MOMENTS - Unity film pre-production 2020-2021
My Art Direction / 3D Concept Design work for the proposed Unity-based movie "Moments" where two androids in love try to escape a dystopian factory world.
I was tasked with the Art Direction for the project.
My contribution revolved around moodboarding, idea generation, 2D/3D mockups and mechanical design.
Ideally most of the 3D work was to be handed over to the team after the greenlighting.
The focus on the initial phases was defining a base silhouette for both protagonists and foes.
After all they're meant to come from the same factory.
3 main directions with relative plausible worldbuilding background.
Legs' basic functionality.
I would do everything different now but it was a great challenge back then.
Mechanical detailing.
Again, I would work differently now with a more "form follows function" approach and a more refined visual direction.
Lots of skull, to be prominently featured in assembly scenes and on the main antagonists chasing our leads.
Skulls and face plate for the protagonists.
Initial exploration for the enemies.
I would go "bigger" and more varied if I were to start today.
First iterations of the chassis, made in Adobe Medium in VR and rendered in Blender.
Pose tests
Vehicle snapshots and tests.
The goal was to get a variety of plausible designs in the context of a energy-rich environment.
Some blockouts and iteration for heavy 6-wheeler lorries.
Some hero props: liquid canisters, control panels, crates and a drill.
An abominable EMP rifle. We had many iterations of this prop, the one presented being the more ominous and complex.
I am pretty happy with the structure of the world.
At this stage I read the script multiple times to make sure of the plausibility of in-world distances relative to time elapsed.
A photobash to review the flow of the world map - the Eastern area was supposed to be more organic feeling and inspired by lungs as the Oxygen production compound.
I developed the more important areas and implemented mannequins and vehicles to check out the scale.
The Gantry was my favourite part of the Depot location to build.
