some new ideas, any suggestions?

proportionate

look-alike

symmetry

configure

closer

List of possible titles:

miss construe

prepossession

obsession

see saw

infatuation

distorted

caution: objects in mirror may be closer than they appear

nearsighted

mirage

Real figure: http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/real_figure_03_test.qt 

Mirror figure:  http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/mirror_figure_HR_3_test.qt

Revised mirror model.  I still need to make her hips bigger and slim down her shoulders a bit.  

http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/mirror_figure_HR_3.mov

Here are clips of new high res models tweaked in ZBrush:

http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/mirror_figure_display.mov

This one still looks a little alien-like:

http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/real_figure_display.mov

New idea: The figure in the mirror will start out as a brownish gray clay color and gradually change to the color of the real figure.  The change will start at the beginning and it will be complete right before the real figure is revealed.  I like that the real figure is a desaturated, sickly green color.

I put the mirrored figure into a t-pose and tried to set up a simple rigging test that mimics one of the actions from the reel.

Below is an animation of the attempt at rigging the part of the reel where the woman turns to see herself in the mirror.  There is a lot of mesh distortion in the character’s chest and hands (although hands not obvious in the clip below).  I think the thumb is going to have to be moved in closer to the other fingers… and I will investigate influencing the chest to make it look less distorted.

I think I accidentally did something to the head when I was playing around. I will fix that.

http://fx.clemson.edu/~ayancey/dpa_860/mirror_rig_test.mov

Here’s an example of the look I’m going for for the film.  I want there to be dust and scratches on the mirror and I used the crack filter in photoshop to hopefully communicate the idea of what the real figure should look like.  This is also the color palette I’d like to use.  Yellow is normally thought to be a cheerful color, but the hue I’m using is desaturated and pale to give the feeling of cowardice and insecurity.  The color yellow historically has been used to signify mourning and the dead.   I’m not completely sold on this color, though, so if anyone has any better suggestions please let me know.

Here’s a second pass at the mirror figure. I’m still struggling with her weight and proportions.

http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~atriple/860/mirror_model.mov

I altered the real figure to make it look less symmetric, somewhat more angular, and more like the Giacometti figures.