streams so that we are able to see it. This is how we have been able to see Halley’s Comet from Earth.

The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by gravity. These objects are the eight planets, their 166 known moons, five dwarf planets, and billions of small bodies. The small bodies include asteroids, icy Kuiper belt objects, comets, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust.

Blast off!

The two words i chose from the envelopes was Comet and discovery channel, i did get lucky really because they work perfectly together and there’s also allot of existing animations on space and the solar system. Saying this it is going to be difficult to come up with an original animation and for it no not be just another one of those space exploration documentaries.