Hey guys!
How's everything going?! Things are going pretty smooth for now, we're re-working on the animatic a bit just to time out it out well! We've decided to lay off things till Tuesday, but if people are willing to work out WHO WANTS TO DO WHAT before Thursday (technically, the day we start animating, hope we do! We should in fact!) it would be great asI might find it easy to source out assets and stuff to you...
GOOD NEWS:
To make things simpler (as Gavin suggested!) and for everybody to comment, I have created this BLOG for our productions..
BUT I'm gonna continue emailing too, as we're all away, to keep badgering you all.. heh.. until Jan 2nd/3rd!
BETTER NEWS:
MoonSun is gonna be working on the film from Korea! Yeyyyyy :) as part of the ANIMATION team!
~ MoonSun, I shall email you everything as you had asked!
Shreyas has done an awesome job of helping me out with the backgrounds/expressions list :) and I reckon its time for everyone to help out with building a Textures LIBRARY.. There is a folder called Library --> Textures on my NetStorage account.. For everybody to load textures that they can find! A collaborative effort is needed.. so please pitch in guys! And do follow the naming convention used there as much as possible!
I have attached the SPREADSHEET that I have done as to what is required.. it still needs some work done/updations, etc...
~ Jayt, is Aniko still planning to work on the film.. after Christmas? Please lemme know..
Michael is planning to work on the script, production still a reference animation and a basic expression reference, for all you
animators! The SCRIPT will surely be up by tomorrow morning, if not tonight.
I suggest the ASSET BUILDERS (That's Michael, Juan, Jayt, Lachlan, Jo, Aniko (?!), Hung!) choose what you want to do. Take a look at the spreadsheet and the animatic and choose.
~ Hung's already chosen three scenes.. Jayt's chosen one.
The rest of you, would you please lemme know what you'd be interested in doing?!
You would not be able to make changes on the Spreadsheet that I am sending, you would have to open it as Read Only.. this has been done to avoid confusion. So email me as to what you're interested in for me to update.. Or leave a comment here!
BETTER HURRY before you lose the chance to choose!
I suggest those who are working as ANIMATORS and ASSET BUILDERS choose the same scenes as they can work on it fully instead of sharing assets to other people for animation. Easier that way..
I would essentially nominate Sam to RIG a few of the main characters for all the animators as the Asset Building is going on! Sam, would you be able to? Lemme know please :)
I've had too much to do, so I haven't yet worked on the NAMING COVENTIONS and resolution issues and stuff.. will do so and post it soon.. by Sunday night hopefully! Sorry..
Take care guys! And have a great weekend and Merry Christmas :)
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
Update..
Hey guys!
We've worked on the animatic a bit more as Sam came in this afternoon to rig the character and suggested a few things.. Some more to be approved by our directors! Hey Sam, thanks.. as always, you're brilliant at this!!
Things seem to be going smooth now.. with Juan having done a character design that's to be approved. And Hung having done a test on one of the other characters ~ a SWAT team member. It looks great! I've uploaded them for you guys to take a peek. Jo's worked on a file for texturing Roscoe, that the directors could experiment and play with! Thanks Jo :)
Sam has set up an awesome awesome rig that I have uploaded to the Net Storage account and would be emailing it to Juan for him to work on! As soon as the Director's approve the character!
We'll have a production still tomorrow and also an extensive list of shots, assets, backgrounds, etc. for people to start working on!
Those working on Assets ~ Michael, Juan, Jayt, Lachlan, Jo, Aniko (?!), Hung ~ could possibly choose what they want to work on and start off building the assets required. Hung has already started off.. he did a test for the frontal view of the SWAT members and its turned out really well! Check it out.. its on the server!
The assets list will be emailed to you tomorrow and keep a lookout for updations to it on the NetStorage account. It will be updated atleast once a day I'm guessing for a while!
Huh, no more typing for me until tomorrow I'm guessing! So see ya'll sround!
Cheers and love to all!
