update

Makeups

Anpro makeup June 8 at noon.

>:D

between update, update

Quotas

Animator quotas:

Maria: 53 sec, keyed, timed, and captured
Roman: 16 sec, keyed, timed, and captured
Kristen: 19 sec, keyed, timed, and captured

Please have this ready for 3:00 pm Thursday the 17th.
We will be compiling the captures into a 3D lyca this time.

The lyca will be submitted for approval 2:00 pm Friday the 18th of May.

Modeler quotas:

Ian: Hill top, and road
Justin: Park, and road

Have this ready for 2:00 pm Friday the 18th of May.

Scene 1 updated

I made a bunch of updates to scene 1

Wanting opinions!

Just a quick question gang, should we post the animation that we finish online and put them on the blog? For instance, I just finished animating Willy running. Should I post it to youtube and the blog? I can make it a private video on youtube to limit spoilers but I don’t think I can make it a private post for us on blogger. Seeing as we average around 10 page views a day I am worried about giving the shot away before completion. What is your opinion?

Willy Model

Caution team. The new Willy model that was exported, decided to leave behind his face shapes. You can still work with him, but USE IT AS A REFERENCED MODEL. I'm fairly certain the fixed Willy can be xfered over since the rig and geometry will not change. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience, I'll be at the school for most of the week so when he's fixed you can steal him from me.

EDIT: Using referenced models seems bust. Francisco has unsuggested using them, so just animate with the regular model. Another issue seems that some of the animation values are locked in the Kinematics properties of some rig objects. I suggest selecting the entire rig, hitting ctrl + k, right-clicking on the lil' key in the top-left and clicking 'remove animation', that should get rid of the "white" keys.

FURTHER EDIT: In regards to the hair, if adding it using referenced models doesn't work, we can simply add the hair to Willy scene by scene if we have to. So Brett, if you could please jot down the values you're using or the steps you're taking to create the hair that would be great.

Where Willy Can Be Found: M-106-08 d:\The Current Willy!!\willy_rigged_lowres.emdl

Work Roster

Goal for this week: 45 sec. of finished animation for next week.

Test Renders for Willy's Room.

Ian finished up with some basic lighting and whipped out a couple of test renders. Way to go!

Willy faces group 4

Willy faces group 3

Faces group 2

Mouth positions

the bottom on is mid-way

Faces group 1

semi-Updated Shot List

Starlight Too Bright: Shot List

Act I

Shot 1
Panels 4
Willy picks up telescope and exits. (shortened)
44 Frames

Shot 2
Panels 2
Telescope drops down form screen top o/s.
(cut)

Shot 3
Panels 3
Willy fools with telescope knobs.
(cut)

Shot 4
Panels 1
Telescope swings toward camera.
30 Frames

Shot 5
Panels 4
Willy lowers eyes to eyepiece

Shot 6
Panels 2
Pan over star field and whiteout.

Shot 7
Panels 4
Willy pulls away eye & looks over fence.
34 Frames

Shot 8
Panels 4
Neighbourhood lights up

Shot 9
Panels 6
Willy looks annoyed, picks up scope & leaves o/s
138 Frames


Act II

Shot 1
Panels 2
Telescope drops down from screen top o/s.
73 Frames

Shot 2
Panels 3
Willy fools with telescope knobs
35 Frames

Shot 3
Panels 1
Telescope swings toward camera.
20 Frames

Shot 4
Panels 1
Willy lowers eye to eyepiece.
20 Frames

Shot 5
Panels 7
Willy hears noise, looks up, & turns. Stadium lights go on, Willy falls o/s.
155 Frames

Shot 6
Panels 5
Telescope falls on scooter, Willy jumps on scooter & peels out.
85 Frames

Shot 7
Panels 4
Willy drives up the mountain.
153 Frames


Act III

Shot 1
Panels 4
Willy screeches to a halt & jumps of nebula.

Shot 2
Panels 3
Tripod legs fly through air.

Shot 3
Panels 6
Tripod snaps together, telescope snaps into position and swings around.

Shot 4
Panels 3
Willy grabs telescope and lowers it into position & looks at sky.

Shot 5
Panels 1
Willy lowers eye to eyepiece.

