Team Dumpling

Post.

2008-10-21T16:47:00.000-07:00

So,

Cody:

Scene 14, needs a dumpling plate. So does scene 15. Please cleans a staff

Basically, bring everything that you have, cleaned, even if it seems stupid to do. Make sure that all the extra things like staffs, dumpling plates, etc...are there.

Finish the dog, etc.

Lisa, have all the scenes thrown into Flash.

Chad, have all of the sound for us tomorrow.

Eric, please come to room 101 on Wednesday after your afternoon class to help us put the production together.

Katie: write a note to Ken Rowe detailing how he gave us a deadline extension...etc..etc. Also, finish the damn still.

This all needs to be put together by the end of the the day on Wednesday...oookaaaaaaay...bye bye.

-Katie

New dog color and the new sign?

2008-10-19T16:44:00.001-07:00

Pick a dog color and let me know what you think of the new sign. Also, please read the preview post carefully.

-katie

Lets get together, yea yea yea...

2008-10-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

So, again, we're gunna meet on Tuesday: hopefully to get this shit finally put together.

I completely forgot to post all the godamn stuff I said I was going to post on Thursday, and I apologize...

Furthermore...here IS that stuff.

Here are the notes form the meeting with ROBY AND LILLES:

-- On the whole, more holds on transitions. For example, hold longer on all of the signs, at the end or beginning of each scene...etc.

-- More cuts to the dog. I know this is practically impossible at this point...but even a scene with only a few frames would be a great addition, I.M.O.

-- I have a note here saying that CHONG should move faster, but I can't recall what that was referring to.

-- The Dog needs a color change...yeah...it does, but I don't know if we'll have time for it.

--We were supposed to change the walk in scene to make it more obvious that he's made it further into the town.

-- Longer hold on expressions like sadness or excitement.

-- We were also asked to add, at the end, a shot where the dog actually grabs the dumpling out of the air...I'm not so sure thats doable at this point.

So, after conferring with Cody, he thinks he WILL be able to change the dog color, AND re-color scene 11 if I re-clean half of it. So, I am going to attempt to do that, and hopefully succeed.

I would like to have all of this done on Tuesday so we can re-time it then and have the sound ready to get plopped in and tweaked.

I'm making calls and shit so that everyone knows where we're at, but check the blog and let me know what you think.

thanks,

Katie

Files for miles!

2008-10-16T22:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry it took me a while to get these on the blog. Here are the remaining scenes that need to be fixed. I have all the missing scenes within this file with the exception of scenes 13 and 21, both scenes of which are not in my possession. Scene 20b is actually just scene 20... not sure what the b was for, and scene 22 is divided into the dumpling and the fight scene in thier respective files Scene 22d and Scene 22f. Anyways, I wish you luck Cody and if anyone else in the crew currently has an un-shrunk version of 13 and 21, PLEASE POST THEM! Thanks.

http://rapidshare.com/files/154785956/13___21_not_included.zip.html

Re cleaned

2008-10-13T22:55:00.000-07:00

now I have finished all thw scenes I have. They are 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19chong, 24 and 25. Ill bring them in when we meet.

Cody out

Sooooo,

2008-10-13T22:29:00.000-07:00

What scenes are we missing, so if we have them we can bring them?
~Chad

kay coolio

2008-10-12T21:02:00.001-07:00

If I can get the scenes that need to be rescanned then I can knock that out ASAP. Won't take that long so we can get that done hopefully by Friday if I can get the scenes by Tuesday?

Compiling in flash might work but we can try AfterEffects as well. Downloading it now so...

.

2008-10-11T22:04:00.000-07:00

Thanks Cody, keep working on those.

I have yet to hear from Lisa/Chad about what they have..to..say...I guess.

I'm sick; I'm pretty sure I caught the early flu that's going around, since I usually don't get fevers with normal ass colds. It's becoming increasingly difficult to think straight, but I'm hoping to be feeling better by Monday.

I have a proposition: Given that we have a method of cleaning up the frames, we could try to simply re composite them in Flash. I 'm not sure if we will have another option given the time frame, but we should see: that way fixing timing would be significantly easier. With any luck, the newly cleaned up scenes will improve the quality. There may be a few scenes that we still want to re-scan, and we should discuss that next week.

If possible I would like to meet on Tuesday in the animation labs. Given that we were all able to meet for the review with Roby and Liles LAST tuesday, this shouldn't be a problem for anyone (except Eric, but that might be OK.).

Eric and I will be at School most of the day on Monday to work on SFX.

I'd like to have everything major done by Friday. That way if we need the extra week, we will know exactly what we need to do and be able to do it in a timely manner.

Please post your responses to my train of thought A.S.A.P, given that time is not on our side.

