Setting up the scenes

Below are some screen grabs of the various shots I have been setting up in maya ready for rendering. This was an essential part of the pipeline as each shot had unnecessary components and geometry that needed to be deleted or cleaned up. We were rendering in HD so it was important to delete everything we didn't need to speed up render time. This usually involved deleting surfaces that were not in frame such as the ceiling and floor and some props. It was my hope that by simplifying the scene to its essential parts that the rendering process would be shortened which would leave more time for composting and lighting. Many of the scenes needed to be re lit to improve the theatricality of the shot and its visual appearance on screen.