IDS 252: Topics for the Week of Mar 12, 2012

• Overview of Lab 8: Animation Production

• Monday in class - go over

  • Storyreels: These will be pitched and revised based on class feedback.
  • Reference Material (each person should collect some of this).
  • Story checklist items.
  • Group names for mail groups.

• Monday in lab

  • Revise storyreel based on class feedback.
  • Create a tasklist. Review gantt chart for the schedule.
  • Create shotlist. At this stage the most important part is identifying the Scene#, Shot#, and Description. The other columns will initially have only approximate data.
  • Setup a Maya project folder for group - discuss organization.
  • Begin Character, prop, and scene modeling

• Wednesday:

  • Group Names.
  • Talk about Lab 8, in general.
  • ORGANIZATION OF FOLDERS ON CS-RENDER.
  • Continue work on char, prop, and scene modeling.

• Friday: Continue work on char, prop, and scene modeling.

• Next Monday:

  • In class:
    • Critiques - each group member will give summary of what they have accomplished.
    • Status reports - take 10 minutes of class time to submit status reports.
  • In Lab: Pitch Storyreels to Music Students

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