-Katie

Still working on it

2008-10-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

I've re-cleaned scenes 2, 3, 5, 9,14, 24, and 25. I'll have the rest of them done on saturday, or at least the ones i have. Ill post the action ive been useing. Its really helpful.

Cody out

Well..

2008-10-05T20:20:00.001-07:00

ok, skrew monday then...Lisa and I will just chat online , or maybe doing another skype call monday evening is the best bet. Plan for that, if you can.

TUESDAY IS MANDATORY

If you aren't there, not only will it look back to the group, but it will look bad to Roby. Read Lisa's post for the info. I would be happy to have people over afterwards for a casual production meeting to schedule out a new timeline, and just to relax and re-connect.

I will be making calls and texting upon my return to make sure everyone is on the same page.

I hope you all had a nice break, and are rested and ready to hack at this project again.

-Katie

LASF;HN;EWJNRLA;FJDL LALALLAL SOMETHING

2008-10-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

In case nobody read my comment for Katie's post, I can't make it either. For more information regarding this subject, just read the comment.

Eric

Monday Monday, BAADAAAAH BAADADADAAAAAH!

2008-10-05T16:32:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to be able to make to the meeting if we have it on Monday, but if there is one, I'd like the notes.
~Chad

Cool

2008-10-04T12:28:00.003-07:00

I hope everybody got Lisa's post because I expect everyone to be there on Tuesday.

Can we also meet monday?

I have no idea what people's schedules are.

-Katie

Good news

2008-10-03T23:52:00.000-07:00

And maybe bad too

Roby would like to sit down with us next tuesday at 4:30 in room 721 for about 10-15 minutes with some other teachers to go over our film. He said there were some timing issues and minor things. We also talked about the media madness deadline and he said he's gonna try to get us more time to turn it in.

-Lisa

Sorry

2008-10-02T21:13:00.001-07:00

Hey guys,

You probably already noticed, but I wasn't able to make the Skype conference call that we had initially planned for this evening. Sorry about the late notice on that; but I figured it wouldn't be too big of a deal. Just please post on whatever you're working on and keep me updated. Otherwise post your schedule for Monday October Sixth so we can see if we can meet during dinner hour or something.

Let me know.

Thanks,

Katie

Welcome to the wonderful world of Skype

2008-09-29T19:02:00.001-07:00

This is Eric. My user name for skype is orgasmatron2173. I'll be waiting for an incoming transmission!

"THIS IS GOD!!!!"

2008-09-29T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hello, my screename is the same as almost everywhere else.
thesageguy
TTY@7
~Chadioso

Katie

2008-09-29T18:16:00.000-07:00

My skype SN is Katiephonehome . Please be on at 7:00 PM seattle time.

-Katie

Sup Guys

2008-09-29T02:29:00.000-07:00

I has skype now.

godsendGrey be me. Let we know what time and I'll have things set up.

-Lisa out

Monday

2008-09-29T02:24:00.000-07:00

I'll be back by 7:00 pm. I'll be online available for chat. Then I'll get the plans. TTYTomorrow
~Chad

Skype meet.

2008-09-28T19:32:00.001-07:00

As the universe would have it, i need to take my computer in ASAP to get fixed...so, I absolutely need to do the Skype on monday.

chad seems to be the only person that might have a scheduling conflict. Thus, I suppose it will need to be in the evening. If this isn't suitable, I'll have to devise another means,

Let me know ASAP

-Katie

Lisa Here

2008-09-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

Sunday-Busy all day
Monday-Open
Tuesday-Free
Wednesday-Nothing going on here
Thursday-Free too
Friday- Busy
Saturday-Work 11-3:30
Sunday-TBA

There are just a couple scenes that need to get reworked with just camera angles and I think we have a bit of a chance to add a little time here and there since it felt fast to me.

It's Eric, here to post!

2008-09-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! It's been... what? Almost a week now! Dang it feels like it's been five days already! WOW! Anyways, I'm pumped and ready to work out some of the bugs our production has. But for starters, here's what my schedual looks like so far.

SAT - I got work 5:30 to 9:30... but chances are I'm gonna goof off all day.
SUN - Church! But after that I'm free.
MON - Pending but otherwise open
TUE - Working later in the day... probably around 5 or 6 to close
WED - Again working later... glad I didn't tell my boss about this 2 weeks off.
THU - Scoring with babes round the clock obviously... but I'll probably have some free time.
FRI - Totally free! unless something comes up...
SAT - Hanging out with my old assisstant manager... weird, eh?
SUN - Again church! Gotta love that religion!

