Box Production

Production of the 3D Storage Box

Basis of Idea

Since beginning the production with Rachel, we settled on some roles when it came to filming the actual footage for the dollhouse idea. The box is going to be a 3D replica of a similar Wham! Box that we have seen and decided to work with originally for the idea. Rachel is going to conduct the making of the 3D box whilst I will be in charge of the editing and stop motion side of the footage production. Rachel finished producing the box and we're both really happy with the results.
We have worked out that with the different measurements of the box that we will need to have 4 main rooms and side areas for the stairs, which allows us to be able to see how the dollhouse would actually look rather than the original idea which was to split it into six separate sections for all the different rooms. We are hoping the footage will fit in nicely with the aesthetic of the plastic Wham box that she has produced and that it will run smoothly as an idea as a whole.
Creating the box through the aspect of using cinema 4D was a challenging aspect as a basis of the idea, so we knew that it was a good choice to collaborate so that we could separate certain roles in terms  of who does the Cinema 4D software and who does the aspects of After Effects and where these skills cross over.

Rachel used the alternate material settings of Cinema 4D to ensure that there was some texture to the object in order for it to look like the storage box that we had decided to base our idea on. I believed that it was important for the box and the footage that we produce to look like they suit each other and are of a similar aesthetic despite being completely different pieces of footage and techniques.
 It was also important to ensure that the measurements of the dollhouse matched up with that of the box, therefore as Rachel did the box on Cinema 4D, I cleaned and set up the dollhouse for us to eventually film in, as well as measured the dollhouse to ensure that the rooms filmed match up with the measurements of the box, this way the two techniques will hopefully edit together well and produce a nice outcome.