Live Action

Our team filmed a live action short and has been able to play with angles and timing.  This will serve as a valuable tool and will save us a lot of time in the future.  It is much easier for us to play with live footage than to try to work out timing with animations.

Art

Our concept artist has been busy this week in continuing to develop the main characters of the story as well as the environment design.  He has utilized Google Sketch Up to help us determine scale, environment layout, and camera angles.  We have been able to utilize these tools to save time and to give us an idea of what our final animation may look like.

Production

At this point in the semester, we are on track with our schedule we have set for ourselves.  We are fully aware there is a ton of work to do, but the feeling on the team is very positive.  We feel we have gotten over the biggest hurdle by locking down our story and moving forward.

Next Week

Next week, our goal is to have a rough animatic with a rough sound score as well.  Although every week at the ETC is a big week for project teams, we feel this coming week will be crucial to our success.