thenightmarebeforedeadline

Development Stage
__2/28 Tuesday__- We're getting pretty far into this project today. Got the script almost completely written and art direction is coming along fine. Storyboards can be started tomorrow. Problem is we're already having problems w/ 3D Max, it won't bring up the plane. But right now we just need the story.


 * Casey || -consulted w/ Adam on screenplay ||
 * Adam || -almost finished screenplay ||
 * Joe || -searched for 3D models ||
 * Chris || -worked on art design ||

__2/29 Wednesday-__ Well when we first started we already ran into trouble. Our screenplay that was almost done was lost on Adam's flash drive. Luckily we finished the screenplay and we've been working on model design. Coming along so far.


 * Casey || -helped Chris with 3D image ||
 * Adam || -wrote and finished script ||
 * Joe || -worked on making 3D models ||
 * Chris || -designed and tested 3D background ||

__3/1 Thursday__- We have decided on creating a new rule for our team, __ALWAYS__ save on more than on device. We created that rule because of Joe's plane model getting corrupted. Chris worked on the HDRI map. Adam and Casey started working on the storyboard for the short.
 * Casey || -started storyboard ||
 * Adam || -consulted w/ Casey on storyboard ||
 * Joe || -continued working on 3D ship model ||
 * Chris || -continued working on HDRI map. ||

__3/2 Friday-__ Casey and Adam went right to work on the storyboard which took all day to work but they were able to get it done in time. Joe continued working 3D models and Chris continued working on backgrounds and texture that is going to be used in the short.


 * Casey || -finished up storyboards ||
 * Adam || -consulted w/ Casey on storyboards ||
 * Joe || -continued working on ship. Learned how to model water ||
 * Chris || -kept working on art piece for art design ||

Pre-Production Stage
__3/5 Monday-__ Mr. Mayfield checked our binder content today and told us that instead of handwriting our logs and reflections, he would like them typed and printed. Also he would like to see our art and models inside our folder. He was satisfied with the rest of our content. Mr. Mayfield also had us start into Pre-Production, which should last 2 weeks, right before spring break. We got farhter into making the models, but we needed to find files to make the water for our ocean realistic. Joe found some free files, but they were either zipped or compressed and he did not know how to open them. Luckily Chris knows how to open zipped files, so that's what we plan on doing tomorrow.

we need it to be done sometime soon. ||
 * Casey || -attempted but failed to recreate 3D water ||
 * Adam || -tried to create seams for our plane models ||
 * Joe || -searched for water plug-ins for 3Ds Max ||
 * Chris || -worked on HDRI map. Major thing to get completed

__3/6 Tuesday-__ So we had a sub in class today, was pretty quiet without them and the BPA team. The team is a little bit more laxed too. We got realistic-looking water, but our problem now is how we're going to animate that water. Joe says we need a plug-in for that to work. We also brought in a plane model for us to reference. We're a little confused on what some the the other goals are to get finished for pre-production. And we also updated our binder a lot today. Our logs and reflections are typed, and we started working on our Wiki page. Now we just need to upload our art direction and models.


 * Casey || -typed up reflections for Wiki page ||
 * Adam || -typed up reflections and logs for binder ||
 * Joe || -worked on plane model and water plug-in ||
 * Chris || -worked on art direction. About to give him art palattes for notes tomorrow ||

__3/7 Wednesday-__ So we're at a sort of stand still right now. We're working on the plane model and we brought the ship in on the water and rendered it. It looks really good.


 * Casey || -assisted others ||
 * Adam || -updated binder ||
 * Joe || -worked on models and water mod ||
 * Chris || -still working on art. ||

__3/8 Thursday-__ We got a lot farther today in our pre-production stage! Just started testing out water plug-in Joe found and it animated well. Casey and Adam also started working on the dialouge for the short. Models are coming together fine, they needed a bit of resizing though. All-in-all got a lot farther in our process.


