Schedule Is Go!
My schedule has been approved for this, the second semester. In order to create an even work load, I started by looking backwards to my animatic. After viewing it a few times, I created a new shot list based off my animatic, then made corrections to the list based on the feedback I received when the animatic was presented. I then went through the new list and with my scenes open in Maya, I created a list of cameras needed for the entire shoot. I ended up with 70 shots and 15 cameras, excluding the fight scene (which is a whole other pickle in of itself, in need of a serious analysis (at a later date)).
I divided the 70 shots across 6 weeks, meaning that roughly 12 shots were due per week. I divided my week according to my class load–Tuesdays and Wednesdays I need to animate only one shot. Thursdays and Mondays I need to animate 2 shots, and Saturday and Sunday I need to animate 3 shots. Fridays are exclusively reserved for redos starting in ‘week 2′ of the schedule, but can also be used to pick up weekend shots early if time is available.
Thankfully a good chunk of those shots are relatively quick–there are only a handful that exceed five seconds. Probably on my busiest of days, I’ll only need to animate 15 seconds of footage. My average should be between 5-9 seconds of footage a day. That’s a lot of animation, but it should be achievable.
Over spring break and the week following, my sole goal is to work on the fight scene. This will be the most challenging aspect of the film, in spite of the fact that it will last less than thirty seconds. Creating a convincing fight between two titans is no easy task, especially since they’ve been endowed with rather strange proportions. However, I’m hopeful that I will be able to create something that at the very least, doesn’t detract from the remainder of the film.
After the fight scene, I have two weeks for redos, compiling, sound effects, and music. The film is due on Tuesday, April 17th at 09:00. After that, I have three weeks to work on a portfolio, which will be a cake walk. I already have a good chunk of my portfolio completed, and I’ll have time to work on it across *3* different classes.
Now it’s off to the races–here’s hoping I can stick closer to my schedule this time around.