Creating a set

Creating a set for my 3D outcome is probably one of the most important parts of the process as you can't have a model without a set to place it in. Since my film is primarily filmed at what appears to be night-time, and all my previous thumbnail sketches suggest dark backgrounds, that is what I've tried to achieve here.

As I was searching for things to use, I came across my collection of old sketchbooks of various sizes, A3, A4 & A5. Anything above A3 would be too small to work with and photograph, so I gathered a few A3 ones and begun taking the covers of them as they were matte black in most cases, ideal for what I'm trying to achieve. Once I'd taken the four covers off, I had all the panels I needed to create a rectangular box. The three panels you see in the second image are held together simply from behind with tape, so they can be collapsed easily when needing to move my set and for storage purposes. The top panel does not need to be attached at all as it can just rest on top of the box already there. Although having a roofing panel might seem silly and awkward to work with, it acts as a medium to block out the light, thus darkening the set even further. Also, if and when I need to add text to the set, it can hang freely from above without any complexity.