Waikato Sketchbook
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- Created: Monday, 14 December 2020 11:09
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26.02.2021 Orakau pā 360
17.02.2021 Orakau pā detail progress
15.02.2021 character progress
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01.02.2021 - Characters and Assets
British characters/assets test
An 'in-progress' animatic showing British forces along the camera path. The next body of characters/assets to be done after that is the people in the Pa, then the background British positions (which will be largely static).25.01.2021 - Durations...
17.01.2021
... over the summer break, 6 square Km of new terrain was sourced at high resolution, and the SAP and Pa were built upon it. Animatics were set up and rendered, following MyKaitiaki animation notes from December 2020. Not immediately evident in the animatics below, new foliage assets include the peach tree grove and swamp plants, in addition to native bush.
Animatics 2021
Orakau 01 animatic (17 seconds) Towards Orakau Pa
From their base at KihiKihi, the British advanced Southwest to the Village of Orakau, then on to the Pa. Colonel Haultain's forces took position north of the Pa, while Colonel Leslie advanced along the ridge to the east. From the West and SouthWest, Captain Blewitt and Major Blyth's forces completed the encirclement.To Do: 19th century groundcover, foliage (bush), simple Kihikihi and Orakau village
Orakau 02 animatic (24 seconds) The Orakau Pa battlefield
After 3 frontal assaults had failed, and with cannonfire doing little damage to the Pa's earthworks, a SAP was dug out along the hillside towards the pa. An extension of the main pa was hastily constructed to meet the advancing SAP, but it was eventually breached.To Do: 19th century groundcover, foliage (bush), British and Māori combatants, SAP and Pa details
Orakau 03 animatic (32 seconds) Orakau Pa and the path of retreat
Orakau Pa occupied the high ground, was multilevel, and it's earthworks were strengthened with flax. The Pa was able to withstand bombardment and also offer rudimentary cover for the gathered people. With the SAP about to breach the Pa, all the people came out suddenly - and then ran to the South, in plain view of the shocked British. Many were consequently cut down by Von Tempsky's Rangers as they fled towards the refuge of the King Country.To Do: 19th century groundcover, foliage (bush), British and Māori combatants, Pa details
Research 2020
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Research (2020) - (larger image will open in a new window) We need to know the location, size and attitude of an historical site on the modern landscape to be able to start building. In this instance we have done some research to discover the approximate site of Orakau pa, based on exploratory work done in 2013.
Orakau Battleground animatic (2020) - An example of using the 3D mock-up to make an animatic. Here is a proposed establishing shot of the battleground, where we fly over the artillery firing upon Orakau, before moving up the hill to see the SAP (full of infantry) and ending at the Pa (at which point we could see warriors emerge post-bombardment to resume fighting).
Orakau People (2020) - Character assets prepared for Orakau include a selection of male and female Māori combatants in the Pa (which determined how deep to make the trench), some bush foliage (in the background of the Māori combatants), artillerymen and Armstrong 12 pounder and a Māori child character (still under construction). Note that these can be easily instanced across the scene to make up numbers (and this doesn't include infantry, who will fill the SAP).