Research into Architectural work

Architecture and environmental designing can of course be used for quite a variety of different areas such as gaming, interior and exterior designs. 3d programs have also branched out to be used in the medical industry to create interactive representations or replacements of some sort of faulty anatomy. From my own experience in where i have done the occasional work experience, i believe that people do like to see an artistic impression of the final outcome before they go ahead and create the actual building.

Architectural programs are known as Building information Modelling software. The BIM software is a shared knowledge resource for information between various different roles to complete an overall objective. It helps make major decisions for certain projects based on certain circumstances.

“Building information modelling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics  of a facility. A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle; defined as existing from earliest conception to demolition.” -The US National Building Information Model Standard Committee

Processes in businesses that support BIM developments include Cost Management, Construction Management, Project Management and Facility Operation. The Construction project management incorporates the initial stages of the design development and contains further steps including programming, conceptual feasibility of the ideas, design development, schematics and also contract documents. The conceptual feasibility is for example the overall control of the potential building size, with the amount of rooms within, along with the actual available space that they are actually allowed to use. The schematics that are used are still classic blue-prints to identify shapes, spaces and patterns (materials must also be considered too) and these are put together in Autocad. 4D BIM models are 3D Models with a schedule while 5D BIMs are with Cost related information too. 6D is the complete package with all the relevant building component information.

Idea change

At the formative, Dan and Josh seemed unimpressed with my plan to create a video for police forensics because it wasn't suitable for the portfolio piece and fitted better into the FMP unit. Dan suggested that I should have a look on Pinterest and pick out some ideas and create them, to see how quickly I can actually put a piece of work together.

When I got on the train after the formative i looked on Pinterest and saw a selection of images that intrigued me. And then when I got home I actually tried to recreate the pieces in a very short space of time. The lack of detail in the shapes adds for ease of construction. Here is what I came out with: 

Formative feedback

So Dan and Josh liked the work that I had created for my work experience and gave me further advise that could push me in the correct direction for my show reel project. They recommended that I use the next 48 hours to research alot before the wednesday session.

They told me to think more about my educational development, and look more into what each area pushes into. Perhaps branch off into a different area.

They also felt that I was far too comfortable in my current role within Tesco, so I need to work out what my actual goal is and work towards it. When I look into companies and what they are actually after, who actually does the work. For example, in Tesco, do they do the 3d advertisements themselves or do they actually employ a separate company for that?

I should try and manage my time of blog management more too.

Also, what are the timezones of actual jobs? And I need to look more into Lighting and rendering of my piece, along with a bunch of other software (and companies).

Final idea for portfolio piece

After looking into police/forensic investigations i am very interested in trying to recreate a pretend crime scene. Based upon the examples that I have seen, the 3d models are normally set in a house, or a building with lots of rooms but then obviously it could be outside too.

The model i will create shall be my grandmas house, because I am cool like that. I'm creating my grans house because I have already made mine and my girlfriends house in previous university projects. The house will have two floors and seven rooms across which i feel is about enough rooms to show creativity but also not too much that I would over shadow the point that im trying to get across.

This piece is also fantastic for collaborating as well. There are many sections of this piece where I will require a character animator to  animate a simple rig getting shot or something.

I quickly made a basic layout of my grans house from memory. After i take some photos, I shall have a better idea of the general structure in her house. Perhaps I should spend some time developing her garden a bit more too.

Storyboard

Here is a few quick story boards for the collaboration of my piece inspired by some of the videos i have looked at.

Further ways that 3d helps in the forensic field

As well as what I have already mentioned, Forensics in the police department now use 3d technology is quite a few different ways. Especially 3d printing. It can be used to recreate and analyse important evidence from crime scenes to support important cases. For example, they may need to recreate foot prints outside a recently robbed bank. They  simply scan the ground around the print, then put that into some 3d software and then print it off. Other examples include facial reconstruction and fingerprints.

What skills can other people bring to my piece?

Well straight away without constructing any major research into the matter, I have a rough idea of what others can potentially bring to my Portfolio piece of work. My piece is relevant to police forensic analysis, and I think that to build a stronger picture of what actually happened at a crime scene, you kinda have to show a bit of movement. So with the assistance of an animator (possibly on my course) I can get them to possibly animate two basic bipedal rigs to "recreate" potentially what could have happened at a crime scene.

This will require careful planning, I shall have to create a storyboard and potentially construct  a simple paper model of the entire environment with arrows and bluetac! I could also act out the sequence in the real life environment, then break down each camera angle and dub over the top, explaining exactly whats happening in each shot.

Another way that I could potentially gain the assistance of others during this piece of work is perhaps to ask the advice of an architect? They could give me advice on correctly measuring a building for 3d purposes. After-all, if this was a genuine job, the whole stage would have to be as realistic as physically possible.

Here are some examples of where other people have come in to assist with animation and other developments. In this video, the environment is 3d and the characters have been animated to represent what happened in reality.

In this video however, the entire scene has been scanned to create an accurate impression of whats going on in the environment.