Astana enhanced, part 4 - cloud wipe & flying geese

(Astana was a hurried video project where a camera flies through 1300 acres of property. Now, to answer my question, "what if we'd been given more time," I'm enhancing the entire neighborhood.)

The new video begins inside a cloud (white screen). In the first few seconds, the cloud moves off-camera to reveal geese flying above the city.

version 1 opening

version 2 opening

version 3 opening
(3 seconds in, exiting cloud)

version 3 opening
(8 seconds in)

enhancement to-do list, updated:

• remodel island as a short hill (currently flat)
• boats
• day-to-night animation (sun, windows)
• adjustments to camera animation
• refine landscaping in close-ups (modeled grasses, flowers, bushes)
• keep adding detail to unpopulated terrain
  
• animated people, dogs, birds, trees, cars, water, & 1 deer
• reflections on all windows
• ambient sound effects
• ambient music track
• motion blur & depth-of-field(?) in post
  

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Astana enhanced, part 3 - terrain and roads

(Astana was a hurried video project where a camera flies through 1300 acres of property. Now, to answer my question, "what if we'd been given more time," I'm enhancing the entire neighborhood.)

version 1 - no texture mapping

version 2 - minimal texture mapping

version 3 - detailed texture mapping
(lingering issues: faint tiling in grass,
road texture is scaled too large)


version 3 - horizon detail

Astana enhanced, part 2 - sun and sky

(Astana was a hurried video project where a camera flies through 1300 acres of property. Now, to answer my question, "what if we'd been given more time," I'm enhancing the entire neighborhood.)

The old sky was a simple blue gradient.

version 2 sky

The new sky adds clouds and a lens flare effect (sunrays, glow, and lens reflections) for the sun.
In a later step, the sun will be animated to quickly set toward the end of the video, leaving a night scene.

version 3 sky

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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