MINE SET IN 2 PARTS
PART 1 – THE MINE
The Main Set will be built on location. The footprint of the mine will be a 3ft deep trench dug at the site. This is because it will need to hold water for the climax of the film. The upper walls will be effectively a gazebo type structure that will span the mine footprint. Textured walls will hang from that structure with cut aways for specific camera angles.
Beams and slats inside the mine will not be structural, just designed to look like an old mine. The mine is dug inside an ancient river bed so will have a combination of pick axe marks, river rocks and gravel. In this build the mine shaft (tall part) will be a facade for this set, no actors will interact with it above 8 feet.
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PART 2 – THE SHAFT
The Mine Shaft Set will be built at a 45 degree angle and in camera / fx made to appear steeper. Water will run down the surface as the storms fill the mine at the end of the film.
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The blue box will be a trench on site, a culvert will feed water from this set into the mine set to save water and time.
Here is the footprint of the mine
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SKETCHUP SCENE
Click here to download Sketchup Scene
Click to Download Post Version
MINE LOOK
The mine is an ancient ‘glory hole’ which is a concentration of gold found at the bottom of an ancient waterfall. In the story it was originally a native american mine that was then raider and excavated by greedy miners in the 1860s. The look should be river rocks, compacted gravel and hand dug tool marks from pickaxes. Old timbers and logs prop up the mine. It should look like it’s going to collapse. The mine shaft has beams / roots and moss.
Here’s a pdf of the look I’m after.
Click here to open a pdf of mine ref pictures
3D MINE APP
Below is a link to download the the mine in 3D which will let you move around the mine like in a video game (I’m a nerd)
Mac Version
Click here to download Mine.app
This will download a zipped file into your downloads folder, if you double click on it, it will then unzip the file and make an app called – Golden.Mine.v26
When you click on it the first time you’ll probably get the OSX gatekeeper warning that this isn’t a mac store approved app etc.
So you will need to give it permission to run on your machine. To do this open;
System preferences then click on Security and privacy then click on the padlock to unlock it. Then set Allow applications downloaded from; identified developers – you can change it back later.
There’s info how to use to the app at the top and bottom of the screen.
Number keys work as on off switches –
- 1) Turn on night flooded
- 2) Show container build
- 3) Show trench version
- 4) Teleport to top of Mine
- 5) Teleport back home
- 6) Turn characters on or off
- 7) Change FOV to 90 degrees
- 8) Change FOV to 50 degrees
- 0) Quit Application
- Use arrows to move around and touch pad or mouse to aim (click on the window once to activate the move controls)
Windows Version
Here’s a path to the zipped directory for the desktop mine visualization.
Click here to download the MineDesktop.zip
Once this is downloaded, double-click the zip file to extract it into its own directory. It will make a directory called;
MineDesktop
In that directory click on DesktopMineSet.v34 to run.
A popup window will launch letting your change the resolution depending on how fast your pc is. Uncheck [ ] windowed to run in fill screen. Click [Play] to launch.
There’s info how to use to the app at the top and bottom of the screen.
Number keys work as on off switches –
1) Turn on night flooded
2) Show container build
3) Show trench version
4) Teleport to top of Mine
5) Teleport back home
6) Turn characters on or off
7) Change FOV to 90 degrees
8) Change FOV to 50 degrees
0) Quit Application
Use arrows to move around and touch pad or mouse to aim (click on the window once to activate the move controls)