first person shooter FMP process and evaluation

I created the UFO using Adobe Illustrator. 

I drew the outline of half a UFO then went on the 3D drop down menu and used "Revolve"

This image was my inspiration for the flying saucer.

space ship image

Below is my final flying saucer design. I added the glow in photoshop. If I had the opportunity to do this project again, I would spend more time making the UFO like my inspiration and put animated lights and make it look as though it was revolving.

I created several different UFOs. I did this to create a selection for which one I would choose that was closest to the flying saucer that I envisioned.

I started out keying the green screen using keylight 1.2

I then increased the screen gain to get a cleaner image and to resize it so the gun wasn't taking up the whole screen

I imported the background photo I took in Bath and dragged the layer to the bottom of the timeline. Of the photos I took, I chose this one because I liked the depth this image gives to the scene.

The photos below were others I took around Bath but chose not to use.

If I had the opportunity to do this project again I would preferred a less urban background,maybe a field  or a forest. A more natural environment.

I then imported two royalty free green screen effects (impact sparks/muzzleflash) from youtube and took away the green using keylight 1.2

I imported the UFO. This was a PNG so it had no background.

I created a position keyframe to fit the trajectory of the flying saucer with the movement of the gun. I exported it to Adobe Premier Pro then imported sound effects from freesound and youtube (copyright free).

I am happy with this, but with more time I would tweak the timing of the impact sparks and I would also add a health bar for the flying saucer to help the viewer know what the goal of this scene is. I would also somehow include Planet Games logo or some reference

I created the music for this video using Garageband

Originally I was going to have targets pop up, but I changed this to a UFO because it was more Planet Games orientated and it's more interesting and dynamic and because a UFO will appeal to a more universal audience and if I had an alternative to the UFO it would be a person or a target which would be either too violent or only appeal to a minority of the audience..