Thursday, 14 May 2009

Virtual Anatomy - More Experimentation With Language

First I just started by using the default settings - black font, segoe font and positioning at the top

I decided that the black font was too dark and was hard to see on top of the visual, so i changed the black to the more bold colour of red which stood out great from the visual

After I had chose the font colour, I thought that the default font was a bit cartoony so I know it seems plain but I changed it to the arial font because it is rigid and I think gives across the point as a serious matter which the subject is.

Lastly the position of the text was at the top and overhung the edge due to it being in widescreen format, so I simply used the enter key until the text was roughly in the middle of the image

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Virtual Anatomy - Experimentation With Language

First I tried adding text before the movie clip



Then I tried adding text on top of the movie clip

After I tried adding spoken narration over the movie clip

Lastly text over still image before movie clip



I have decided to go with my last experimentation of text over a still image before movie clip. I abandoned the text before the clip because it lacked visual characteristics, I abandoned the text over the clip as the text detracted from the visuals as you could only concentrate on one of them. I also abandon the narration as i would not be able to get access to quality sound recording equipment and bad and unclear narration is not worth having and detracts from the movie. The reason I went for the text on still image before the movie clip because you get both the visual content and the text element without compromise.

I now need to consider - font, font colour and positioning

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Virtual Anatomy - Animation Of Heart

Normal Heart-Beat


Fast Heart-Beat

Virtual Anatomy - Modelling The Heart

I first started by splitting a cube up into 5 subdivision on each side. Then I repositioned vertices and scaled up edge loops into the rough shape. Then I extruded a few faces on top to form a blood vessel.









I then created cylinders and spheres and matched them up to the edges of the heart to form the veins and arteries.

I then used the same technique of manipulating vertices and edge loops to form a lung, to make it realistic I made the lung slightly wider than the heart so it overhung and also penetrated the heart with the lung as part of the heart is hidden behind the lung really.




Virtual Anatomy - Animation Of Muscle

Virtual Anatomy - Modelling The Muscle

I started first by flattening a sphere and elongating it.














Then I multiplied this shape loads of times , overlappin them all and changing the texture colour slightly each time.












Then I created a small cylinder and pinched it at one end using the scale tool













Then I placed the needle under the muscle and key framed it then pierced the muscle with it and keying it again