The Spirits Within
- World Creation - Sets
Sets
"The bulk of our sets
and models were pretty much created directly on computers,"
says Sets and Props Supervisor Tadao Odaka. However, there were
exceptions, such as Aki's Black Boa; this was modeled with clay.
The process of making convincing props was demanding, but Odaka
said making sets was the most challenging part of the project.
"Landscapes are a lot more difficult to create. The sheer
amount of data involved in creating a landscape gets heavy, and
the more data we put into it, the heavier it gets."
In the virtual world of Final Fantasy, the line that seperates
sets and props were often razor thin. The Zeus Cannon for some
scenes was an orbiting prop. In others it was a set. Steve Preeg,
a Technical Director of Sets and Props stated, "If it's an
exterior, I would guess it would be a prop. If it's an interior,
it's a set."
Barrier City New York
Battlefield Wasteland
Old New York
Zeus Cannon
