Adding texts to the textures

I masked out the texts from reference images and then exported as PNG files. I then imported into Maya, and applied aiMixShader to combine both text and the wood texture.

Building 1

Building 2

Building 3

Building 6

Final Scene

I added lights inside the buildings. I deplicated a few more buildings at the end and make a turn to create an end on the street.

Shot01: 8 seconds, wide shot.

Shot 02: 4 seconds, close-up, camera not moving. In this shot, I will animate the lanterns, they will be slightly swinging in the camera.

Shot 03: 5 seconds, close-up.

Test Render