October 20, 2015  - This Week's Highlights 

LECTURE & WORKSHOP

This week at the Wednesday Lecture we have Maury Whyte on hand to give us an introduction to his Production Worksheet for Excel, which he has created to assist you in your own Production Planning. The Production Plan is part of a coming Milestone which requires an Asset Estimate, a Shot Breakdown and a Production Schedule, all of which Maury's software can help you with.

Also visiting will be Basil Joseph of Sheridan Health Services, giving us an overview of their offerings, as some of you have requested.

This is also the week for the Guest Leica Reel critique, which takes place in your Mentor meeting. Make sure to bring the latest and most presentable version of your reel.

Last but not least, the Wednesday workshop should appeal to those of you doing a 3D project. Our own Florian Jacot will give an introduction to the ZBrush Sculpting software in lab A151 at 2 pm.  

LEICA REEL SCREENING  

The class Leica Reel screening will take place on Wednesday November 4, in our usual place (J102) but beginning at 10 AM - note the early start time!

The hand in deadline for this screening is on Monday morning, November 2, at 8 am. Note that Mario will provide a SEPARATE SCREENING FOLDER for this purpose. Do not hand in your screening version to the Milestone 4 folder!

UPCOMING MILESTONE - ACTION ANALYSIS; DESIGN PACKAGE

Milestone Five will come due in Week 8, when we return from the reading week break. This Milestone is different for 2D projects than for 3D and Stop Motion projects. For the former, a pair of test animations is required - a Performance test and an Action Analysis. The password is "Sheridan"

ActionAnalysisExamples from Bruno Degazio on Vimeo.

For 3D and Stop Motion projects, Milestone 5 requires and Design Package (sometime called a "workbook" or "funpack".) Contents should include, but are not limited to: 


• color script


• location design sketches and color studies


• final character designs including costume & textures (3D)
 • lighting studies 


• prop designs

Consult your Mentor for more details on what to include in this Milestone.