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Dailies Meeting Notes: 4/22

 

 Meeting Notes: (Additional to Action Items)

 

Absent: Ben, Chad, Kelvin
Called in:
 

General Announcements:
Mark Simon on wed.
Martin here this week. Working with Chad on 2-d smoke
Top-priority, getting shots out to animators
Test shot. – Leads of each group will create the first test shot.
Note for tablets and manuals

Props, Modelers and Rigging:

Additional props needed wheelbarrow and hat.
Initial Props finale
All crows done
Mouse model completed, rigging to be completed by wed.
Bunny Blendshape issue. Brian should be able to fix.
Viewpoint CD’s available. Dave will burn copy.
Squirrel, additional issues to be solved
Secondary geometry on crows
 

Motion and Animatics:

First shots going out to motion today.
2nd round motion shots assigned
2nd phase animatics coming
8 Shots ready to be assigned.
Write Kelvin to determine time of squirrel completion
Fri – for assigned motion shots, first iteration rough in and motion
Create thumbs and plans for shot folders

Lighting/ Shading:
 Marc Simon – meeting Wednesday – reserve 220 at media center 10:30-12:30
Thursday lighting review day
Scarecrow, adjust to give higher croma. Give head tan tone. Looks good.
Test shot – lighting and shading
Test color on Loki, and output to tape.
How should lights be grouped with models
 

Concept Art/Reference/Layout:

Reference needed for hat and wheelbarrow

EFX:

Follow up on flocking contact 

FX research collaboration ongoing
Upcoming FX responsibilities
Assignments coming

1rst rnd 3 hi-pri FX. Corn, Flocking, Particle
Corn priority on Thursday on for Derrak
Particle system proof of concept coming
Environmental effects
Where rain needed will be determined by Kiera
Wind will be determined by FX

HW:

Loki DVD burner next few days.
Render farm working on one half computers
Important questions…
How robust is the system?

And can we use it remote?