Tesouro gasto

Abstract

Tesouro Gasto, is a tribute to the Azores, which in recent years has lost its natural identity due to the growth of tourism, more specifically on the island of São Miguel. From this theme, one of the main goals was to explore the cinematic directing of a film using a game engine, The purpose of this report is to summarize all the processes necessary to make the film, carried out in the Final Project curricular unit in the Sound and Image master's degree with a specialization in Computer Animation. Initially, an introduction is presented in which all motivations and choices for the result are explained. All technical aspects that were carried out to achieve the result obtained will also be presented. Afterwards, the references consulted and obtained will be presented, which served as a source of inspiration for carrying out the project. In addition to the references, the choices made for the various stages of the project will be mentioned, such as the assembly of the environment, the process of modeling and texturing the assets, the choice of assets from exterior banks and finally the process of choosing shots and rendering and color grading. Next, it is explained how the production of the project was carried out, explaining the various processes chosen, as well as the various stages. Finally, a critique of the project is presented by the author himself, where the result is reviewed with the desired result initially pointing out all the constraints and impossibility of the project.

Date of Award	12 Jun 2025
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	João Domingos Pinho Alves de Sousa (Supervisor)