Our groups idea for the cinematic is based around the title of SURVEILLANCE. Our idea has changed slightly with our group coming up with an idea which worked better and could be done to a higher quality. Our development work has helped us come to this conclusion.
I was put in charge of designing the robot our character is looking for.
I first started by looking at other robots from films and games. I did this to find inspiration on how robots should look and how their design changes due to the genre of the game.
Looking at robots from films: I thought of an iconic design from the film irobot. Set in the near future the robots (NS5) are sleak and streamlined which makes them look attractive and friendly. This is shown by the attempt to make a basic human shaped face and make them appear more human as a result.
Another example is R2-D2 a robot who appears (obviously) in the Star Wars films. This uses a very different concept where the type of robot R2-D2 is makes him more of a drone like machine where as the human shaped NS5 is more like a companion or assistant. We see a lot of drone like machines but in different shapes as well. In total recall, the machines look like humans in armour but are automated machines with a simple 'kill' directive.
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The robot I am designing does fall under the drone category. This is because the title SURVEILLANCE implies security, alarms and guards etc. So by using the images of other robots which I have researched I can now develop an intelligently (ish) designed robot to act as the surveillance part of our project. I will be blogging about the project as a whole but this was just to outline my job.
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