As far as fixing things go, we don't have much time. That freaking panda cub Willie was giving us some harsh feedback after everyone left last week, complaining that it was too complex for his tiny brain... Though some of the points he made... were for once, valid. I say, we need to establish the stanging for some of the shots a bit more, bring back scene 8, and just flat out work on the timing. Since Roby isn't really bossing us around on the timing... reason being we've already been graded for it, then we should be able to get away with re-working it, no problemo. I also think we should toy with the idea of re-doing some of the color schemes... obviously get rid of Wang's dandruff situation. I personally would also like to give the whole project a sharper outline... those pixle lines for some of the scenes aren't helping us any... I'm sure there's a couple other issues to address here, and obviously, we probably won't get them all done prior to the festivals and such... but lets see what we can do anyways! At least now that we have a solid draft, we can use it as a backbone for our projects inevitable success.

On a side note, while on a seperate venture into seattle, rabidly texting katie about her adventures in Wyoming... I came across Melissa whilest showing an old friend around AI campus. Appearantly, she's still considering doing sound work for our final cut... but you'll have to talk to her more about that later, probably once the next quarter starts up.

Lemme know when skypfest 2008 is going on, I'll be waiting to bother you all at some point this upcoming week. In the mean time, everyone enjoy your last week of freedom, and be prepared for the impending doom of DUM-PU-LING that will mostly likely kill us all in the end.

-Eric

P.S. Lisa, your store's awesome! REPORT TO ME WITH YOUR DRIVE FOR FIVE ASAP! Just kidding.

CHAD DOES THIS!!!

2008-09-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all,
Sat.=Work until 8+
Sun.=Available after 1
Mon-Wed=work, but not known when
Thrs=Open as far as I know
Fri=Gone
Sat=?
Sun=Avail. after 1

Hello.

2008-09-26T22:30:00.000-07:00

Greetings fellow animators,

Yeah I know this didn't technically get up on Friday, but ...well...actually, according to Seattle time it's still Friday so...I win.

I'm just writing this to try and get us together for some sort of cyber meeting at a near point in time. Let us each post our schedules for the week and coordinate a time for us to be either on a messenger such as AIM, MSN, YAHOO...etc. Or, if you are kind enough and have a mic, we can all have a conference call on skype, which is exceedingly easy to download. I'm not comfortable doing a conference call on real phones since it gets pricy and....annoying.

In the meantime, Lets also start posting about what we think is doo-able to fix and re-vamp in the short time between now and the festival. Keep in mind I will be able to do very little, except color, until I have returned to Seattle....and dear god I hope that day just never ever comes.

I'm going to try and check this more often...as in every day, but I'm out and about enjoying life, and have been in Duluth for the past few days with Blake. Come Monday, however, he won't be around to distract me and I'll be more prone to getting work done.

Long story short, Please update me on your schedules and what you desperately want to get done with the film. From there I will begin prioritizing and planing so we can be happier with this thing by the time we turn it in for the festival.

Thank you, and I hope you're all having a nice break.

-Katie

DONE!!

2008-09-21T17:58:00.000-07:00

Teh Film

scene 12 dumpling platter

2008-09-19T03:34:00.000-07:00

Scene 12 dumpling platter

That thing I sent ya

2008-09-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

Alright ladies, here's the scenes you decided to frag for fun.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146506553/Stuff_we_deleted.zip.html

I wish the best of luck to you, and of course, if there's anything else I can do for you... and I mean anything lemme know.

Here, Katie

2008-09-18T03:21:00.000-07:00

~Chad
Here's the first frame...pretend it's a pretty cutout, not the gross one it really is.

The restaurant

2008-09-18T03:03:00.000-07:00

Yes it sucks. Boo.

-Katie

REMINDER

2008-09-16T19:34:00.000-07:00

WE NEED ALL OF THESE SCENES COLORED BY THURSDAY!! This is simply the last possible day to get these in.

WE ARE PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER THURSDAY, so be there!

Last push before we can have a break.

-Katie

edit: you may have noticed that I accidentally wrote friday earier....that was an oppie...def need all the scenes by thursday.

Animatic

2008-09-16T19:28:00.000-07:00

I also agree with Lisa and katie. I like the part the credits are going to be in though. Keep us the good work.

Cody

Cha-Dio

2008-09-16T17:00:00.000-07:00

Gotta agree with Katie. Its way too overpowering and I don't think it works well right now. It still has a very dark feel and it makes it seem like something bad is going to happen. And I'm not sure if I'm digging the giant leap we have from Animation Music to the very different Credit music. I was hoping that the credit music would just be a continuation of the same score. Its also feeling too Africanish to me and not Chinese. It music is a big part of this and it needs to work with the film as it is and not over power it.

-Lisa

Chad.

2008-09-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

For me, its still a little too serious and dramatic.

I think it kindof overpowers the animation, which is pretty light hearted. I think taking a few layers of sound out will help lighten it up.

Also, can you post a track of SFX when you get a chance?

Thanks for workin so hard on it.