Shot 6
Panels 6
Pan over stars. Stars begin to move.

Shot 7
Panels 3
Firefly flies into field of view and grins.

Shot 8
Panels 4
Willy looks around. "Fireflies" he says with a disconnected look on his face. He begins to laugh hysterically.

Shot 9
Panels 1
Willy laughs manically.

Shot 10
Panels 1
Willy runs over to Nebula.

Shot 11
Panels 2
Willy opens the saddle bag on his nebula & digs through the contents.

Shot 12
Panels 2
He reaches deep in his bag and pulls bug sprayer.

Shot 13
Panels 1
Willy holds sprayer up triumphantly.

Shot 14
Panels 3
Willy sprays poison all around, the scene is obscured by mist.

Shot 15
Panels 1
Willy pants, exhausted.

Shot 16
Panels 1
Willy walk over to telescope.

Shot 17
Panels 3
He lowers his head to the eyepiece, pauses, looks puzzled & turns.

Shot 18
Panels 2
Willy stares at sunrise.

Shot 19
Panels 1
Willy's jaw drops.

Shot 20
Panels 1
Willy screams

Shot 21
Panels 6
Willy bashes his head against the scope and falls o/s dazed.


I'll post the frams for Act 3 when I have a chance.

Animation best before dates.

Here are how many scenes each animator has to do a week to make our deadlines.

Roman: 1.3
Kristen: 1
Maria: 3

I know It looks like I'm being shafted with this set up, but my scenes are much shorter than the other animators. Also if one of us finishes early, we can always help out other people.

Skedggy

Fransisco and I made this in first class.

Hill top scene

Here is the hill top scene shots so far... I have to make the bottom level over the break.

Willy face poses

This is the facial poses from one of the hill top scenes.

Ians post

Here is some more stuff to look at:

Willy, Firefly, Home, & Park

Here's my contribution to ANPRO. See you all next semester!

"Starlight, Too Bright" Shot List

Act I

Shot 1
Panels 4
Willy picks up telescope and exits.

Shot 2
Panels 2
Telescope drops down form screen top o/s.

Shot 3
Panels 3
Willy fools with telescope knobs.

Shot 4
Panels 1
Telescope swings toward camera.

Shot 5
Panels 4
Willy lowers eyes to eyepiece

Shot 6
Panels 2
Pan over star field and whiteout.

Shot 7
Panels 4
Willy pulls away eye & looks over fence.

Shot 8
Panels 4
Neighbourhood lights up

Shot 9
Panels 6
Willy looks annoyed, picks up scope & leaves o/s


Act II

Shot 1
Panels 2
Telescope drops down form screen top o/s.

Shot 2
Panels 3
Willy fools with telescope knobs

Shot 3
Panels 1
Telescope swings toward camera.

Shot 4
Panels 1
Willy lowers eye to eyepiece.

Shot 5
Panels 7
Willy hears noise, looks up, & turns. Stadium lights go on, Willy falls o/s.

Shot 6
Panels 5
Telescope falls on scooter, Willy jumps on scooter & peels out.

Shot 7
Panels 4
Willy drives up the mountain.


Act III

Shot 1
Panels 4
Willy screeches to a halt & jumps of nebula.

Shot 2
Panels 3
Tripod legs fly through air.

Shot 3
Panels 6
Tripod snaps together, telescope snaps into position and swings around.

Shot 4
Panels 3
Willy grabs telescope and lowers it into position & looks at sky.

Shot 5
Panels 1
Willy lowers eye to eyepiece.

Shot 6
Panels 6
Pan over stars. Stars begin to move.

Shot 7
Panels 3
Firefly flies into field of view and grins.

Shot 8
Panels 4
Willy looks around. "Fireflies" he says with a disconnected look on his face. He begins to laugh hysterically.

Shot 9
Panels 1
Willy laughs manically.

Shot 10
Panels 1
Willy runs over to Nebula.

Shot 11
Panels 2
Willy opens the saddle bag on his nebula & digs through the contents.

Shot 12
Panels 2
He reaches deep in his bag and pulls bug sprayer.

Shot 13
Panels 1
Willy holds sprayer up triumphantly.

