My Thoughts?

I really don't think the end result of this module reflects my ability to use 3DSMAX.
I think that if I were to do it again, I would definately look into using a better computer to render my animations on, as the computer I am currently using is just not powerful enough, and did not allow me to have my animation in as high quality as I would have liked, and also didn't allow me to have some of the envireonment i wanted.
I'm not overly pleased with the final animation, but at least it represents the fable well in my eyes.

Finished Animation

Finally Finished the Animation, after waiting hours for renders to finish.
Here it is after I uploaded it to Youtube.

Piecing the scenes together...

I chose to use Windows Movie Maker to piece together the animation. As I am more familiar with this programme, I felt more comfortable using it, and as my animation is relatively simple and to the point, it didnt need many effects or special features.
Here is a screenshot of me using it.

The time it takes to render...

I know I should have allowed for the time it takes to render a scene, but 3 and a half hours for an 8second clip is rediculous!
I'm going to have to reduce the quality of my renders and remove items from the environement to get it to run faster.

Scenes

Just some random screenshots from different scenes.

Adding Cameras

I have decided to add a camera to just a couple of my scenes, to give variation throughout the animation. Here is an example of one of the cameras I have used.

Lighting and its concequences...

I tried to create an extremely realistic lighting technique for my scenario.
However, once I had done this, I found that for a single frame to render, it would take 3 and a half minutes. This doesn't sound too bad, but when you have around 300 frames a scene, it will take a long time to render!
I think this is due to my environment for the animation. As i have included a large number of trees, and I enabled shadows, I think it is that that takes the time to render.
Maybe I should make my animation into a night scene...

Cameras

The use of cameras definately helps out alot when you are trying to make one scene look completely different to another. In my scenes I hope to incorporate just a couple of cameras, so that the enitre animation does not look the same and become tedious.

The Scenes

Here is a list of scenes I want to include in the Animation.

• 3 Buffalo Drinking
• Lion Sneeking Up
• Lion Roar
• 1 Buffalo Runs
• Buffalo Eaten
• 2 Buffalo Drinking
• Lion Roar
• 1 Buffalo Runs
• Buffalo Eaten
• 1 Buffalo Drinking and Eaten

With this I will include a title at the beginning and a small credits at the end.