 * Casey || -worked on dialouge ||
 * Adam || -helped with dialouge script ||
 * Joe || -tested models and water animation ||
 * Chris || -turned image into skybox. ||

__3/9 Friday-__ Okay so we're moving along a bit. Joe's been touching up on the plane a bit, trying to get rids of gaps and bumps. Chirs had to remake the hdr, but he's pretty close I think. He made it from scratch so I guess it's a good enough reason to give him some more time. Also he has been getting in trouble with Mr. Mayfield a bit for playing games, but I guess that's kind of our fault for letting him get away with it. He is a part of the team, so we have to make sure he stays on track. On a difeerent note we've been printing off models and the hdr to put in our binder. Not too bad for this week, we need to get the 3d animatic and vocals complete next week. That's pretty much it.


 * Casey || -setting up binder to turn in on Monday ||
 * Adam || -worked on binder notes for this week ||
 * Joe || -touched up on plane model ||
 * Chris || -touching up on hdr, adding details ||

__3/12 Monday-__ Monday, Adam started working on our narrative script, got almost done with it. Joe was testing out a zero fighter model that he found. Chris gave Adam the reel video that we are going to use for sound and stock footage. Today was a little bit hard to focus though, but was overall a productive day.
 * Casey || -helped with narration ||
 * Adam || -continued narrative script and exchanged files with teammates ||
 * Joe || -worked with model and exchanged information ||
 * Chris || -exchanged files with Adam ||

__3/13 Tuesday-__ More complications today. We were given an individual project that's due by the end of tomorrow, but hopefully it won't take too long to finish that and get working on our animatic, along with our vocal clips. Adam just finished the narrative script and we got it put in the binder. We all started working on our BITE t-shirt design, but we should be back on track tomorrow. We're crunched for time now, we need to get finished.


 * Casey || -helped complete narrative and worked on BITE design ||
 * Adam || -finished narrative and started on BITE design ||
 * Joe || -worked on BITE design ||
 * Chris || -started on BITE design and found more newsreels ||

__3/14 Wednesday-__ Today we got an appointment to work on vocal tracks today. We finished up our BITE logo T-shirts, and that's when our servers crashed. So we started on our calender but we need to get finished.


 * Casey || -went to set up appointment for vocal tracks. Finished BITE logo. Started calender. ||
 * Adam || -went to set up appointment for vocal tracks and finished BITE logo. ||
 * Joe || -finished BITE logo. Worked on model ||
 * Chris || -? ||

__3/15 Thursday-__ We started working on vocal tracks today. Joe continued working on models.
 * Casey || - worked on vocal tracks ||
 * Adam || - worked on vocal tracks ||
 * Joe || - worked on plane models ||
 * Chris || - worked on vocal tracks ||

__3/16 Friday-__ We finished the vocal tracks and had an evaluation meeting with Mr. Mayfield.


 * Casey || - ? ||
 * Adam || - helped finish vocal tracks ||
 * Joe || - ? ||
 * Chris || - ? ||

= = =Shot Production=

__3/26 Monday-__ We all watched the movie "Watership Down" and analyzied the 3D short "Ruin" so we couldn't work on anything.


 * Casey || - watched & analyzied ||
 * Adam || - watched & analyzied ||
 * Joe || - watched & analyzied ||
 * Chris || - watched & analyzied ||

__3/27 Tuesday-__ Were still working on our animatic. Joe has been working on shading problems on the plane models, he also did some more animation and made bullets for the planes. Adam has been editing together the 3D animatic on Premiere, he's got all the stuff we've been working on over the past few weeks in the video and he's just waiting on the rest rendered files to be done so that the animatic can get finished. Casey has been working on the corigraphy of the animatic so that Joe can animate the scenes in the animatic better.


 * Casey || - finished corigraphy of short ||
 * Adam || - started on animatic video ||
 * Joe || - made bullets for planes; attempted to fix problems with shading ||
 * Chris || - ? ||

__3/28 Wenesday-__ Adam continued on the animatic in premiere today. Casey worked on the art direction for the short. Chris was working on the theater thats going to be used in the beginning of the short. Joe talked to Mr. Mayfield about the problems he's been having with the plane models.


