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Houses and exteriors: from sketches to final sets: The Toy Factory Exterior





This set was the most complicated 3D set in my first draft of the animatic, and I even tried design changes in the 3D. However, it wasn't all that impossible to build. It was a big set, too big for the studio, so there's remained insufficient space for lights, or distances - for me to effectively light the backdrop. That was unfortunate. But, I managed to built it as planned, and shoot it quite straightforward. Many things about it were easier than I though would be. Nevertheless, it had numerous details, and it had to be tilted away from the camera, because I had to simulate the camera moving forwards-up. Now, moving forward is quite expected and doable, but my stop-mo machine couldn't do upwards. No, sir. Not steep enough. Tilting the set in the computer is easy, but quite a feat with heavy sets. Superstructure might have been light in weigh, but the base had to be steady and rigid. The biggest problem was working on places or elements that were out of reach, due to cramped conditions.

	Above: the billboard in the position imidiatelly next to the camera.


















	This "backlot" set to the Toy Factory, should be a "Jailhouse" exterior. That was super-fast improvisation, just for, essentially, taking two or three photos. I had similar configuration, but in a more basic form, for the shot from the Main office window.