-Kaite

Animatic

2008-09-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

Check it out, give me feedback.
~Chad

http://rapidshare.com/files/145707343/Sequence_01.mov.html

Minor Setbacks

2008-09-15T21:13:00.001-07:00

Alright, here's the skinny. I, Eric, in my tiredess, accidentally left a heaping pile'o work lying on the hole punch in the animation lab when I left. Fortunately, as most of you already know, that the pile is safe in Cody's hands right now. That aside, the contents of said pile contains all of my original uncleaned animations (except for some parts of scene 17, which I still have) as well as the time sheets for each of my scenes. This is sorta bad, because I use those drawings and the time sheets to make x-sheets, what little I have made for most of my animations. Without the pile, it would be very difficult to base x-sheets on the scenes because I do not have the times on hand. I could possibly use the posted files to time the scenes, but I'm still gonna need the times in which how long the scenes are supposed to be. Therefore, I ask Katie, the color queen, and time master, to post times for the following scenes, since I know you have them in your sketch book:

Keep in mind these are the original times and might not be exact since we made some changes a few weeks ago.

Scene 10 - 00:01:00
Scene 13 - 00:02:00
Scene 14 - 00:01:00
Scene 17 - 00:03:15
Scene 22 - 00:02:00
Scene 23 - 00:01:15

If you cannot despense with them, the x-sheets will have to wait till wednesday to finally be filled out, cause I'll be making a special trip to Seattle to retrieve the pile for the sole purpose of creating those x-sheets. In the mean time, I shall continue to color. Cody, old chum, remember that I have taken scene 17 from to color, so if you want to trade that off for any of the other scenes I have in its place, be my guest. I'm also gonna need control over 10, for details on the big boobed babe, as well as scene 23, cause I'm almost done with it anyways. I should have them done colored by tomarrow, and hopefully have the x-sheets posted by tonight, if I can get those times. In the mean time, high ho, high ho, it's off to work I go!

Sounds for Chaaaad.

2008-09-15T17:39:00.001-07:00

Here are the links to download the .WAV files for the SFX that Melissa provided, as well as the SFX session that Eric did in the sound booth.

I'll update this posts as I get them uploaded.

Eric Session 1

2 More Eric Sessions

Melissa's sound file.

Identity crisis...

2008-09-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

I'm assuming that was Lisa that just posted since I already talked to Chad and Eric tonight...keep me updated on that.

Also, I may not have been as clear as possible on this:
We are using the darker of the skin tones for each character. For everything else, please use the lighter...with the exception of Chong's pants. The post that Cody added with a colored Chong and dog is accurate so use that.
-katie

Chuuu Wahhh?!

2008-09-14T23:37:00.001-07:00

Coloring Scene 12. Its long so I don't think it will be done tonight.

Hits for coloring.

Instead of coloring a new frame each time, just Duplicate the layer you just finished coloring and just go from there. It makes things go faster.

Anyways, I should have them all done by tomorrow.

Lisa

eric...

2008-09-14T23:16:00.000-07:00

Eric is officially checked in and going to have his shit done. How about everyone else?

I'm hoping to have all the BGs done, if not then I'll only have like...1 or 2 outstanding ones.

Everyone needs to post a goramn status update. Now.
-Katie

Yhea!

2008-09-14T20:51:00.000-07:00

Alright, I'm working on the supposedly fucked up scene 10. There were a couple color specifications that weren't in the prop sheet for our big boobed waitess, so I'm posting a preview here for Katie, the color queen. I was hoping that our waitress would be decked out in green... but I guess washed out gray works too. Lemme know what you think everyone. I need a response ASAP so as to continue working on her. OH! AND KEEP KICKING TEH ARS!

-Eric

blah

2008-09-14T17:40:00.000-07:00

This is the BG for Scene 10 ...it was a pain in the ass since Eric's frames are fucked up and had to be rotated, and there was no Wang Lak as planned. Also, we did not think in layers on this scene, and the table had to be designed so that the waitress fits perfectly over it, and her ending line doesn't change and overlap the table hugely. Also, she ...doesn't end, so I drew in a neckline because....I had to? Use that for reference when coloring. It sucks, but it's done.

Also, I realized that scenes 7,9, and 10, are going to look horribly inconstant seeing as it goes from my cleaning to lisa's cleaning, and the foot is in a different spot. That kindof made me depressed.

Some more color proofs

2008-09-12T23:47:00.001-07:00

Alright, this only took forever to get posted...god knows why. Here are some random color proofs, if you need any more let me know. call, post, aim...I don't care. Keep working kiddos.

The one that Cody posted is a key for the mouth. The lighter color is the tongue, the darker is the rest of the mouth. teeth are the same color as eye whites. Mouth colors, eye colors, and eye white should pretty much be consistant thoughout the production.

