the director of cinematography and I set up the cameras of some shots this week and made the first shot in the film. The first shot is the most important one that catches the eye. I made an animation of the bell. The bell was blown by the wind. In order to achieve the best visual effect for this shot, the director of cinematography and I specially built this shot with bamboo leaves. At the same time, I did several lighting and rendering tests in order to get the best rendering results, and to help the whole film to set a basic visual effect.
The vfx designer lets bamboo, flowers and grass be blown by the wind in Houdini, then export them as abc. I put them in the maya file of the scene. In the shot, we can see the beautiful shadow on the table and groud.