More work today, got the interior of the cockpit for the ship done, this'll allow for outside shots and most of the shots up to the very end. It's not textured yet, so not finished obviously, but it can be used for the animations except the very last two shots which require the pilot, which isn't done yet.
Textures and lighting will make it look far better, but don't have those up yet, not needed for the animations in question however, so not a big deal.
Anyways, here's a shot of the interior; very basic looking, wanted to go for the whole 60-80's view of the inside of a ship. Lots and lots and lots of buttons, not much of anything for readouts. Controls are basic, joystick and a throttle, chair's cushy (20+ g's suck on escape and reentry), with a nice bomb to ride a la Dr. Strangelove.
This's supposed to be based on the planet of the apes original opening... I've never seen it, neither has my partner, Greg Ripley. As long as we stick to the script though, we're allowed to add any number of details we want. We kind of abused this, but Mike seems to like the idea so far, so good enough. It doesn't have to be a carbon copy of the original, and I think I'm actually glad I haven't watched the movie yet because of it. Most of the other movies people got were so popular as well, that they would be confined to only what was done in the movie itself, not open to interpretation of the script, like this whole class is supposed to be about.
Being able to read a script, come up with your own interpretation of what it means, storyboard it, create an animatic, build it, and shoot it... it's a pain but having some artistic license makes this alot more interesting than just following what was done before. So... this'll be an example of an alternate reality version I suppose.
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