General Technical Reference

All

• Storyreel (20MB AVI)
• Instructions on updating shot status on the white board and shot completion responsibilities

Animatics

• If  a new camera is added, the focal length should be immediately changed to 50. 
  * Goto persp window 
  * View->Select Camera  
  * In channels window, find the "Focal Length" field, change the number from 35 -> 50 

• Naming convention for Maya files is : shot#_take#.mb.

• All Animation should be done at 30 fps:
          Options->General Preferences->Units->Time = NTSC (30 fps) 
          Options->General Preferences->Animation->Playback speed = Normal (30 fps)

Shading

Sound & music

Some musical references for music & sound in our film:

• The man who planted trees
• Peter & the wolf
• Wanting for bridge

Rendering/FX

• Render farm tips & issues
• Maya Tutorial on Dynamic Trees
• Current render farm status (link works inside LA2 lab only)

Modeling

• 1" = 1 Maya Unit

Lighting

Rigging

Motion

• Maya Bird Motion Tutorial
• What to avoid in animation

Shot Reference

Technical Tests

Maya FAQ