Eve - Shower Scene Breakdown

Creating an Uncanny Bathroom Scene

Written by

Leonardo Verkoelen

Reading time

3 min

Published on

February 8, 2024

Apple Rot

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During a later scene in Apple Rot we see Eve who has just come out of the shower.
From both a technical and creative stand-point it was important to define the feeling of this scene.

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The Design Process

Together with Charlotte Simons we discussed the look and outfit that Eve would wear. We were looking for a natural sense of sensuality. But one that felt more deceiving than sexy.

Charlotte landed on this look of Eve wearing a skimpy top and underwear:

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A character concept pencil drawing of Eve from the film Apple Rot drawn by Charlotte Simons.

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The next step was recreating Eve in 3D. Charlotte took control over the 3D-sculpting process in Zbrush to create a realistic Eve.

She will write an article on the process of sculpting, texturing and making the clothing in Marvelous Designer.

We used Mixamo for a simple rig and posing in a subtle idle state. For a still this pose was defined well enough to give a sense of motion in the scene.

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A screenshot from an .obj file of the 3D-model of Eve in an idle position for the film Apple Rot by Blauw Films.

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In the meantime it was my responsibility to design the bathroom and start building out the shaders.

I modeled the bathroom in Cinema 4D and textured it in Substance Painter. We were looking for an interesting mix of old-looking wallpaper, next to dark wood and bathroom tiles.

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A three-quarter top down view of the bathroom 3d-model in Cinema 4D for a scene in the film Apple Rot by Blauw Films.

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The floor-plan and layout of the bathroom is based on how I imagine the shot will play out. As a director I tend to visualize the scenes of the film in my mind before committing to the coverage. While writing the script I knew there was a small and short hallway that leads into the open area of the bathroom.

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A floor-plan of the bathroom in the film Apple Rot modelled in Cinema 4D.

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This is important for the composition of an eerie wide-shot looking into the bathroom.

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A viewport of Cinema 4D standing inside the bathroom 3d model for the film Apple Rot by Blauw Films.

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After a day or two of work we had completed the setup and all assets could be put together. The final step after texturing was adding Hair to the Eve model. We did this using the Cinema 4D Hair tool and rendering it with the Chaos Corona Hair material.

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A viewport of Cinema 4D with the 3d model of Eve in the bathroom from the film Apple Rot by Blauw Films.

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A realistic black and white 3d-render of Eve from the film Apple Rot by Blauw Films. She is standing in the darkness while wearing a skimpy top and staring uncannily into the distance. Blue text floats next to hear saying What is that Flavour?

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Conclusion

And that is a short breakdown of the bathroom shot in Apple Rot. At this point we are still setting up everything required to make the short film a reality.
Creating these example scenes is great to get a sense of the scope of the work that will be required.

Do you want to learn about how we created the running water from the shower? Then read the following blog on creating a shower in Cinema 4D for Apple Rot.

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