-Katie

The mouth

2008-09-12T23:38:00.001-07:00

Here's what you asked for Katie

cody

SCENES

2008-09-12T21:00:00.000-07:00

Scene 2 -CODY- DONE
Scene 03-CODY- DONE
Scene 5 -CODY- DONE
Scene 07-CODY- DONE
Scene 9 -CODY- DONE
Scene 10 -ERIC- DONE
Scene 11 -CODY-
Scene 12 -LISA-DONE
Scene 13 - LISA- DONE
Scene 14 -CODY-
Scene 15-CODY- DONE
Scene 16 -CODY- DONE
Scene 17 -ERIC-
Scene 19-Wang Lak - ERIC-
Scene 19- Dumplings- ERIC
Scene 19- Table- CODY
Scene 19- Chong- CODY
Scene 20 -ERIC-
Scene 21 -LISA- DONE
Scene 22 PT1 - ERIC-
Scene 22 Pt2 - ERIC-
Scene 23 -ERIC- DONE
Scene 24 -CODY- Done
Scene 25 -CODY- DONE

You can see what scenes are still missing and those need to get done ASAP. Please don't be too nit-picky on the line work now, guys because its holding us up. And unless you can some how get them to me by Sunday, your scanning it yourself.

FOR MONDAY: X-SHEETS FOR ALL SCENES. This will make flash go much faster because the timing will already be done and there will be no guess work.

To add to Lisa's post: Please, when you are finished coloring a scene and blowing out the background, edit this post to say so. Have all of the scenes assigned to you, that are posted, colored by Monday. The last of the cleaning will get scanned and compiled on Monday, and finished by Tuesday.
-Katie

Get rid of the backgrounds

2008-09-12T15:46:00.001-07:00

When you have finished coloring each frame, merge the color and line work and get rid of the background. This is essential for the last step. Keep in mind that you are only merging ONE frame at a time and then wand selecting the background and deeeeeleting it. You may have to go in by hand with an eraser (a DIGITAL eraser) to get rid of any random crap .

All scenes colored BY MONDAY.

-Katie

GRRRRR!!!

2008-09-11T22:21:00.000-07:00

So I was animating some of the final frames for scene 14... and I discovered that the outline on the paper of the new sheets that Katie gave me today are off! What the frick should I do? Should I redraw them? Should I draw new boarders myself so that they line up properly? Are we to die in are beds Hagar? The boxes ain't gonna line properly because of this... and thusly they won't animate right! Somebody, anybody, tell me it's gonna be OK. Tell me that these rediculous boxes aren't going to impede my frick'n drawings! PLEASE!!! @_@

Your pal Eric

OH GAWD!

2008-09-10T23:08:00.001-07:00

Alrighty everyone (esspessially Katie), this is your old pal Eric. I been pretty preoccupied as of tonight, not only cause I had work earlier, but also because I have a final... that's due tomarrow... morning... so as you might imagine, I'm gonna try to do that reeeeal quick before I get back to cleaning. Scenes 10 & 13 are finished and ready to be colored, and my goal is going to be to finish off scenes 14 and 17 by morning, which won't be that hard, seeing how I've cleaned them most of the ways anyways. Scene 22 is over sixity frames long and will take a long ass time to finish so I probably won't get it done by tomarrow but I should have it done on friday no problem... that means I gotta tank Kathryn's class by default though... sadness... Anywho, I know you're all balls to walls on this so far so keep up the steller work and keep pushing till this thing gits done. I know I will. So with out wasting further time to type out this long ass entry, I'm gonna get back to work. PEACE!

All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

Update

2008-09-10T22:16:00.000-07:00

I will have 20 and 21 tomorrow.

I expect everyone to have all their scenes cleaned by tomorrow.

The coloring will be complete by Monday.

-Katie

Another Progress Report

2008-09-10T20:50:00.001-07:00

If by sometime tonight or tomorrow you guys could post where you are?

Lisa- Scanning Scene 9 right now
Scene 24 and 25 will be posted either late tonight or tomorrow by 1pm

Lolz

2008-09-08T00:24:00.001-07:00

Oh you guyyz...

and you thought cleaning would be quick and easy. lol.

I'm cleaning scene 21, and will have it by 3:00 tomorrow, and am trying so hard to focus and get the damn backgrounds and stills moving.

My immune system is quitting on me so that sucks.

anwyay, scene 21 will be done for monday, 21 will be done for wednesday, and I have no idea where I'll be at with the backgrounds, but we'll know on tomorrow!

Keep working!

-Katie

Eric's First Post

2008-09-07T23:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! It's Eric reporting in on cleaning, the most horrible task ever devised. I'm making great yet slow headway... The goal is to get all the cleaning done before we meet up tomarrow at 3:00 but chances are I might be short a couple scenes... Either way, I'm staying through the night, yet again, to get this thing on board and ready to go. With that, (cue showtunes) I'm on my way! I can go the distance! I'll finish cleaning someday... If I don't fall asleep... I know every mile, will be worth my while... cause I would draw most anything (yes even boobs) to finish this hellish project! HECULES RULES!!!