P.S. This time around, you can all animate to your hearts content without me be boring you with the same old question "Tea anybody? ... ... Do you want some tea?"
We've worked on the animatic a bit more as Sam came in this afternoon to rig the character and suggested a few things.. Some more to be approved by our directors! Hey Sam, thanks.. as always, you're brilliant at this!!
Things seem to be going smooth now.. with Juan having done a character design that's to be approved. And Hung having done a test on one of the other characters ~ a SWAT team member. It looks great! I've uploaded them for you guys to take a peek. Jo's worked on a file for texturing Roscoe, that the directors could experiment and play with! Thanks Jo :)
Sam has set up an awesome awesome rig that I have uploaded to the Net Storage account and would be emailing it to Juan for him to work on! As soon as the Director's approve the character!
We'll have a production still tomorrow and also an extensive list of shots, assets, backgrounds, etc. for people to start working on!
Those working on Assets ~ Michael, Juan, Jayt, Lachlan, Jo, Aniko (?!), Hung ~ could possibly choose what they want to work on and start off building the assets required. Hung has already started off.. he did a test for the frontal view of the SWAT members and its turned out really well! Check it out.. its on the server!
The assets list will be emailed to you tomorrow and keep a lookout for updations to it on the NetStorage account. It will be updated atleast once a day I'm guessing for a while!
Huh, no more typing for me until tomorrow I'm guessing! So see ya'll sround!
Cheers and love to all!
P.S. This time around, you can all animate to your hearts content without me be boring you with the same old question "Tea anybody? ... ... Do you want some tea?"
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Animatic
Hey guys!
The animatic has been uploaded to the NetStorage account.. You can download it from there.
Cheers, more updates later!
The animatic has been uploaded to the NetStorage account.. You can download it from there.
Cheers, more updates later!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
A fruitful day with..
A reality check! We have just 2 more days to go before everyone goes their own way and we have loads of stuff to put together before that!
Character Design
An EDITED animatic
Production Still
An animated puppet to be used as a reference
Character Style Sheet for movements
Scale Sheet
Sound/Music meet with Ben Carew/Jamie
and also..
Lists lists and more lists!!
Anyways, the storyboard has been completed today and also scanned! Thanks to Amy, Micky, Hung, Shreyas and all the others who worked on it.. Made it so much easier to get it done quickly! Everything has been set up for it to be imported into FCP!
Juan and Hung showed us some of their character designs and they've done a stunning job with Little Roscoe.. Everyone present basically got an idea of how the character is going to be broken up and put together digitally! So we shall have a final character this Friday! Yeyyy.. thanks guys!
Sam intends to come in sometime tomorrow ~Thursday~ to rig up template characters and set it up as a reference for those animating!
Michael's promised to come up with a production still tonight, so that everybody's gonna have a clearer picture of what we're looking at interms of style and aesthetic!
We would have an animatic ready for the directors to take a look at.. by tomorrow afternoon! And for an edit. Will let you guys know as soon as it is uploaded.
I reckon from tomorrow on people can start testing textures and colours and see what looks good.. so guys please do drop in to do that anytime or you could do that at home too and send in stuff!!
It has been quite a day today.. anyways! See you all tomorrow..
AND
Rock on guys! You're all awesome :)
Character Design
An EDITED animatic
Production Still
An animated puppet to be used as a reference
Character Style Sheet for movements
Scale Sheet
Sound/Music meet with Ben Carew/Jamie
and also..
Lists lists and more lists!!
Anyways, the storyboard has been completed today and also scanned! Thanks to Amy, Micky, Hung, Shreyas and all the others who worked on it.. Made it so much easier to get it done quickly! Everything has been set up for it to be imported into FCP!
Juan and Hung showed us some of their character designs and they've done a stunning job with Little Roscoe.. Everyone present basically got an idea of how the character is going to be broken up and put together digitally! So we shall have a final character this Friday! Yeyyy.. thanks guys!
