Building Contest 2013: 19 - Setting the Scene

[samoht04]

Building Contests 2013: 19 - Setting the Scene

The Task:
Your task is to recreate a set from a well known Film or TV Series, it must be something that takes some skill to recreate and could be anything from a room to a mansion. The size and scale is up to you! You may pick a common room from Harry Potter, an Evil Lair from James Bond or maybe even a Period Drama dining hall? It's up to you to pick any other room, building or scene you can think of! You must remember about filming angles, where will the camera crew be? Lighting? Will you have it inside a bigger studio building?


Additional Information:
You do not have to recreate the Sims for that scene if you do not wish to. If you need to use certain objects not available in one Lot Type you can use any Lot Type you wish for this Contest. You should also only use 9 Screenshots, as one screenshot will need to be the actual set you are replicating.

Entry Specifications:

• Lot Type: Any
• Lot Size: 20x30 or Above
• Budget: $65,000
• Content Restrictions: There are no additional content restrictions.
• Number of Bed Spaces: N/A
• Other Specifications:
  • Lighting
  • Matching the Set
  • Image of the Set you aim to recreate.
• Optional Specifications:
  • Director/Camera Crew Area
  • Backstage Area

Contest Start Date: Sunday, 29 September - 12:00am
Contest End Date: Saturday, 12 October - 11:59pm

For instructions on how to enter the Contests follow this link.

Only post in this thread if you are posting an entry or you are asking a question, we would prefer however if questions were PMed to us. If you have any questions please PM the Contest Team: samoht04, Lilygirl and Ausette. Ensure all receive your question to ensure it gets answered as quickly as possible.

[mandamouse123]

The Story of How I Met Your Mother and What I Did in the Fall of 2013

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 64x64
Budget: $64,171
Number of Bed Spaces: None
Content Used: World Adventures, High End Loft Stuff, Ambitions, Fast Lane Stuff, Late Night, Outdoor Living, Generations, Pets, Showtime, Supernatural,  Seasons, University Life, Island Paradise, Happy New Year '11.
Description:  Kids, back in the Fall of 2013, I created all of us, even Barney, in a game called The Sims 3.  You see, I had about given up on ever finding your mother.  So out of desperation, I recreated the apartment over MacLauren's from way back when your Aunt Lily, Uncle Marshall and I all lived there.  I might have been skirting on the brink of insanity, because I started wondering how well our story would do on TV.  I may have turned the apartment into a TV show set.  This is the real deal, kids.

Here's one of the photographs I worked off of with your Aunt Lily and Uncle Marshall:


And here's the Sim version:

Screenshot-10 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

There aren't any good representations of NYC in The Sims 3, kids, so I just put the 'set' in Sunset Valley.  I wanted to make our sim-selves feel safe, so it has a security booth and everything!

Screenshot-4 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

I even built areas for the staff of How I Met Your Mother, the name of our TV Show.  This is the first read table, and you can see how the rooftop scene would look in the background.

Screenshot-14 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

Barney still thinks he's my best friend, even in The Sims.

Screenshot-18 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

Craft Services, with a buffet, fortune cookie machine, and snow cone machine.

Screenshot-13 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

In a fit of truthfulness, I gave myself the "brooding" trait.  Here I am, brooding in the kitchen.

Screenshot-17 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

Now kids, this building might not impact the city skyline like my GNB building, but I like to think there's a certain je ne sais quoi about it.  Aunt Lily and Aunt Robin must agree, because they are both on the roof sunbathing.

Screenshot-16 by mandamouse123, on Flickr

I will have the downloaded set available shortly, kids.  I wanted to post this to the forum to memorialize for all eternity and before all of my massive amounts of formatting got messed up.

[ladybug53]

The Wizard of Oz
by ladybug53

Lot Size : 40x40
Price Furnished : 55,490
Price Unfurnished : 34,792

Expansions Used : World Adventure - Showtime - Late Night - Supernatural - University Life maybe .
Stuff packs Used : None
Free from the Store : None

No CCs or Mods were used .

The Wizard of Oz is an all time favorite film . It still usually airs on television yearly and I still have to watch it . Will Dorothy and Toto find their way home by following the yellow brick road ?

Click to enlarge image and use arrow key to move forward .



Follow the yellow brick road for Download : The Wizard of Oz

[Neashaleigh]

Sorry it's late! I had loads of trouble uploading it for some reason.

The T.A.R.D.I.S. Movie Set

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30x30
Cost: <§65,000
Expansions: SN, IP, LN, WA, Seas, ST, Gen, UL, Amb
Stuff Packs: 70's, 80's & 90's, FL, ODL
Store: None

Download

Comes with actor's caravan for relaxing, sleeping and freshening up.
Note: Sims not included

[Lilygirl]

The Poll is Up!

1 vote per member since there are only 3 entries.

[samoht04]

Congratulations to mandamouse123! Also big well done to Ladybug53 and Neashaleigh - all such great entries! 

Comments are now open!

[ladybug53]

Congratulations mandamouse123 ! Great job on your entry . Your scene was so close to the original one , it's just amazing . Well done !

I would like to thank samoht04 , Lilygirl and Ausette for such a fun and challenging contest .

I'm open for comments on my entry . 

[Neashaleigh]

I agree with Ladybug, the winning entry was so close to the original. I am kicking myself for totally forgetting to provide the original photo for my entry. Oh well. Anyway, I have no idea what sitcom the winning entry was from as I don't watch tv and am not really into sitcoms, but I agree that it is very very close!

Ladybug - I actually really like your entry. It was instantly recognisable by the trademark yellow brick road, and I adore Toto! The entry is very beautiful and elegant.

I am open to feedback on my entry.

[mandamouse123]

Thanks, everyone!  I had a blast making the set from HIMYM (How I Met Your Mother).  I kind of had it in the back of my head to make it for a while, so when the contest came up, I was super excited.  My favorite part is the horse poles as part of the security booth.

Ladybug, I really love your trees!  I have such a hard time placing them.  You did a fantastic job!

Neashaleigh, please excuse my lack of Doctor Who vocab!  I love your mis-mash of items to make the TARDIS mechanical stuff.  It looks awesome.  I can pick out some counters, but I can't even tell what the rest of the stuff is.  That's so cool!

I'm welcome to critiques, if anyone has any.

[ladybug53]

@ Neishaleigh - I really love your entry . I haven't seen the movie but appreciate all the work and creativity that went in your entry . You did an amazing job .