Eric

UGH!!!

2008-09-07T22:44:00.000-07:00

Ok, so, things, as you have said, Katie are going slower than I ever thought possible. Ok, animation is done and cleaning is going absolutely hellish. I think I'll have at least 2 scenes cleaned by the time we meet tomorrow. Hopefully, I'm right.
Love all, Chad

PROGRESS CHECK!

2008-09-07T18:41:00.001-07:00

yo guys, can I get a progress update from you all by the end of the night? That would be very lovely in deed.

Currently scanning in scene 15. I can see that being online by 8-9Pm. Scene 2 shortly afterwards.

-Lisa

Sup, Guys

2008-09-06T23:17:00.000-07:00

So, I got roped into working 9 hours instead of the 4 I was suppose to work and I have to go back in tomorrow morning. I'm going to try and get a scene up tonight but I make no promises. What doesn't get posted tonight will get posted Sunday night.

-Lisa

Scene 7 & 3

2008-09-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

I have finished fixing 7 and 3 will be complete tonight. Just waiting on the rest of the scenes to be posted. Just thought I keep you all updated.

Cody

Backgrounds

2008-09-03T22:00:00.001-07:00

Yea

2008-09-03T20:25:00.000-07:00

Just to add and re-iterate on Lisa's post;

Please have all the scenes ready on Friday, we need a new animatic for Melissa.

Monday next week everything is cleaned and I will hopefully have all of the stills and most BGs done

Friday of next week I hope that most, if not all, of the cleaning is done, and then that weekend it is being put together.

On Week 10, like Lisa said, nothing except putting everything into timeline and burning a DVD is being done. Seeing as I have to be out of the door by 1:30 on friday, there just isn't time to be rushing to put it together.

It's do-able, guys, it really is. I sense that as the pressure is on we will be picking up the pace.

Right now, scenes 2, 3, and 7 are cleaned. BG for scene 2 is done, and I'll be done with the BG for scene 7 in an hour. I expect everything to be tweened on Friday, and scene 7 will also be colored.

Don't forget: 3:00 tomorrow in the animation lab! Bring what you have, so we can look at it.
-Katie

UPDATE

2008-09-03T19:36:00.001-07:00

Just finished cleaning Scene 3 and am about to scan it and set up the photoshop document.

This is week 8 people. After this week, it's two weeks left. We are behind and here's what NEEDS to be done by when or we are, in every sense of the word, screwed.

BY FRIDAY 5th:
-All scenes tweened, shot, along with an X-Sheet. This isn't by the end of class, this is the beginning. All of that should have been done two weeks ago and Friday is the deadline.
-Class time will be spent Cleaning up all scenes that are left.

Goal for FRIDAY: I want to take every scene I can home so I can get them scanned and the photoshop docs set up to give to people on MONDAY 8th. You might have one scene or so to finish up over the weekend, but I'm hoping to give people that free weekend to jump start on their Finals because we're going to need all the time we have so get done what you can for other classes this weekend. If Katie still needs help with backgrounds, I want people to jump in and help because those need to get done ASAP.

WEEK 9: THIS IS COLOR WEEK!

FRIDAY 12th: ALL SCENES NEED TO BE COLORED AND DONE. It can't wait till Monday, they NEED TO BE DONE BY THIS DAY.

WEEK 10: FINALS WEEK (SOL WEEK)

MONDAY 15th: If there are still scenes waiting to be colored or other things that need to be done, we're in trouble. Everything needs to be in Chad's or My hands so we can begin the process of compositing.

FRIDAY 19th: THIS IS DONE. IF ITS NOT DONE, WE'RE SOL since it is now too late.

You know what you need to get done. We'll go over this again tomorrow.

The dog.

2008-09-02T22:01:00.000-07:00

Heres the dog..I'll post the background for Scene 2 tomorrow..won't have it cleaned though.

THE AMAZING TABLE!!!

2008-08-31T22:47:00.000-07:00

Hahahahaha

Keep truckin' guys! We can do this.
~Chad

CHONG

2008-08-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Here is the Chong turnaround for you guys.

Some notes on cleaning:

FOLLOW THE CHARACTER SHEET

The design is god, and if you draw something that isn't on god, you get smited by god.

SOmethings to keep in mind whne you're cleaning:
Yes it is painstaking and often induces suicidal thoughts. I've been doing it for awhile now..and I know this. Just follow the character sheet and correct the drawings.