Shot 14
Panels 3
Willy sprays poison all around, the scene is obscured by mist.

Shot 15
Panels 1
Willy pants, exhausted.

Shot 16
Panels 1
Willy walk over to telescope.

Shot 17
Panels 3
He lowers his head to the eyepiece, pauses, looks puzzled & turns.

Shot 18
Panels 2
Willy stares at sunrise.

Shot 19
Panels 1
Willy's jaw drops.

Shot 20
Panels 1
Willy screams

Shot 21
Panels 6
Willy bashes his head against the scope and falls o/s dazed.

Craking the whip

Mark these dates on your calenders boys!

Easy Raccoon Rider

Willy's got one sweet ride! Wish I had one...

As in the original sketch, Willy's custom licence plate reads "RAKAFELLA" ;)

Script

Here is the script, for now, since we changed it up a little in the story board I'm taking this in for a makeover, again. 6th draft! Oy gevalt!

STARLIGHT TOO BRIGHT
by
Maria Larre

FADE IN
INT. GARAGE NIGHT

The garage is dark, the only thing visible is a star field glowing dimly. The camera pans across the star filed stopping at small vignette of planets rocket ships and shooting stars, the chain of a light hangs in front of us. The star filed is, in fact, made up of plastic glow in the dark stars. WILLY"S hand comes in from O/S and pulls on light chain, flooding the Garage in light. WILLY turns to his desk and looks down at the open magazine on it. The magazine is open to an article with headline reading "CHANCE OF A LIFETIME!" in a large font, the rest of the page is filled with images of nebulae. WILLY studies it for a while picks it up, turns towards the camera and exits O/S.

EXT. PORCH NIGHT

WILLY is standing proudly on the porch admiring the night sky. He bends down and picks-up his telescope and tripod. Willy walks off the porch O/S.

EXT. BACKYARD NIGHT

Three tripod legs come down from O/S and slam on to three worn spots on the grass. WILLY begins to fiddle with the knobs on the telescope. WILLY swings the telescope towards the sky. The lens passes in front of the camera. WILLY lowers his eye to the eyepiece of the telescope.

EXT. SKY NIGHT

Camera pans from Saturn from an out of focus nebulae. The nebulae comes into sharper focus. Just then light fills the F.O.V until it is completely washed out.

EXT. BACKYARD NIGHT

WILLY abruptly pulls his head away with a confused look on his face. The neighbours House is all lit up with a bright porch light and patio lanterns. WILLY turns around to look to his neighbours.

EXT WILLY'S NEIGHBOURHOOD NIGHT

The neighbourhood is dark with only WILLY'S immediate neighbours house lit. The houses begin to light up, brightening the intire area.

EXT. BACKYARD NIGHT

WILLY turns from looking at the neighbours back to the camera with a shocked expression on his face. WILLY face becomes one of fury, clenching his fists and grinding his teeth. Grabbing his telescope and hoisting it over his head, WILLY storms O/S.

EXT. PARK NIGHT

The tripod legs slam down once again. The camera slowly pans up to the telescope's controls. WILLY'S hands come in from O/S and begin fiddling with the controls more quickly than before. WILLY swings the telescope in front of the camera and toward the sky. WILLY begins to lower his head toward the eyepiece. A sudden noise in the background caches WILLY'S attention. He looks up with a confused look on his face. WILLY begins to whip his head around frantically looking for the source of the noise. WILLY turns around, facing the dark background. Suddenly, a set of bright stadium lights pop on. WILLY is totally startled. Throwing his hand in the air in shock, WILLY looses balance and falls backwards O/S taking his telescope with him..

EXT. STREET NIGHT

WILLY'S telescope falls from O/S and lands on the back of his scooter. WILLY follow and lands on his scooter like a cowboy. The impact of the landing start the motor and WILLY peels out. Driving past the camera and WILLY zips over hills and drive up the mountain in the distance.

EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP NIGHT

The light from WILLY'S scooter is seen coming around the corner. The scooter rounds the curve quickly, skidding to a stop in front of the camera. Jumping off the seat, WILLY lands in front of his scooter and camera. Parts of the tripod come flying from O/S and streak across the night sky, the camera follows. The first leg lands and sticks in the ground, the remaining pieces soon follow snapping together automatically. The telescope flays on screen landing in its place on the telescope. the momentum of this causing the telescope to spin on the tripod. With a fiendish grin on his face, WILLY grabs the spinning telescope and lowers the eye piece into place. He leans forward and look through the eyepiece.

EXT. NIGHT SKY

The camera pans across a star field, stopping and zooming in on an unusually bright star. The star circles around, and then flies O/S. Suddenly a cluster of stars whizz past the camera. The star filed is flooded by light. A firefly flies toward the camera, it's face filling the F.O.V. It grins evilly.

EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP NIGHT

Fireflies are buzzing all around WILLY. He looks around shocked.

WILLY

"Fireflies!?"

WILLY begins uncontrollable giggling. The giggles quickly increase to chuckle, then becomes a full blown manically insane laughter. Walking over to his scooter he opens the saddlebag and start digging though it flinging the other junk over his shoulder. WILLY pulls a can of bug spray out and holds it up, he shakes his head dismissively and tosses it over his shoulder. Digging through the saddle bag again he finds something. Holding up an another can of bug killer, he thows it away and shakes his head again. Reaching deep into the saddle bag and pulls out a giant can of bug spay. He holds it a loft triumphantly and begins pumping the spray can frantically spraying a generous amount of the poison all around the mountain top. The spray obscures the view for several seconds. Once the spray has dissipate WILLY stands panting to catch his breath. He walks back to his telescope triumphantly and prepairs to resume his observations. Just as he lowers his head, he pauses quirking a brow as if something is not quite right. The mountain top seems to be growing lighter and lighter. WILLY turns to look behind him. WILLY stands shocked and stiff as if turned to stone. The sun is slowly rising. The camera pans around to reveal WILLY'S face. He stares, in total disbelief at the sunrise, a look of total shock on his face.
Tossing his head back and throws his hands to the sky.

WILLY

"AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGG!"

Fade out


Fade in

INT. GARAGE DAY

WILLY sits at his desk staring at the astronomy magazine on his desk. He is looking the page proclaiming "Once in a lifetime chance!" Staring at it, WILLY'S face becomes a tormented look of agony. He lets his head fall, forehead striking the magazine. A firefly lands on the page in front of Will's face, it blinks it's light sporadically. Snarling, WILLY stands slams the magazine shut. Thinking that he killed the bug, Will smirks. He turns and begins to walk off pausing to turn of the light. WILLY walks O/S, we hear a door close, leaving the room pitch dark save for the dimly glowing plastic stars on the wall. The magazine begins to stir.The firefly emerges from between the pages and slowly blinks on his light. He flies slowly to the ceiling and begins to fly in lazy figure eights.

Fade To Black

Neon

This is the neon effect I was telling you about, the timing got screwed up when I saved it out a a gif. Why I saved it out as a gif I don't know. Blame it on the fever hallucinations! This is not the real title, just a demo to show the effect. The real on will be two tone with a much more realistic font.

Sassafrass

*****Decipher at will!!!******
"
Hey you out there, all soggy bloggers must not attend ye ol site!
"

Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhy bral!

poster

im am now a poster....if you care!!

Project Schedule for this Semester

Hate to sound like a broken record here but this is going to be tough! We can do it thought! Remember to ask for help if you need it. There is no weakness in differing to a more experienced person for help.

As you can see, Roman's schedule is animation heavy, that's because your the lead animator this semester! Congratulations! Anything I pose out or key you can fiddle with. I should help keep this looking nice and homogeneous.

Ian's got the the weight of the modeling and mat painting. Think of what that will look like on your resume! Feel free to farm out some stuff to others, like Justin (just let me know so I can credit them).As you see, I gave myself 2 weeks to do the facial rig. I'm not certain if that is enough though. I have never built a facial rig so this is going to be tricky. Hopefully Francisco and Graeme will help me. Other than that, I a bit of a jack of all trades.

I'm letting out the leash this semester because you guys worked so well last one. Don't make me regret it! Anyway, remember to check with me when you feel you have finished one step and want to go on to another. That's it for me. Hope we have a heck of a semester!