Astana enhanced, part 1 - villas

Last summer, 3 of us were given a week to create a short video for a city development project, in which a camera flies through 1300 acres of property.

version 1

After some design revisions, I had an additional week to make the changes and whatever aesthetic additions I could squeeze in.

version 2

Now that the deadlines have passed, I'm revisiting the project to fix everything we didn't have time for the first 2 times. I'm starting by giving these villas a little more character.

old villas

version 3 begins
new villas

I might add some pools and gardens later, but that's very low priority.

enhancement wish list:

• HD resolution
• 30 fps
• some adjustments to camera animation
• more detail and variation on grasses and roads
• sidewalks, curbs, streetlamps
  
• animated sun, streetlamps, window light (day turns to night)
• animated people, dogs, birds, maybe 1 deer, trees, cars, water
• expand landscape to horizon
• reflections on all windows
• ambient music track
• ambient sound effects
• tall grass billboards replaced with modeled tall grass
• bushes, flowers
• boats
• more topography, esp. around water
• optical effects