CHONG: has tiny feet, don't draw them big. His staff is not a hockey stick, don't draw it like one. Keep his proportions and shapes in mine: refer to the character sheet. Don't forget his wrinkles! his beard is isn't going to change lengths, and it isn't uber long. try to preserve the expressions from the original animation, but fix the things that are wrong. DOn't just trace the picture assuming it's correct: It isn't.

Erase as little as possible, and don't smudge or wrinkle the paper.

WHen I get to cleaning WANG LAK I'll post some more tips. THe dog is pretty easy, and he really isn't in all of the scenes. Also, in a bit I'll take a break and clean and color himand then post that.

Happy working!

-KAtie

The cleaning paper

2008-08-29T15:38:00.001-07:00

print this and clean on it. c(print on 8 1/2 X 11)dimentions of the box should be 7X10, if not, you did it wrong.
-Katie

Ok, so...

2008-08-28T18:35:00.001-07:00

With 3 weeks left in the quarter...and thus only 3 weeks to have our short completely finished...Here is yet another schedule.

Tomorrow (week 7) : Everything needs to be tweened by the end of class. The plan is to give everyone something to do over Saturday and Sunday, and have all the cleaning done by Monday. It's do-able, it's just a pain. I'm behind on the backgrounds. Yes, it sucks and I'm sorry, but they're all gunna be done by Monday at the latest, if not before. We also need to figure out WTF is going on with our aspect ratio's. I think I can figure it out.
Week 8: All the cleaning is done at this point, and everything is scanned. All we're doing now is coloring and putting things together. The coloring will be finished over the weekend and by monday on week 9 we are just putting the thing together.

From what I've heard Melissa is back on the team with sound, but we'll keep our own track in production.
The next two weeks are going to be really important to getting this thing done. i know we're all kind of fed up with the project and wishing we had more time, but we just gotta push it out at this point. I think it's do-able, but it's gunna be stressful. Try to keep a positive attitude, and I'll do m y best to divide the work evenly and make sure everything is clear and straightforward.

Basically, we have two weeks to clean, color, and put things together, with the last week being for fine-tuning.. I also need to finish the backgrounds and figure out aspect ratios. It'll get done, but it's a lot.

See you guys tomorrow
-Katie

why the D-drive

2008-08-17T21:01:00.000-07:00

I was under the impression that the lab computers get wiped ever night; or at least the ones connected to the cameras. Maybe not? You can always just put a folder on the network share. Everything will get re-shot and re-shot anyway so...yeah.

-Katie

Stupid computers

2008-08-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

SO! I just looked at my the project file and it didn't save the new version. So, Cody I'm gonna ask you to put the scratch track on the computer next time you're here and most scenes are gonna have to be re-shot. Thank you everybody!
~CCC

Something New

2008-08-16T14:43:00.000-07:00

Hey, Everyone,
Just so you know, I added a folder to the D drive of the shooting computer in the lab for our stuff. This is where I put my last animation and the animatic project file. This way, even if we're not around each other we can see progress and put it into the correct part in the animatic. ENJOY!!!

~Triple C

Colored Scenes

2008-08-15T17:56:00.000-07:00

Scene 2 -CODY-finished
Scene 03-CODY -finished
Scene 5 -CODY -finished
Scene 07-CODY -finished
Scene 9 -CODY -finished
Scene 10 -ERIC- finished
Scene 11 -CODY- finished
Scene 12 -LISA- finished
Scene 13 - LISA- finished
Scene 14 -CODY- finished
Scene 15-CODY- finished
Scene 16 -CODY- finished
Scene 17 -ERIC-
Scene 19 - cody
Scene 20 -ERIC-
Scene 21 -LISA- finished
Scene 22 PT1 - ERIC-
Scene 22 Pt2 - ERIC-
Scene 23 -ERIC- finished
Scene 24 -CODY- finished
Scene 25 -CODY- finished

Post all colored scenes that you have ASAP so I can get working on them.

ink and paint

2008-08-11T21:16:00.000-07:00

Alrighty,
I took Lisa's character designs and went over them in pencil, similar to the manner that we will be "inking" the entire film. I then took the agreed upon color schemes and painted.

So far I've finished Wang Lak.

-Katie

For Katie!

2008-08-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Here you go Katie. Enjoy yourself.
~Chadius

ROBY THE DOGGIE! YAAAAY!

2008-08-08T18:39:00.001-07:00

Here's our LOVELY ragged dog. Enjoy the heck out of him while he's still around.
~Chadwick VonGeorge

Layout Sheet

2008-08-06T15:12:00.000-07:00

BY FRIDAY:
-Layout Sheet along with the Layouts for the scene

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND USE:
LAYOUT SHEET

This will save on time for us by keeping all info for a scene in a file folder (I'll get some before Friday) along with this sheet. This makes sure we know what scene the layouts are for and everything else.

FIELD GUIDE SIZE: Plan for 11x11 for now. Since computer paper is smaller, it could get tricky as to how we're going to animate with it but another thing we'll deal with on Friday.

