Thursday 11.1.12 Recap

That was our last Thursday workday.  For those of you who missed, we did a lot of cleaning up and colouring the animations as well as some documentary work for the making-of video.

This weekend, on Saturday, we have a sign-up on Facebook for times when you can come into the lab and finish up the scenes.  The goal is to get as much done this weekend as possible.  Tuesday will be for editing and cleaning up the animation, putting all the bits and pieces in.  So please check Facebook to find a time best fitting for you schedule.

Note for everyone:
Next Thursday we'll be screening The Lost Files, as well as the other group's works at the Gateway Film Center at 9:30 am.  You can learn more here.  Parking is $1.

Let's make it through this weekend and finish our animation!

Thursday 10.25.12 Recap

Last Thursday, we've been busy bees; working.

These are the scenes that we've been creating with the animations and their process on the way to becoming cleaned up and coloured.  Everyone had been assigned different scenes as you will see below.

We'll definitely want to be finished with the roughs and start cleaning up and colouring the animations this week.  It's going to be a bit hectic, and do not hesitate to come in during the weekend to work on your animations!

Note: We need the backgrounds to be completed so we can import them into the animations.

If you have any questions about what your tasks are, please look to the Personal Roles list, and if you have any further questions, the heads or director will be most accommodating to assist you.

Keep working.

Personal Assignments

People have been asking what they need to be doing.  So in case you needed to know, I have fleshed it all out for you.  Please find your name.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask your head or even all mighty Director Emma.

Aaron Lappin

You are a background artist.  Your job is to create the backgrounds.  This includes all the themed rooms.  Such as Facebook, and DeviantArt, etc.  You are also required to create the settings of the hallways, along with the computer lab the girl is working in.

Alexa McDonald

You are an animator.  You’re tasked with creating the rough animations that are very important.  The scenes that you have to work on are scene 9 (she crosses the hallway to the email door) and 11 (the girl runs down the hallway).  Once you are done roughing out these scenes they need to be coloured for the final animation.

Anthony George

You are a character designer and animator.  As of now, your work in character design is pretty much over considering that we have our characters created.  Thank you for that.  If the background artists need assistance, please help them.   As an animator, you’ve been tasked with scenes 4 (troll awakens on the screen) , 5 (the girl is pulled into the internet and awakens in photoshop) , and 6 (she quits photoshop and chases the troll to Facebook).  Once you are done with these scenes, we need you to do clean-up on them as well.

Chay Ruby

You have multiple roles.  You are a character designer, background artist, animator, and work in the branding area of the film.  Your work in character design is finished and you have been very helpful.  As a background artist, we need you to create the backgrounds for the worlds that inhabit the animation, including the computer labs as well as the internet rooms and hallways.  Afterwards, we would need you to help colour in the animations.  You have also been working in branding, which means to create the colour scripts for the scenes that happen in the animation.

Christine Pear

You are the secretary and an animator.  Your job is to take notes regarding each meeting and to assist the director and heads in any way that they need.  You must maintain a weekly recap for everyone on the project in the blog.   You are now working in creating the credits of the project’s piece.  Also, when we near the end of the project, to add colour to the animations.

Cody Scites

You work in story, character designer, and animator.  The works you have contributed in story and character designer have been a help to this project, but those tasks are finished and now you are working on scene 18 (the girl wakes up on the computer screen, draws the good idea on the computer and leaves and we see the good idea) of the animation.  You should be working on this, and once finished, should do the clean up and the colouring of the animations.

Colin Wendt

You are working in branding, as well as in the documentary crew.  In branding, we need you to create the logo, which you have done so, and the colour script for the animation.  Meanwhile, we also need you to take photographs and videos of the crew as they work and at the end help create a making-of video once the project is complete.  Also, near the end, you have also been assigned to possibly make a movie poster for the animation.  You have the last three meeting days to work on that.

Cristina Feret

You were working in story and now you working to create the credits of the animation as well as work on colouring the final animation scenes.  You’re work with the story has been helpful and we thank you for your work.  The last three class periods should be used to colour the animations, until then, please work on the credits.

Elizabeth Gollihue

You are in the documentary crew.  You’re tasked with taking photos and videos of the crew.  Along with that, you must accumulate the footage and help create a making-of documentary with the other members of the crew.

