(blog post number 06) My PIPELINE with REFERENCING

I thought it would be a good thing to do to explain our PIPELINE of work. In many respects this is far too simplified as we use something called REFERENCING which means that these arnt static steps, they are all DYNAMIC and easy to UPDATE through the CHAIN of steps. say for example the model needed to be changed, this could be done easily and would update through the rigging stage into the animating and lighting stage ready to be rendered immediately.

in my next post I will explain our set-up with rendering and dropbox

(blog post number 05) My INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT!

Here is a copy of my INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT! please note I changed the blog address due to conflicting projects

(blog post number 04) My GROUP CONTRACT!

To help illustrate my roles/responsibilities further I wanted to include a copy of my GROUP CONTRACT for going down! My INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT is soon to follow!

(blog post number 03) My responsibillities for Going Down & Chiaroscuro!

As well as doing both my INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT and GROUP CONTRACT, i thought i would sum, up my roles and responsibilities here to make them easy to understand.

Ok so for my group project Going Down, I will be mainly Rigging the characters (as I also did last term for our spellbound project). I will also be doing some modelling and shading/texturing, and i'm sure i'll probably be doing some rendering at some point!

so to sum up:
-rig both characters in our film
-model 1 environment in our film
-assistance with rendering

For my individual project of course I will have a lot more, well, all the responsibilities! I am going to be filming either myself or an actor on a live plate and comping them in on my cg backgrounds. I will then be comping in 3D effects and other elements and giving it a grade.

so to sum up:
-shooting footage (setting up film set, lights, green screen, conforming footage)
-editing footage to suit narrative
-grading a technical pass for comp
-creation of cg backgrounds and effects
-comping rendered elements
-final grade
-plentiful organisational asset structures!

In my next post I will draw up a realistic action plan for the next couple of months which I will try and stick to, or adapt if necessary!

(blog post number 02) what i want i plan do do for this unit

- first and foremost we need to isolate our TARGET AUDIENCE, which will halp us in our NARRATIVE STORY TELLING as we can direct our attention towards key aspects of FILMIC LANGUAGE

- i will need to identify a file organisational system to manage data storage and work flow between different machines as well as different people, whilst preserving as much as possible the benefits of 'ease of development' across the pipeline. I have already touched on this area before but I will be looking further into DROP BOX and REFFERENCING

- During these projects, there will be a distinct need to look at the options available when RENDERING. these include investing in machines, CPU THREADING, LOCAL MACHINE NETWORKING, and also the RAVENSBOURNE RENDER FARM

- I and my group will need to begin to MARKET or PRODUCT. This may sound like a strange word to use to describe our film, but our work and SHOWREEL are our PRODUCTS and JOBS are the payment. For this we will look at creating a WEBSITE as well as advertising through SOCIAL MEDIA websites.

- I will need to PLAN MY TIME using GOOGLE CALENDER. this will be done BOTH INDIVIDUALY as well as AS A GROUP. time management is important when working on a lot of projects, so this will be a top PRIORITY in this project.

- for work to get accepted in the RAVENSBOURNE DEGREE SHOW the files and content will need to follow stricked QUALITY CONTROL guide lines. I will be researching these to make sure my work is suitable!

By following all of these key points, I will make sure I work in a professional manner throught this project to ease the flow of work!

(blog post number 01) Professional Skills (first post)

Ok so for this first post I'd like to give a brief description about where I am in my project to give a background to how i will plan and accomplish my aims.

I am in the third year, working on 2 films, both of which have more or less just started. the first film is a group project, for which I am working with Ollie, Steph, Nick, Joe and Dave. This project is called Going Down and is about an intern who is working late, only to discover there is a zombie in the building!

The second project I am working on is an individually driven project called "Chiaroscuro" which is a piece on the cusp of being abstract. The brief narrative is that a secret organisation are conducting trials of localized pure "peace" and "hostility" on a human subject. The subject briefly acquires telekinetic abilities, but is crushed by the overwhelming force of the two substances.

In the next post I will begin by drafting out my responsibilities for both projects, so that I can later divide my time between the two, with the added third responsibility of this term being Dissertation.