Sam intends to come in sometime tomorrow ~Thursday~ to rig up template characters and set it up as a reference for those animating!
Michael's promised to come up with a production still tonight, so that everybody's gonna have a clearer picture of what we're looking at interms of style and aesthetic!
We would have an animatic ready for the directors to take a look at.. by tomorrow afternoon! And for an edit. Will let you guys know as soon as it is uploaded.
I reckon from tomorrow on people can start testing textures and colours and see what looks good.. so guys please do drop in to do that anytime or you could do that at home too and send in stuff!!
It has been quite a day today.. anyways! See you all tomorrow..
AND
Rock on guys! You're all awesome :)
Whats Up, Who's who?!
Hey all :)
As we all know, Micky and Sarah have done an AWESOME! job with the script till now and I shall upload a copy on the NetStorage Server as soon as I can grab a copy of it! Few more issues have to be resolved!
More brainstorming sessions.. character design.. mock-ups.. animatics.. These would go on until Friday for those who are
interested to pop in at the studio and share with us some of their creative juices! We shall also be working on Scale Sheets, Character Style sheets and Naming Conventions, details of which shall be uploaded onto the Server and notified!
I have both PC and Mac versions of Flash 8 for all those who need it :) you can grab a copy from me anytime!
We would be using my RMIT Net Storage account to transfer and share our working files. I have already created a folder in Home@RMITNet inside called TropFest 2007 for you to dump all your stuff in it.
A rundown of what people have committed to yesterday and a timeline of our schedule until D-Day has been uploaded too! It also has a document with all the contact details of people working on the project!
Gavin, James and Elin: Please do let us know as to what you would be interested in doing :)
See you all soon!
I'm oober excited!
As we all know, Micky and Sarah have done an AWESOME! job with the script till now and I shall upload a copy on the NetStorage Server as soon as I can grab a copy of it! Few more issues have to be resolved!
More brainstorming sessions.. character design.. mock-ups.. animatics.. These would go on until Friday for those who are
interested to pop in at the studio and share with us some of their creative juices! We shall also be working on Scale Sheets, Character Style sheets and Naming Conventions, details of which shall be uploaded onto the Server and notified!
I have both PC and Mac versions of Flash 8 for all those who need it :) you can grab a copy from me anytime!
We would be using my RMIT Net Storage account to transfer and share our working files. I have already created a folder in Home@RMITNet inside called TropFest 2007 for you to dump all your stuff in it.
A rundown of what people have committed to yesterday and a timeline of our schedule until D-Day has been uploaded too! It also has a document with all the contact details of people working on the project!
Gavin, James and Elin: Please do let us know as to what you would be interested in doing :)
See you all soon!
I'm oober excited!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
S'Boarding and Animatic meet!
Hey all!!
A quick one without fluff to let you all know that we are meeting up tomorrow -Dec 20th- at around 10.30 - 11 AM for pruning up our storyboard and starting off with the animatic! More updates on what happened today later :)
Cheers and see ya'll soon!
Tah.
A quick one without fluff to let you all know that we are meeting up tomorrow -Dec 20th- at around 10.30 - 11 AM for pruning up our storyboard and starting off with the animatic! More updates on what happened today later :)
Cheers and see ya'll soon!
Tah.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
ACHOO! - Tropfest meeting
Hey everyone.
For EVERYONE that wanted to be involved in Operation Tropfest, we have a meeting Tuesday 1pm in the studio.
In the meeting we'll reveal the piping hot script the concept team have created, plus talk about the art direction, production methods, roles and availabilities.
It's important that everyone that wants to be involved comes to this meeting to make it easier all round.
cheers!
Sarah
For EVERYONE that wanted to be involved in Operation Tropfest, we have a meeting Tuesday 1pm in the studio.
In the meeting we'll reveal the piping hot script the concept team have created, plus talk about the art direction, production methods, roles and availabilities.
It's important that everyone that wants to be involved comes to this meeting to make it easier all round.
cheers!
Sarah
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