Thanks for the kind words, Sir Fletch and Mr. Kronox
I tired to achieve the feeling of an old arab city / from Arabian nights tales maybe/ but also adding elements typical for antique Greek/Roman architecture. However the Holy Lands have always been a place gathering many religions and different cultural layers are coexisting and even melting in each other. I tried to make the scene as complicated as possible /up to my humble abilities to do so of course/ I wanted to get the camera focused on the main attraction point - The Temple and the Palace on the sandy hill. A long fortress wall preserving that, let say, inner city, which is located on a river island. A small amphitheatre, an arc, another administrartive building, and the dwellings for the rich, no so rich and for the poor citizens that are randomly dispersed over the outskirts. The scenes transitions are not very smooth, you are right, but bear in mind there were about 40 scenes in sketchup, the camera path is almost 3 km long. And when the scale is so huge, smooth transitions are more difficult to make / or at lest for me/. However i could have increased the farme rate and then the movie would have been smoother but the camera would be too fast i think and lots of details would have missed the eye.
No matter how succesiful or not, this was the poject of my life. I doubt I would ever dwell in something similiar, but i needed to do it and I am happy I did. This project will not yield me nothing else but my personal satisfaction, cause I love drawing, I love architecture, I love Sketchup and Twilight, I love seeing what spectacular masterpieces people are making, here in this forum, and not only, I am only a hobbist but that is enough for me to be happy with.
Wish you all the best, and always keep the flame of your passion alive in you
