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

 

Pre-Concept Week 3: Story Ideas

Tasks Accomplished

Story Loglines (7 Stories)

1. Scrapyard (Chosen)

A scrapyard marketer gives his parts away and realises kindness makes it's way round

2. The Dance Partner (Chosen) 

A ballerina seeking a dance partner finds a cleaner and his dancing talent.  

3. The Carnibal (Chosen)

A PI searches for a kidnapped child in an amusement park.

4. Deadline 

WIP

5. Train

Two train commuters compete with loud music

6. Hope On

Girl learns to move on with hope. She is happy in her situations until the reality of her surroundings comes into her life.​

7. Baker & Jeweller

A man sitting in a quiet train, A teen enters in listening to loud music. They compete in raising their volumes.