Emma Pennington

You are the director.  You make things happen.  You will assist people who need assisting, such as helping in the animation of your project.  You also task others in what they need to be doing and overall run the show.  You have been assigned scenes 7 (Facebook is the party with the duck face girls), 8 (the girl awkwardly back away from Facebook), 10 (emails explode out of the room onto the girl.  She picks up a paper that says she’s a winner), 12 (She chooses between the hallways and heads down the hallway not leading to Tumblr), and 16 (the girl has a moment with the good idea, but then the shadow looms as the good idea sees the bad idea behind her).

Katie Fuchs

You are an animator.  You’ve been assigned to work on scenes 13 (the new, better idea starts to trail behind the girl), 14 (the girl gets to the next door and the idea is getting bigger.  The girl then opens the door), and 15 (The girl enters the Deviant Art room, she goes through it and finally notices the good idea).  Once you are done with those scenes we need you to help colour.

Lauren Foster

You are a documentary crewmember.  Your job is to take photos and videos of the crew as they work and assemble them, with your crewmembers into the making-of documentary to finish the project.

Niccole Hagelstein

You are the documentary director.  You’re responsible for the documentary crew and making sure they are doing what they need to be doing.  Also note that you are helping the crew in accumulating images and video that will be made into a making-of documentary.  The director and heads may consult you on the progress you and your team have been making within the documentary.

Palmer Pattison

You are the sound/editing man.  You are tasked with creating the sounds for the animation, whether it is duck noises or gasps, etc.   Once we have finished the animation, it is your job to edit it all together and add the finishing touches.

Renée Taylor

You are the head of Editorial.  You maintain the blog, organize meetings, and report to the director.  You have also been assigned to research into festivals, work on the music email (email the person who made the use to check if it's okay to use), watermarks, and do clean up on the animations that have been roughed out and add colour to them.

Sidney Lane

You are a part of the story and character design teams.  You’ve helped create the story and the characters, thank you.  As of now, you have been tasked with a bit of branding and are making the character palettes.  Afterwards, you will help colour the animations.

Tara Nester

You are the head of Art Direction.   You’re in charge of the visual side, unite elements, and report to director when help is needed.  You have also been given scene 1 (typing on the keyboard), 2 (steady walk cycle), 3 (Monitor gestures that its time to leave), and 17 (the bad idea eats the girl) for animating.  Once finished, please work on the clean up of the scenes.

Thursday 10.18.12 Recap

Alright guys, last Thursday, we worked.  Yay!  And we want to keep working!  We'll continue working on our roughs, hopefully finishing some of those so they can be cleaned up.

Everyone should know what they're doing.  If not, you can consult this image.

Next Thursday we'll be having donuts!  So please, everyone donate a dollar to the donuts fund, otherwise none for you.

You guys have been working real hard, and you're awesome for that.

Don't forget to back up all your files to the dropbox!

We'll most likely be having a video reel of what we have accumulated so far along the lines of the animation on Tuesday.

Also, as a heads up, we may be meeting during this upcoming weekend.  It all depends on how much we have done, so just as another remind, keep working! :)

We'll see you tomorrow!

Model Sheets and other References

 

 

 

Scene List

These are the scenes descriptions.  Please check here to know what you are doing for each scene.  Do not hesitate to look at the animatic for reference!

1. Typing, can be looped twice
2. Steady walk cycle
3. Monitor gesture that its time to leave. No dialogue, actions imply words
4. Troll awakens on the screen
5. The girl is pulled into the internet and awakens in photoshop
6. She quits photoshop and chases troll to Facebook
7. Facebook is the party with the duck face girls.
8. The girl awkwardly backs away from Facebook
9. She crosses the hallway to the email room
10. Emails explode out of the room onto her. She picks up a paper that says she's a winner
11. The girl runs down the hallway
12. She chooses between the hallways and heads down the hallway NOT leading to Tumblr
13. The new, better idea starts to trail behind her
14. She gets to the next door. The idea is getting bigger. The girl then opens the door.
15. The girl enters the Deviant Art room, she goes through it and finally notices the good idea.
16. The girl has a moment with the good idea. But then the shadow looms as the good idea sees the bad idea behind her.
17. The bad idea eats her.
18. The girl wakes up on the computer screen, draws the good idea on the computer and leaves. We see the good idea.