1.    Story Reel

a.    separate shots. Develop primitives for characters and      props. Divide shots up among group. Divide deadlines in thirds.

2.    Concept Art

a.    Elevator is presented April 10th. All interiors and Characters by April 10th

3.    Animatics/ Layout

a.    Thursday April 5 -- Storyreel review and final. Shot assignments. Start one third of the animatics shots

b.    April      10th -- 10 shots for animatics

c.    April 12 -- last 10 shots – animatics

d.    Review and revise. Revisions done by April 15. Layout takes final props

e.    April 24th. Layout complete by April 30th.

4.    Prop and Character Modeling

a.    Five main characters -- Assigned April 10th. Due for first review -- April 17th. Turntables. Final character models due April 19.

b.    Elevator operator, couple, girl, operator #2 Props Inside Elevator, Elevator Interior -- Seat, walls, gate, buttons, Doors, Photo on door, floor, Assign characters and props April 10th.  Due for review -- April 19th.

c.    Outside the Elevator.  Boat, buoy, exterior environments TBD.  Assigned April 12th Due for first review April 20th.

5.    Character Rigging.

a.    5 Characters -- rigging and lip sync. April 19th to Rigging. Rigging -- First review April 26th.  Revise rigging.  Final characters to motion April 28th.

6.    Motion

a.    Shots assigned April 12th. Investigate acting and characters.  Test Rigging. Learn lipsync.

b.    Shot 1 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

c.    Shot 2 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

d.    Shot 3 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

e.    Shot 4 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

f.    Shot 5 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

g.    Shot 6 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

h.    Shot 7 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

i.    Shot 8 Review May 8, Second review 10, Third review 12th. Finalled 5/16th

j.    Shot 9 Review May 8, Second review 10th, Final Review 5/18th

k.    Shot 10 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

l.    Shot 11 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

m.    Shot 12 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

n.    Shot 13 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

o.    Shot 14 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

p.    Shot 15 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

q.    Shot 16 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

r.    Shot 17 Review May 12, Second review 16th, Final Review 5/20th

s.    Shot 18 Review May 16, Second review 20th, Final Review 5/24th

t.    Shot 19 Review May 16, Second review 20th, Final Review 5/24th

u.    Shot 20 Review May 16, Second review 20th, Final Review 5/24th

7.    Shading/ Painters --

a.    Props and character models go to shaders by April 24th.

b.    First Shader review -- April 27th. Second review due May 1.

8.    Lighting

a.    Lighting swatches started April 5th. Complete by April 12th.

b.    Animated lighting tests for storyreel -- April 25th.

c.    Set

                                                          i.      Shaded props due to lighting April 30th. Lighting due for set May 14th.

d.    Character

                                                          i.      Shot 1 Review May 16th, Second review 18th, Final Review May 19th

                                                      ii.      Shot 2 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                  iii.      Shot 3 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                      iv.      Shot 4 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                          v.      Shot 5 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                      vi.      Shot 6 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                  vii.      Shot 7 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                              viii.      Shot 8 Review May 11, Second review 14th, Final Review May 19th

                                                      ix.      Shot 9 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                          x.      Shot 10 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                      xi.      Shot 11 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                  xii.      Shot 12 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                              xiii.      Shot 13 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                  xiv.      Shot 14 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                      xv.      Shot 15 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                                  xvi.      Shot 16 Review May 16, Second review 19th, Final Review 5/24th

                                              xvii.      Shot 17 Review May 19, Second review 24th, Final Review 5/28th

                                          xviii.      Shot 18 Review May 19, Second review 24th, Final Review 5/28th

                                                  xix.      Shot 19 Review May 19, Second review 24th, Final Review 5/28th

                                                      xx.      Shot 20 Review May 19, Second review 24th, Final Review 5/28th

9.    Rendering

a.    Shots 1-8 Recieved by render team May 19th

b.    Shots 9-16 Received by render group May 24th

c.    Shots 17- 20 Received by render group May 28th

10.EFX

a.    April 29th -- start on shots 1-8 -- Finalled on May 19th

b.    Shots 9 - 16 -- Finalled by May 24th

c.    Shots 17 –20 -- Finalled by May 28th

11.Post Production

a.    Shots and compositing.

b.    Color correction May 26th for review. Finalled by June 2nd.

12.Poster

a.    May 19th. Finalled lit shots from sets to Poster.

b.    Poster design review May 25th. Off to printer May 28th.

c.    PROGRAM DESIGN May 19th -- first review. Off to printer May 19th.

13.Credits

a.    Review May 28th. Finalled June 1.

b.    outtakes -- June 4th.