 * Casey || - worked on art direction ||
 * Adam || - continued animatic video ||
 * Joe || - got help with fixing plane models ||
 * Chris || - worked on theater ||

__3/29 Thursday-__ Today was a very unproductive day. Adam could only work on so much of the animatic because of Joe's shading problems on the Zero fighter model, but hopefully that problem will be solved soon. Casey worked on a personal project for work. Chris experimented with program Blender to see it works with our 3D models.


 * Casey || - worked on a personal project ||
 * Adam || - continued on animatic video ||
 * Joe || - worked on effects ||
 * Chris || - experimented with Blender ||

__3/30 Friday-__ Casey has been working on the ship that will be used in the short. Joe has been animating the scenes for the animatic that Adam is still working on. Chris has been working on the theater thats used in the beginning and end of the short. All in all, its been a more productive day for the team.


 * Casey || - working on ship ||
 * Adam || - continued animatic video ||
 * Joe || - animating more scenes ||
 * Chris || - working on theater ||

__4/2 Monday-__ Today for the most part, we worked on our dallies and presented in front of the class. And that's it.
 * Casey || - worked on dallies ||
 * Adam || - worked on dallies ||
 * Joe || - worked on dallies ||
 * Chris || - worked on dallies ||

__4/3 Tuesday-__ Joe has been working hard on the animations for the short. Casey continued to work on the ship used in the short. Chris continued working on the theater and has made some changes to it to be more historicaly accuate. Adam didn't do much today because he had to retake the Compass test.
 * Casey || - continued ship ||
 * Adam || - retook compass test ||
 * Joe || - working on more animations ||
 * Chris || - continued theater ||

__4/4 Wednesday-__ Adam started working on the title card of the short and finished it for now. Chris is still working the theatre, hopefully it will turn out really nice by the time we're ready to complete the short. Joe is still hard at work with the animations. Casey is having some trouble with the ship.
 * Casey || - having trouble with ship ||
 * Adam || - created title card ||
 * Joe || - working on animations ||
 * Chris || - continued theater ||

__4/5 Thursday-__ Joe continued working on animations. Casey is still working on the ship. Chris is still working the theater. Adam is still working on animatic.
 * Casey || - continued ship ||
 * Adam || - continued animatic ||
 * Joe || - continued animations ||
 * Chris || - continued theater ||

__4/9 Monday-__ Casey is still working hard on the ship, but he needs to it get done by the end of the week. Joe has continued the animations as usual. Adam decided to make an ending card make the short and placed the title card in the animatic. Chris continued on the theater.
 * Casey || - continued ship ||
 * Adam || - created end card ||
 * Joe || - continued animations ||
 * Chris || - continued theater ||

__4/10 Tuesday-__ Chris was gone today so he did nothing. Adam was trying to experiment with film grain effects for the title card in premiere. Joe helped Adam get the right film grain effects for both cards. Casey continued to work hard on the ship, still due friday.
 * Casey || - continued ship ||
 * Adam || - experimented with film effects on premiere ||
 * Joe || - helped Adam get the film effects right ||
 * Chris || - was gone today ||

__4/11 Wednesday-__

__4/16 Monday-__ Today we decided to let Casey finish putting the texture on the ship that he was suppost to finish last week, but he'll be able to finish it tomorrow. Joe is still working hard on the animation. Adam is creating textures for the Wildcat plane by using Phototshop. Chris
 * Casey || - put textures on the ship ||
 * Adam || - created texture for the wildcat ||
 * Joe || - working on animation ||
 * Chris ||  ||

__4/17 Tuesday-__ Adam has decided to put the animatic to rest since were so far into the shot production stage and the animatic has gone through development hell, he exported the animatic but the file ia almost 600mb, so he compressed the video with Handbrake into a 7mb mp4. Adam also finished the fuselage texture of the Wildcat plane. Casey finished the ship today and gave the ship to Joe. Joe is working on more animation, this time with the ship Casey finished, he is also using the plane texture that Adam finished. Chris
 * Casey || - finished ship ||
 * Adam || - finished fuselage texture and finalized the animatic ||
 * Joe || - working with the ship and plane texture ||
 * Chris || - ||