Taiko/Teegan DOG!

2008-08-05T09:53:00.001-07:00

NAME HIM!

Scene Break Down

2008-08-04T16:06:00.000-07:00

Scene 1: Opening Landscape-Katie
Scene 2: Establishing Shot of Town-Chad
Scene 3: Look Around Town-Lisa
Scene 4: Establish restaurant, Zoom to Sign-Katie
Scene 5: CHONG looks at money sign- Lisa
Scene 6: Money Sign Fall Down-Katie
Scene 7: Pocket Take/ Excited Dog-Lisa
Scene 8: Still Shot of Lint Hand- Kaite
Scene 9: Chong Depressed shot w/ Dog confused-Lisa
Scene 10: Dumpling Track to table w/ WANG LAK-Eric
Scene 11: CHONG rused Dumpling-Chad
Scene 12: Napking Tuck/ Dumpling Count, Glare-Chad
Scene 13: Chong tries to eat dumpling/ smacked away-Eric
Scene 14: Dumpling bounce away-Eric
Scene 15: Chong Reach/Smack/Reach/Smack/Dive/Catch-Lisa
Scene 16: Shoved in Street-Chad
Scene 17: Lands in Street/ Dog bounces around/ Find staff-Eric
Scene 18: Get up Finish/Raises Staff- Eric
Scene 19: WANG LAK almost eats/ CHONG wacks table/ Dumplings fly/ WANG gets up ANGRY- CHAD
Scene 20: POWER RANGER POSE-Chad
Scene 21: Zoom in on CHONG(Track)-Chad
Scene 22: Overlook Fight while Dumpling Comes up then down- Eric
Scene 23: Chong's Victory Stance over Wang-Eric
Scene 24: Dumpling Drop-Dog-Lisa

NOTES:
-WANG LAK always on the Right side of the screen
-CHONG always on the Left Side of the screen
-Push Expression
-Solid Backgrounds
-DON"T FORGET DOG

LAYOUTS MUST BE DONE BY FRIDAY!! NO LATER!!

Moo face.

2008-08-03T18:38:00.000-07:00

On my computer the video is running at intervals of 2 seconds...in other words not running at all.

2008-08-03T18:18:00.000-07:00

Okay, so.

2008-08-03T17:55:00.000-07:00

The plan is, once again, to meet on Monday at 4 to group up, look at what we have, and show Roby the animatic we have ( which is 50 seconds). Also, everyone needs to come with a layout done.

Lisa is doing scene 7, the "pocket take"

Chad is doing scene 20: "Wang poses and starts towards the camera."

Eric is doing scene 22 the "birds eye view of the fight as the dumpling flies upwards and back down".

I will take care of a few of the still shots that deal primarily with the restaurant. That will include, at least, scenes 4 and 6 (thus far).

Also, by monday I'll have some color proofs for us to look at. Basically, I'd like us to have a few scenes done by Friday, since we were supposed to have been finished with the keys next week. Considering all of the still shots we have, it -is- plausible, but we need to buckle down.

If I can figure out how to pose a video up here I'll put the animatic up. I'll also burn it to a DVD to give to Mellissa so she can get going on the audio.

Also (yeah thats right, not done yet), I'm going to take some time to go through the scenes and figure out what the backgrounds we need are.

Thats all for now folks, hope to see you Monday.

-Katie

Photoshop

2008-07-27T14:14:00.000-07:00

Just playing with photoshop

Finito

2008-07-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

Okay, thats all of them guys. You'll have to figure out the order or yourself and shit, but...yeah.

-katie

25,26,27,28,29?

2008-07-26T18:32:00.001-07:00

21,22,23,24?

2008-07-26T18:12:00.000-07:00

17,18,19,20?

2008-07-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

13,14,15,16

2008-07-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

9,10,11,12

2008-07-26T16:24:00.000-07:00

Fail so far

2008-07-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping you will all grasp the order these are going in..........I know it's a big fat fail thus far. and it's backwards. Bottom to top. Please forgive me.
-Katie

pgs 5,6,7,8

2008-07-26T15:59:00.000-07:00

5,6
7,8

pgs 1,2,3,4

2008-07-26T15:46:00.000-07:00

1,2
3,4

Dead Tired

2008-07-25T19:52:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. The boards will be scanned tomorrow, I'm too tired to function right now and I will probably be going to bed in a couple of hours if I make it that far. They will be up first thing Saturday. Sorry to disappoint, and good work today (my voice hurts ).

-Katie

The start of my thumbs

2008-07-23T22:54:00.000-07:00

WOO!

Model Sheets

2008-07-23T19:54:00.001-07:00

Quick Rough Boards

2008-07-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

Character Art

2008-07-22T19:40:00.000-07:00