Week 12 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Review of progress for next week's Viva.

Discussion

1. Pending tasks to be completed

• Art block redesign and rigging - misscommunication between the artist and rigger on the number of hands, delayed the final rigging by 2 days.
• Draft meshes to be completed by Friday (8 July)
• AVATAR and LEE need to be re-topologized, incorrect edge loops were used during initial sculpt for animation, setting back progress by a week.
• Character meshes were also messily made up of multiple layers instead of one uniform, clean mesh that was able to be animated.
• Environment progress for Office - base blocking for props are done, UVs have been unwrapped so far and basic textures have been applied, before final Viva will need some touch-ups in the textures. Will still need high-detail modelling to complete.
• Environment progress for Virtual Arena - Interior and Ext basic blocking done, still needs to unwrap UVs and complete the rest of the remaining props - Lamps, Floating Circuits, Lights, Canvases, Entrance. Will probably take another week for modelling.

2. Tasks that have been completed for Viva so far

• Slides for upcoming Viva done by Bervyn, basic template has been in place for the presentation.
• Visual reel was cut down for 3 mins to 1 min, Live action animatic, and schedule are in place for Viva presentation.
• Art Block's Final mesh and design has been completed, still needs a little more rigging for animation.
• Glove, Brush and Lasso props have been modelled and rendered for presentation. Rigging still needed for all of the props, will aim to have animated props done by following Viva.

4. Goal :  to start the animation tests and updated animatic by this week.

• Walk cycle of AVATAR, headphones animation for LEE, and Punching animation for ARTBLOCK to be completed by the end of this week.

4. Goal :  3D animatic instead of 2D animatic

• Complete new 3D animatic using assets that we assume are avaliable after upcoming Viva
• Aim to 3D animatic by the 14th week
• Possibly use facial rigs or simple paintovers

Remarks

PED Asg for Bervyn due this week

Facial Rig only can be done by week 14, not yet learned from 3CR

Week 11 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Review of in-progress and completed tasks for supervisor consultation and feedback

Discussion

1.Backlog of many tasks (Artblock re-design, Shotgun integration, Lee and Avatar character Rigs need to be fixed, Environment Modelling) 

• During CPD on Tuesday, spend time to design and model the Artblock. Aim to complete a concrete design by tomorrow.
• 3AP ASG 2 to be done by Bervyn for now. Shotgun schedule will also be redone by Bervyn to be more presentable during our upcoming Viva. Detailed planning will be done until the Final Viva.
•  For the AVATAR character rig, Zhifang just needs more time to readjust and reassemble to suit the new character design.
• LEE character mesh needed to completed by Xin Jie, to be finished by this week.
• Virtual Arena Environment modelling to be started on by Xin Jie.

2. Discuss and seek feedback (Live action animatic, Rigging and Character/Environment Meshes)

• During CPD consult teachers on how the live action animatic turned out, before finalising and starting on the finalised animatic.
• Xin Jie to ask and consult Jim tomorrow about broken IK arm rig for LEE character, and quickly find a fix.
• Zhifang will need to consult Jim on how to re-assemble the rig for the new character design. 

3. Glove prop 3D mesh incomplete

• Start glove design from scratch, keep it simple and new.

4. Goal :  to start the animation tests and updated animatic by next week.

• Walk cycle of AVATAR test animation to be completed by next week. 
• Eventually completing Sitting animation for LEE, and Punching animation for ARTBLOCK.
• We will need fixed character body rigs, for the AVATAR character first.
• Basemesh of AVATAR character to be fixed by next week, as soon as the rig is finished.
• Animatic to be updated next week according to the feedback used from the live animatic.

Remarks

Produciton meeting day changed to Monday

Tasks Accomplished

Live action animatic, waiting for feedback

Lasso asset completed in final

Brush asset almost done, still needs to be UV'd and textured

Block character has been started on

Basic AVATAR mesh

Basic LEE mesh

LEE face-sculpting has begun

To-do

- AVATAR and LEE Rig to be urgently fixed

- Rig for the ARTBLOCK to be created

- Basemeshes for LEE and ARTBLOCK to be completed

- Environment basemesh for Virtual world to be started

- Revised Animatic to be completed

- Prop GLOVE to be modelled

- UV and texturing (LEE, ARTBLOCK, AVATAR, VIRTUAL env, VIRTUAL ext. env, OFFICE env, BRUSH prop, GLOVE prop)

Week 9 - Production Meeting (Break)

Tasks Accomplished

Completed Inspiration reel

Shot list completed
Finalised Script for Animatic

Live animatic 60% done (Spent 6 hours)

Real Lee Sculpt (Body and Head)

Avatar Lee Base 1st Draft completed

To-do

- Edits of Live Animatic 60%

- Complete Sculpt of Characters

- Live action animatic (All members)

Complete last 40% of shots

Storyboard revisions with new character and new environment designs

- Characters Design (Zhi Fang)

Artblock final design, with modified jaws and arms

Modeling to be taken by Bervyn

- Environment Design final drawings (Xin JIe)

Week 8 - Production Meeting

Member on Holiday - Zhi Fang from 13th to the 16th

Tasks Accomplished

Inspiration and animation reel compiled
Confirmed revised environmental design
Updated script to reflect changes
Blocking completed for Avatar and Realistic Lee

To-do

- Integrate Shotgun into scheduling process (Zhi Fang)

- Live action animatic (All members)

Create shot list for revised animatic

Storyboard revisions with new character and new environment designs

- Inspiration reel for animated effects (Bervyn)

- Characters Design (Zhi Fang)

Artblock final design, with modified jaws and arms

- Prop Design (Bervyn)
Hand tool needs to be confirmed, simpler design

- Environmental (Xin Jie)

Continue to finish sketches, environmental props for virtual world

Confirmed design to be finalised in sketches

- 3D modelling

Zhi Fang - Character model for Avatar (Revised version)
Xin Jie - Character model for Lee (Realistic version)

Week 7 - Production Meeting

Tasks Accomplished

Completed updated character design

Created Lasso and Brush in Maya
Revised environment sketches done

Slight changes to the script  

To-do

- Script and story  
More clarity in showing that he is an artist at work. 

Ending feels a little cheapDo the actions of the art block clearly show it's intentions, and convey our message clearly? 

- Research
Compile reference pictures for particle effects and environmental effects into a reference reel

-Shot List is needed for live action video 

- Characters Design

Artblock (doesn't necessarily fit in with the environment and theme)

Colour tests with the environment

- Prop Design
Hand tool needs to be confirmed, simpler design

- Environmental 

Continue to create more sketches  

Week 6 - Production Meeting

Tasks Accomplished

Passed the first milestone
Completed first draft of animatic
Prop Designs completed
 Cubicle confirmed 
 

 

To-do

- Script and story 
 More clarity in showing that he is an artist at work. 
Change how the hand tool functions and works, make all tools consistently "futuristic" or "primitive"
Do the actions of the art block clearly show it's intentions, and convey our message clearly? 


- Characters Design

Revise character designs for Avatar (looks too similar to Lee in real life)

Aftblock (doesn't necessarily fit in with the environment and theme)

- Prop Design
Hand tool and the brush tool are out of place, seem to function wildly differently
Virtual world props should also emphasize the setting.

- Environmental sketches                        

Current world too abstract, need elements that help with lighting (pockets of light) 
Looks either more like photoshop (more windows, dialog boxes), or more imaginative (more fantastical, striking elements)

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