Adjusing layout

This is a screenshot of my layered layout in After Effects.  I'm not happy with how flat it is, so I'm coming up with some new concepts, with more perspective and from a different angle.  Below is a on going block-out of one possible adaption.

animatic update

Render of first scene so far

This is what I've done with the room so far, for scene 1.

I UV mapped and textured the floor and cupboard.  I made the floor texture by using a single blcok of colour and added some noise.  I then motion-blurred the noise and liquified it to produced a realistic wood pattern.  Next, I used the burn tool to create the lines, replicate the seams between each plank.  

 Above is the first result, which was too big for my scene- the planks looked too big.  Below is the second attempt, which I have used in my scene.

For the cupboard, I took a picture of an actual cupboard at home, then cloned and manipulated it to produce enough for the entire UV map.  Trying hard not to make it look blurry and repetitive.  I also added a bump map so the dints would have more relief. 

More layouts

Today, I've been working on more layouts, as I'm not content with what I've produced so far. 

I keep changing what I want to do, whether I'll have enough time to produce what I want to and how I'm going to do it.  At the moment I'm going to:  Model the bedroom in Maya and paint the walk-through environments, then put them together in After Effects.  I've spent the last week trying to do it in Maya, but have so far got pretty poor results and I don't like how it works.  For what I'm wanting to achieve, After Effects will suffice and save time.  When I was trying to do it in Maya, it never looked how I wanted it to and I've felt like I've wasted a week or two.  So I've gone back to concentrating on the visuals and worry about technical issues later on.       

Rough animatic...very rough

I'm doing a new one, because my idea has changed slightly.


Instead of the Astral Projection theme, it's now a Near Death Experience- it's clearer.