CSE 490ca : Roles

Group Roles

Administration:

Technical Assistants:

Works with individual students in teams and group leaders of those assigned teams.
Assists with the evaluation of the student work.
Provides guidance and professional, constructive attitude toward technical problem solving and workload completion.
Provides technical assistance by presentation of technical material and technical troubleshooting.
Works closely with instructor to ensure that the students learn to work well collaboratively and get their individual work accomplished in the most productive manner.

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
Assign projects to team members
Keep staff up-to-date of all meetings

Concept Art:

Create several schemes and ideas for each prop model and character model through drawings, paintings, and other customized art for the film and idea development
Produce color schemes for scenes with lighting group
Clarify the story further
Design the look and feel of the movie
Create 5x7 story boards to convey ideas and to obtain feedback from
Maintain written feedback to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Reference:

Get references for all scenes and models (based on the real world)
Work in closely with concept art to maintain the look and vision of the movie
Coordinate with prop and character modelers
When focusing in on final references, obtain as much information as possible
Maintain written feedback to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Animatic/Layout:

Layout your assigned shots faithful to storyboard using stand-ins for the props and characters
Add appropriate 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 to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

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 to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Lighting:

Produce color schemes for scenes with lighting group
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 to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Set and Prop Modeling:

Create all models which are not characters
Get as many references as possible for the models
Work with Concept Art to maintain the look and feel of movie
Keep models well labeled, clean, and rid of histories before importing into final scenes
Daily written feedback to the lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

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 to the lead 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

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
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
Each group member will be assigned specific shots with clear due dates
Maintain daily written feedback with lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Poster

Design, render and add approved text on a movie style poster appropriate to the needs of the film
Work with the Director to make sure the data get to the printer and is printed in a timely manner
Design small leaflet style credits for screenings and DVD sleeves for DVD and CD distribution
Create methods of implementing special effects as needed in the production

Rendering/SFX

Music/Sound

Add sound and foley to movie
Ensure that all sounds used are not copy-right protected. If they are, research to see how easy it would be to obtain permission to use
Maintain daily written feedback with lead in the form of critiques and progress reports

Post Production: