Making the animation! - Part 3

Scene 9

This scene shows a mid range shot of the x-wing and TIE fighter with the sun as a backdrop as they both destroy each other, this was quite a cinematic show and showed the audience that the battle was tight on both sides leaving them to guess, who will win?

I am not too happy with the TIE fighters animation on this scene the way it rolls to face the X-Wing was not very natural but was the best I could do with the time I had, In future I could have used a motion path and attacked it to that for a smoother movement.

Scene 10

This scene was another over the shoulder shot of the TIE fighter watching the fight between in the previous scene, he then retreats to get backup. This builds on the scene a bit more and shows the perspective of the enemy.

Scene 11

This shows a wide shot of the TIE fighter getting away and the x-wing following, this creates a sense of distance and reinforces that the TIE fighter is escaping.

Scene 12

In this scene the camera follows the x-wing as it chases the TIE fighter through asteroids. This puts the audience right in the action and creates more suspense and tension.

To track the camera to the ship I used the aim constraint, I then attached the x-wing and TIE fighter to two duplicate motion paths at slightly offset times.

Scene 13

This a a slow motion close up of the X-Wing shooting the TIE fighter, this adds some suspense before the shot hits in the next scene (spoiler).

More transformations and keyframing were used here.

Scene 14

This scene shows the TIE fighter being destroyed and the X-Wing flying off, the camera is focused on the TIE fighter during this shot and zooms in on its destroyed boy as it floats into space. The scene then ends. This shot gives a sense of sadness, who is really the bad guy, there is destruction on both sides.