UDK - 1930's Cinema W.I.P

Hi guys, been working on a modular 1930's cinema for a udk MOD that i am involved in, this is also a University project so i am under a deadline.

So far heres how the work has progressed:

Please add any feedback you would like to give, the surrounding scene is not obligatory so i'm not getting marked on that, but just on the cinema itself. Sorry for the mass amount of images at one

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It's almost complete, just needs a few lighting issues sorting out and a kismet/matinee sequence camera walkthrough as well as moveable spotlights.

Thanks for the feedback e-freak, yeah materials still need work doing to them which i will spend some time on,

i do agree with the DOF but the only reason i'm using that is because im just using some pre-existing UDK city scape models to fill the scene up and because they arn't a 1930's theme or genre i'm blurring them out so i can just get the silhouette and the lights in still. I agree also that the lighting is too yellowish, i will definitley take that on board and bring down the yellow a bit. The scale of it is quite big as i was going for a premier type cinema, its around 1000 units high, and 1600 units long, so quite big, but looking at reference pictures from old cinema's thats the size they were as there tended to only be one screen.

Not sure why i've kept it on the podest, it was more for presentation reasons although i was thinking of axing it completely and just have it on the ground flat.

Other than that thanks for feedback

Thanks all for the feedback, good or bad.

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yeah the materials need a bit of work, it looks like it's made out of meat!

that made me laugh. but all feedback is welcome!

SamCom - yes here are the references i worked from:

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its hard to really get a colour pallette down for this cinema as most of the references pics i found were black and white. So i had to improvise really.

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Keep the DOF for the reasons you mentioned, but turn the kernel size down. It's way too pronounced and detracts from the scene more than empty space would.

ahh thank you so much serenius! i've turned the kernal size down like you said and its made it alot better! the buildings around are more visible without dulling down the theme of a 1930's scene.

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your reference is really cool! how much time do you have left to work on this?

@ e-freak, i only have two more weeks , and i also have to do another 2 more assignments in that time as well so i can barely spend anymore time on it.

@Minotauro, the idea was to not create an exact copy but just use ideas from all of the others, i may after the deadline in my own time create an exact copy where i'm not against a deadline, my lecturer at the moment hasn't complained so far on the feedback, but what everyone else says is spot on with changing the materials etc.

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i think you're really missing the contemporary style of the 1930s. none of the features of your model have distinct art deco traits.

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there was a lot more going on in architecture than art deco in the 1930s.

I agree, it doesn't neccessarily follow a strict 1930's theme, but as said before i've used the concepts as shown in this thread all of which are 1930's cinemas and have taken different traits from them.

I think after this project once i've submitted it, i'll be back to the drawing board and trying a more direct copy from one of the concepts.

cheers for the feedback though. i'll take it all with a pinch of salt

Ok, i've updated the cinema a fair bit now and redone a few of the textures, added paralax mapping to the doors, added rain, wind (maybe too much wind so will reduce density) roadsign, changed the road and also changed the pavement. Used mafia 2 as references for the sidewalk and road. just need to get the lighting sorted still. also added some custom decals around the scene such as moss, bird mess and random grunge.

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Sweet ! I don't know why, It's remind me a lot the Samaritan demo of Epic at the GDC. I love it !

lol, thanks very much Froyok