490a SP 03'

Dailies Meeting Notes: 4/2

 

Action Items:

 

Owner	Status	Assignment
Leads	Assigned	Each Lead - review timeline and assign work schedules to individual members
Shot Assignments	Assigned	Each Assignee - determine the action and what is he story for each shot - dependency on story reel
Ben	Assigned	Create Proplist and priority, Get designs from reference
Brendan	Assigned	Add digital shot versions to story reel
Ginturn	Assigned	Scarecrow design to be done by EOD tomorrow (Th), consider grey trim and brown scheme for squirrels, concept art for priority props
Dave	Assigned	Work with YoungJi and Eric for fur effects of squirrel
Dan	Assigned	Link story reel to website and update shotlist / sequence list to match

FX Team

Team Members	Status	Current FX Assignment
Erik Curre - Team Lead	Assigned	Dust, Mud, Scarecrow's eye getting ripped out, Threads trailing from scarecrow's eye, Scarecrow's tethers
Jay Derus	Assigned	Cloth, Scarecrow ripping arm off
Arash Shiva	Assigned	Flying corn/hay particles, Swaying cornstalks, Hay sticking out of scarecrow, Cornstalks being destroyed by crows
Ben Nordstrom	Assigned	Water droplets
Chad Lyle	Assigned	Flocking behaviour, Cloth, Scarecrow ripping arm off

 

 

Updates:

 

Website up as central data site for info these notes can be found at…

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse490ca/CurrentQtr/final/notes/notes.html

 

Meeting Notes: (Additional to Action Items)

 

Props:

Who does the sets? Ultimately the modelers, however Layout and lighting need to collaborate on sets

Layout will create set list w/ elements in each shot

Ben – Get designs from reference

Priority is creating ground, cornstalks/sunflower, etc…

Interior of house no longer needed

Exterior of house still needed

 

Storyboard:

Shot assignments – animatics and motion

For assignments, determine what is the action and what is he story for each shot by EOD

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse490ca/CurrentQtr/final/shotlist.html

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse490ca/CurrentQtr/final/seq/SEQLIST.htm

 

Timeline:

Crucial to planning.

Leads - need to review timeline and assign work schedules to individual members

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse490ca/CurrentQtr/final/Timeline.html

 

Modelers and Rigging:

Ginturn - Scarecrow design to be done by EOD tomorrow

Tomorrow 1 or 2 models of squirrel

Mouse needs rigging and mouth (may need blend shapes)

Working w/ Derek tomorrow

Rigging proof of concept

 

Layout:

Fix a few camera views

 

Motion and Animatics:

Keep getting Reference – Most important

 Field trips for reference

Meeting Th w/ Karen 12:30-3:00

Brendan - Add digital shot versions to story reel

Dan - link to story reel to website

Keep working on Models

 

Shading and Lighting:

Decisions of color and brightness w/ concept art

Lighting scheme determined, will proceed with multiple days of lighting as it gives better diversity.

Shading issue, which 3d paint package to use?

Squirrel surface textures, consider grey trim and brown scheme

   Use fur where needed, head, tail etc… TBD. Involve  EFX team for feasibility study

 

Reference:

Makes sure we have reference for our shots

For vehicles use the scale models and photos

 

EFX:

FX list looks good, items related to farm interior can be cut (FX12,13)

Dust a big deal

Corn, Sunflower motion and mud also major

Priority by shot assignments

Issue with scarecrow cloth, test ahead of model