Week 5 - Production Meeting

Tasks Accomplished

Finalized Environmental Sketches

Confirmed Art Block Design

Finished rough of Expressions and Poses

Scale Comparison and Props Confirmed

Rough Storyboard (with timing and audio list) completed

To-do

Prepare slides for Presentation

Update progress on Shotgun

(Shotlist - optional after revision of Animatic)

Complete Storyboard                              (Done by Xin Jie)

Fit storyboards into Animatic                    (Done by Bervyn)

- Character Design

Complete Line and Colour of Poses and Expressions.       (Done by Bervyn/Zhi Fang)

- Prop Design

Virtual world prop design turnarounds                            (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 22/5/15

*(consult teachers on new designs, scale comparison)

- Environmental sketches                        

Colour schemes to be confirmed  (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 19/5/15

Slides Preparations for Presentation  -  Week 6

Schedule Updates on websites 

Week 4 - Production Meeting Minutes

Tasks Accomplished

Redone script, completed first pass of storyboards

Character Turnarounds complete

Environment shoebox view completed - Virtual World and Office Interior

Studio Interior Props sketched out

To-do

- Characters Design

Art Block final design                                      (Done by Xin Jie)

Rough out facial expressions and poses        (Done by Bervyn)

by 19/5/16

*(consult teachers on new designs, scale comparison)

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

Virtual world prop design                              (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 17/5/15

*(consult teachers on new designs, scale comparison)

- Begin Animatic

 Redone storyboard roughs with new script / Begin editing with props  (Done by Bervyn)
by 18/5/15

- Environmental sketches                        

Colour schemes to be confirmed  (Done by Zhi Fang)

by 19/5/15

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