Week 3 - Production Meeting Minutes

Tasks Accomplished

Draft of script 95%, Character, Environment, and Prop designs needed to fully complete Draft

Blocked out Office environment in Maya

Main Character Design, Avatar Character basic design confirmed

To-do

- Characters Design

Art Block final design                                      (Done by Xin Jie)

Rough out facial expressions and poses        (Done by Bervyn)

by 13/5/16

*(consult teachers on new designs, scale comparison)

- Prop Design
 Painter "Weapon" designs                               (Done by Xin Jie)

Studio Interior prop design                              (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 10/5/15

- Begin Animatic

First storyboard pass of all shots                    (Done by Bervyn)

by 7/5/16

- Environment Blocking in 3D

Studio Interior further 3D blocking                  (Done by Zhi Fang)

Studio Exterior sketches

by 13/5/16

- Environmental sketches                        

Imaginary Photoshop environment sketches  (Done by Xin Jie)

by 9/5/15

- Cubicle Decorations (3AP)                          (All members)

Week 2 - Production Meeting

Tasks Accomplished

-Approval gained from supervisors for Deadline idea

-Used Shotgun (creating shot lists and asset lists)

-Storybeats for first draft confirmed 

-Confirmed design for Main Character (Lee)

-Recieved feedback for Environment Design from Karen

-Completed lighting and composition tests for first few shots

To-do

- Draft of script by 3/5/16  (Done by Bervyn)

*(seek feedback for Script by the end of Week 3)

- Characters Design (Sketches)

Avatar x1        (Done by Xin Jie)

by 29/4/16

*(seek Jim's approval for before Modeling 3CR)

- Environments, Rough Blocking in 3D   (Done by Zhi Fang)

Studio Environment

*(note 3EM requires outdoor environment)

- Environmental sketches   (Done by Xin Jie)

External studio environment

Imaginary Photoshop environment 

- Cubicle Decorations (3AP)  (All members)

Week 1 - Consultation and Planning

Tasks Accomplished

- Pitched all ideas; decided on "Deadline" as final CPD animation

To-do

- Approval from supervisors for Deadline idea

- Week 2: Use SHOTGUN for schedule

- Draft of story beats by 22/4/16   (Done by Bervyn)

*(seek feedback for Script by Week 2)

-Script by end of Week 2

- Characters Design (Sketches);

Animator x1   (Done by Xin Jie)

Avatar x1        (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 25/4/16

*(seek Jim's approval for before Modeling 3CR)

- Environments (Sketches according to feedback Karen);    (All members)

Cubicle - Shoe box,

*(note 3EM requires outdoor environment)

- Cubicle Decorations (3AP)  (All members)

Pre-Concept Week 5: FINAL CONFIRMATION

Confirmed Stories for Presentation

1. Dolls

Two dolls fight to stay alive together in a closing exhibit

2. Scrapyard

Robots learning to value the lives of others

3. Deadline 

An Artist struggles against an Artblock to meet his deadline by midnight.

*Story Graphs were made for each story 

*Storybeats were revised many times 

*Dance Partner becomes backup story

* Sketches will be uploaded after presentation on 20 April

Pre-Concept Week 5: General Develop

We have met on many occasions since our last blog post and have changed many things since then. 

Here are some of the things we did.

Tasks Accomplished

- Changed the story script 

- Gathered opinions & updated script

- Worked on new visual dev for new stories 

- Created slides for presentation on 20 April

To-do

- Rehearsal of scripts 

- More sketches & ref gathered, all completed and included in slides, 

- Confirmation of presentation format, font, style, theme

Pre-Concept Week 5: Characters/Env/Story beats

Tasks Accomplished 

- Completed references for all story ideas except for deadline 

- All story beats are completed 

- Characters for Deadline and Dance Partner are complete 

- Environments for story ideas are in progress

Pre-Concept Week 4: Development

Tasks Accomplished

- We created an excel sheet with what we should complete/ prepare for our next presentation

- Continued adjusting/ rewriting story beats for Scrapyard, Deadline and Carnibal 

- Started visualising and gathering research and references on how we want characters/ props to look like   

- Sketches for all four main story ideas, are in progress and mostly completed.

To-do

- Presentation slides

- Environment sketches

Development Sketches