Major project/ Pre-production/ Research

Because I want to achieve high levels of realism, my research on the materials and textures needed to be thorough. So, when I came back to Greece for Christmas holidays, I visited Poseidon temple in cape Sounio for some location shooting and also to study real life textures and proportions.

Major project/ Pre-production/ Research

This is a huge undertaking and a very challenging one, because I will produce all the concept designs and also build all the 3d elements, environment and the characters and also direct it.

The format of it will be a CGI fantasy, action adventure game trailer film, in which two different characters are about to fight each other for who will be the dominant force. The fundamental function of this trailer is to fascinate the viewer through a sequence of scenes from the old Poseidon Temple. This dark and moon lighted environment with some film noir inputs and the use of cinematography techniques are aiming to represent the game in such an amazing way that ultimately will make the sales.

INITIAL RESEARCH

Researching art styles.

Researching cinematography techniques, camera framing and angles.

Major project/ Pre-production

The story is taking place in contemporary Greece, in December 2012, and the location of the clip is the Ancient Greek Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion.

The protagonist of the clip is the Ancient Greek God Poseidon who will confront one of his archenemies, a Dark Archangel.

The background story is that the time has come for the return of the Gods of the Ancient Greek Pantheon. The storyline is based on the premise that the One God that took over the world from the Old Gods was not the benevolent Supreme Being, but the so-called Demiurge (meaning ‘Creator’ in Greek) who was flawed and corrupt, leading the world into a spiral of darkness. After centuries of degeneracy and decadence, people have begun to return to the Old Gods in increasing numbers. As a result, the Old Gods are now gaining back their powers and are returning in order to fight the Dark Demiurge in an epic battle for the world.

A story that a good friend of mine, John Haygood, and I developed some time ago.

These are some early character concepts featuring the ancient gods living among us with contemporary clothing.

Major project

Our next and final project from this year is the major one. In this project we're free to choose on our own what we want to produce. It can either be personal work or a collaboration with other people. So, for this project I decided to direct my own short CG cinematic trailer. I will try to achieve hyper realism, push further modelling and texturing and also to learn new techniques and experiment with simulations, mechanics, lighting and rendering. My friends will also help me bring this project to life and we will be a team of six people.

This time my idea for the project would be based on Greek mythology...
Cause I'm really a fan of fantasy genre.