Media Project - Second stage

So I decided to make a start on my media project. Not having too much of an idea of what I wanted to make, I thought it would be appropriate for a Visual Communication sequence to follow the main threads of my blogs. I decided to start the sequence within an art Gallery, so using texture images of Bricks and a wooden floor, I started to build my first set in After affects.

(so using the elements above, I created the 3d room below)

I re-used some of the images from my blog and placed them on the walls to form a virtual Art gallery. I thought id use the Mona lisa as the first image the camera would zoom into. Thinking back to my blogs on lighting and contrast, I tried to light the room in a contrasting way by adding 2 spot lights focussed on each image, and brought the ambient lighting down.

Seeing that my inital set was contructed, I set about creating the main intro text. I used an online tutorial to create a 3d glowing text effect with reflection, to be placed at the start of the film.

Using a suitable position to start the camera in, I lowered the lighting of the entire set, then used a camera movement to fly from the start position to ending on a close zoom of the mona lisa.

Below is a link to the 1st attempt. (poor quality version because I skimpt on render time.)

I think it needs some sound effects and maybe slowed down a little.

So scene one is in the can, It took approx 4 hours to make, and I think im quite happy with the result.
For the next sequence, im thinking of showing the Cezanne painting and the rule of thirds by virtually slicing the painting into thirds with maybe text or some choice words for anchorage.