Animating the Plane Chase

Creating the Scenery

The scenery consists of a large plane converted into an editable poly. Using the soft selection tool similar to the creation of the Goldeneye Train Scene the plane was shaped into a landscape.

Using mapping imported, this was then loaded onto the plane and a UV mapping modifier applied to enable adjustment of the material.

A 'sky' image was applied to the Environmental Maps to give the sky background. This can be found under 'Rendering - Environments / Background Maps.

Animating and Camera’s

Both the Animated Plane and Motorbike along with the James Bond Figure constructed using the Biped was imported into the scene.

Using the Key fames on the timeline both the Motorbike and the plane are animated so that they move along the scenery towards the other end.

By using the Track View – Curve Editor, this enabled me to adjust the speed variation of each of the moving objects. It was important that the motorbike gets closer and far away from the plane as it is chasing it. This gives a more realistic chasing effect when animating.  

To capture the chase two target cameras were added to the scene, the first one to view the plane and motorbike beginning the chase and the second camera to capture the chase half way through the scene. These target cameras were linked to the objects by using the ‘Link’ tool in order to make the cameras follow the movement of the objects.



The 'Link' tool.