The team has completed this week the models of the bluff, Buttons (main character), the easel, stool, and the lantern. And now we are working on Captain Clayton’s model.
Based on a concept art, We rendered a sequence of the bluff to showcase our art style. This shows the bluff on the right, the moon on the left the ocean, and the reflection of the moon in the water.
We did a group voice recording session, where we invited faculty and students to do the voiceover for the character. With the direction of Anthony Daniels we were able to get a really nice set of recordings for the second animatic
After getting an updated version of the story because of the feedback we received, we updated the animatic to reflect the recent change. On top of that, we did a selection of possible camera angles to help us reduce the amount of animation needed for each shot.
For 1/4s walkarounds we prepared a demonstration of the lip sync animation tool for Maya. At the beginning of each presentation we recorded a faculty member reading a text. This voice file was the input to the lip sync tool to create a video of a character saying those lines. An example can be found in the video section of the website..
During 1/4s walkarounds we presented the art, models, art style, a selection of scenes from the second animatic, the lip sync demo and our schedule. We told them our challenges and we got great feedback about concept art, previz, art style, and also they helped us to understand our biggest challenges in completing the project.
The team will be working on rigging Buttons, modeling more characters, doing a facial study of characters’ faces, and the model of the ship.
We will also meet with faculty to get professional actors for a final voice recording.