c7 Invasion Fort Eben-Emael - Belgium Part 2

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Note: This is just a crude camera layout  - ignore the poses and animation.

Second half of the C7 German Invasion sequence. 

The camera has moved out of the jump plane (see previous post), past a stick of ascending germans (close enough to clearly show the single fix point harness)....

Continues:

The camera tracks down from the sky to reveal two german demolition engineers silhouetted against one of the fort's knocked out guns. One soldier waves his MP40, while the other uses binoculars to follow the troopers as they drop behind a line of trees. (will be in uniform)

If I can, I will also add a DFS 230 glider in the mid distance, just to emphasise that the first assault was by glider.

 

Comment fro Bob:

Based on what I have read, and your comments, I thought the Eban raid was a good choice to illustrate the effectiveness of a combined glider/parachute operation. It makes sense to graphically illustrate how small groups of troopers could knock out seeming impregnable defenses. 

C7.1 German Swan Dive (rough)

Start of Invasion sequence. Strong silhouette of trooper swan diving. Camera will follow him out, then through a cluster of descending chutes, then down into Eban Fort (see this post)

C3 Leaflet Drop

Grass test

Test to show how the 'virtual grass' will sway when buzzed buy the Wright plane. 

Russian Pop Up

Minaret transforms into a parachute

C9 DDay Take off

This cubes will be C47's - this is just a timing test - so ignore backdrop and lighting.

Stylized drop (Test)

For russian/german section. The object are just crude placeholders.

Test for German Invasion Section: Chute will drop onto type objects. 

Just a test for the basic form.

Quick test to show the the various forces at work on the silk in flight. A total cheat, but the combination of large shifts in volume, with small internal ripples look pretty convincing.  

Morphing between the two forms. I will use this early on.

Caption Timing

Based on 140 words per minute, about 6.5 seconds for an average 15 words caption seems comfortable, to me.