Group Roles

Aministration:

• Barbara - Instructor  - Everything

• Jason - Course Staff  - Motion, Character Modeling, Rigging, and Post

• Mike - Course Staff - Animatics, Prop Modeling, Shading, and Lighting

• Shawn - TA - Prop Modeling, Rendering, web page, technical assistance 

• Mark - Course Staff - Animatics, Rendering

• Howard - TA - web page  

Group Leads: 

• Collect daily reports from the those in their group 

• Send weekly synopsis to the staff mailing list by Monday morning at 10 am. 

• Recommend reference throughout the film and be sure to keep their area members on track and up to date. 

Shading Group: 

• Assign Color and Texture to Surfaces that are true to the look and feel of the film, concept art, and real life objects 

• Design and Test complex shading tricks such as animating shaders, and how to approach objects with complex features such as reflection and refraction 

• Create 3D painted textures where necessary 

• Create and add backdrops and background plates in shots that need them * Work with the lighting team to make sure that all of the surface detail comes through in the lighting 

• Maintain written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports 

Animatic/Layout: 

• Layout your assigned shots faithful to storyboard using standins for the props and characters 

• Add apropriate camera moves 

• Add rough animation so the production team can get a good feel for the timing of the film * As the final models are approved, insert them into the layouts

• Maintain written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports  

Lighting:

• Create lighting tests showing the mood of the scene  

• Produce the final lighting for the scene, portraying the desired mood

• Draw the viewer's eye towards the action 

• Maintain written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports 

Post Production:

• Add titles and credits 

• Image processing on final renders

• Composite various elements, if needed

• Add sound effects and music tracks created by the Music group

Motion:

• Animation (primarily of characters) in the film 

• Define the qualities of each character and their role in the to ensure consistency in how the character is animated

• Analyze acting and action for the film as a whole and for each shot 

• Each group member will be assigned specific shots with clear due dates 

• Maintain daily written feedback with lead in the form of critiques and progree reports

• Create/find reference for each shot as necessary

•  Make sure that the character's actions/acting are consistent 

• Storyboard and write up shots before animating 

• Make sure shots are critiqued constantly 

Character Modeling:

• Create the surfaces of the characters in the film 

• Model surfaces correctly to ensure that they animate properly 

• Work closely with the character rigging group to make sure that the models are built correctly 

• Create different designs/models for characters for testing, as necessary

• Create multiple character designs for each character, as needed, to be used for jumping/running, extreme close-ups, etc

• Daily written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports 

Prop Modeling:

• Create all models which are not characters

• Daily written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports 

Rigging

• Build a skeleton for the character

• Ensuring proper skin deformation in a variety of poses  

• Setting up controls for animation (IK, blendshapes for > facial expressions, etc) 

• Work closely with the motion group to ensure that the animation controls are easy to use, and that all necessary animation can be achieved with the setups

• Daily written feedback in the form of critiques and progress reports must be maintained

Rendering/SFX

• Create methods of implementing special effects as needed in the production

• Solve problems related to rendering as they arise

• Implement a distributed renderer to enhance render throughput