Camera setup with soft bodies, springs, and Mel, help please =)

[Dejan]

Hi Everyone,

I'm working on a scene where the person is running through a maze in a POV shot, and is distraught and frightened.

The camera will:

move forward using the translate X and Z.
will have a hop to imitate the running in translate Y.
turn left and right using the rotate Y,

Have a camera shake linked to the forward motion of the camera which increases and decreases based on how fast the character is walking or running. I also need the amount of camera shake to change based on how fast the character is moving forward.

I need the speed of the hop in translate Y to be linked based on forward movement of the camera which will be translate X and Z. So if the character is walking the hop won't be that fast, however if the character is sprinting then the hop is quite fast.


I've set up a camera using soft bodies and springs, but when it comes to MEL I'm almost clueless.

=(

Can anyone help me or direct me to some tutorials related to this type of camera rig?

(I've already tried a few tutorials however still cannot get the right motion.)

I'll also be using the Trax editor and time warp feature to animate this etc.

Thanks you for your help and interest

=)