490a SP 03'
Dailies Meeting Notes: 4/16
Meeting Notes: (Additional to Action Items)
Absent: Zhi, Billy, Ben
General Announcements:
Biggest issue at present – completing model, shot descriptions / action
Next quarters, tablet PC
Follow-up on machine arrival
Clean table for Wed library meeting
Props, Modelers and Rigging:
Target All due by End of Thursday (4/17)
For props food bits desired.
Use shorter corn (shoulder, mid-head height ~5’2”)
Scale sheets created: Folder – Modeling, production server
Scarecrow body, shirt, head coming along
Put rigs in Rigged character folder, use exports with simple names and cleaned
layers
Mouse eyelid issue
Squirrel reverse paw motion issue, and fatness of squirrel may cause four
legged motion issue (to be solved off-line)
Motion and Animatics:
MiniDV reference works on 2nd
floor decks
ion, Setup science center meeting – Monday tentative
Reference finished all scarecrow, still need facial expressions (Tuesday)
Rabbit, Crows
Tuesday, Blendshapes
Get second comp of shot descriptions
Animatics, wed change review (Mike/Dave) 1:30
Lighting/ Shading::
Rabbit color works – next steps more tones and try against background
Pink mouse works
Lighting first pass Thursday
Day Lighting proofs look great, anchor to shots and revisit
Marc Simon – meeting Monday – reserve 220
at media center
how to anticipate 3d paint for character style? (fur
should help make animals stand out)
Staff meeting w/ shading some time this week
Concept Art/Reference/Layout:
mouse
EFX:
Follow up on flocking contact
Thursday review of FX progress
FX research collaboration ongoing
HW:
3 extra IP’s available
Solve render jobs by leaving workstations logged in and locked