Delzin Choksey - Carried away

Delzin Choksey 02819821 3D Character Animation

MIDPOINT REVIEW 14th July 2011 10:00 am

Index

2

Autobiography

3

Resume

4

Abstract

5

Project Proposal

6

Character Model sheets Development and Research

7

Environment Design and Research

16

Cart Turnaround Development and Research

19

Balloons Research

22

Butterfly Turnaround Development and Research

23

Props and Research

26

Size comparison

27

Beat Boards

28

Story Boards

30

Shot Planner

32

Timeline

67

Autobiography My name is Delzin Choksey and I was born and raised in a humble home in Mumbai, India. I grew up in a bustling city within a diverse and culture rich environment. From an early age my parents urged my brother and me to explore our hobbies and look to transforming them into our careers. The exposure in a city like Mumbai added to my life a sense of acceptance and developed in me a longing to excel.

My interest in art dates back to my school days and I would spend hours drawing and sketching. When I eventually took up Applied Art in my under graduate career, I enjoyed every bit of it and realized that visual communication through any media illustration, photography or graphic design was powerful, challenging and exciting.

At sixteen, both human behavior and art intrigued me. Over the next five years, I simultaneously pursued and received degrees in both Psychology and Applied Art. My interest in motion graphics heightened and I chose to turn my print assignments into animations wherever possible. I worked with social causes as well as fun self-exploring campaigns. During this time, I learned that an understanding of human behavior was intertwined with the art of visual communication. My childhood has significantly influenced the way I think today. In school as well as in college, I was exposed to good teachers and admirable mentors who always encouraged my all round development and academic excellence.

As part of my Applied Art degree I interned with a national music channel, B4U. I worked in the pre-production department as an illustrator, a story board artist and a script writer. After completing my degree, I joined On-Lyne Computer Systems as a web designer and graphic designer and honed my skills in interactive media. Here, I developed interactive websites and created animations for clients worldwide but I missed animation.

When I moved to the US, I worked for various NGO’s and did freelance design work. Although I enjoyed it, I truly yearned for an education in animation that would help me polish my expertise in a formal academic setting, helping me develop the professional skills I needed to excel in the industry.

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Resume

4

DELZIN CHOKSEY

EDUCATION

4, Admiral Dr,

Sep 2009 – present

Masters in Animation – 3D Character Animation, Academy of Art University, San Francisco

Mar 2003 – Apr 2006

Bachelors in Applied Art – Illustration, Mumbai University

Mar 2004 – Apr 2006

Bachelors in Art – Psychology, Mumbai University

Emeryville CA -94608 404.563.4312 delzinchoksey@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE May 2007 – May 2008 On-Lyne Computer Systems - Graphic Designer Website design, graphic design and interactive design projects Apr 2006 – May 2006

B4U Music Channel - Illustrator/Graphic Designer Worked on story board and animation for television promos.

Apr 2005 – Apr 2006

Holiday Programme for Youth - Joint Creative Head and part of Organizing Committee Branding for Strand and Strides (Fashion Show)

Apr 2005 – Apr 2006

Freelance design work for various projects

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS All Round Performance Award, Sophia Polytechnic 2006-2007 Expression of a Value in an Art form award, Sophia Polytechnic 2007 Shree B K Somani award for Design, Photography and Excellence, Sophia Polytechnic 2003-2007 Awards for Essay writing, Cartooning competitions and 3D Modeling (sculpture)

SOFTWARE SKILLS Flash, Photoshop, Maya, After Effects, Corel Draw, Dreamweaver, Illustrator

Abstract

Carried Away is a short about Feather- a little porcupine, who falls in love with the one thing he just can’t have –balloons!

This story is a humorous attempt at outlining a theme we can easily identify with. Sometimes in life our goal is the only thing we see.

We forget that it’s about the journey not the destination and even after we reach the destination, the adventure has only just begun!

After a fun-filled day at the carnival, Feather merrily walks back home with a colorful pinwheel and some cotton candy. As he trots along the deserted path he encounters a shadow on the ground. He looks up curiously and is amazed by what he sees – a bunch of bright-colored-floating-balloons, tied to a cart and bouncing in the wind! Now, any kind of excitement makes Feathers quills pop right out and he drops everything and stares longingly at the balloons. Snapping out of out of his amazement, he runs to the cart, scrambles up and pulls down a balloon. As soon as it gets close to him it bursts making a loud “POP” sound as it comes in contact with his quills.

Undaunted, he pulls another one down and ‘POP’ it bursts again. Although confused, he persists in his quest. He pulls down another balloon, slowly this time but yet again, it goes ‘POP’. He scans the vicinity, looking questioningly to see if there’s anyone around—he can’t seem to figure out who’s bursting his balloons! Then, as he attempts to pull another balloon down, he sees his sharp quill pointing directly at it, almost ready to burst it again! He is disappointed and his sadness causes all his quills to droop down. But his eyes light up as he realizes he knows how to tame his quills! He shuts his eyes and with all his might he works hard to keep them from spiking again but as soon as he looks up at the balloons and gets excited his quills bounce back sharp. Dejected by his thwarted attempts, Feather jumps off the cart looking up at the balloons with a troubled frown. His quills are always in the way! He stands pouting until a tiny butterfly named Wings flutters by him, making him laugh. As he giggles, his quills shoot out – in one quick move they skewer Wings and Feather who is shocked, begins to bawl. Nothing is going his way! As he cries, his eyes catch the balloons up high, they beckon him and that strengthens his resolve to get them.

Feather backs up and runs towards the cart at full-speed, the wind pushing his quills back. He then makes a leap for the balloons. As he is up in the air moving towards the beautiful brightly colored and oh so light and pretty balloons, his eyes light up and nothing else matters. Unfortunately, he flies right past the balloons and lands on the cart setting the cart in motion. He squeals as he rides the runaway cart, speeding downhill, headed to crash into a stall. Suddenly a rock breaks the cart’s run, catapulting Feather into the neatly-arranged cotton candy stall. A loud crash ensues as a pair of eyes come up amidst all the cotton candy. Feather’s quills are covered in a sugary pink cloud. He realizes his problem is solved, his balloons are safe from his sharp quills. He grabs all the balloons, holding them as close as he can. He giggles and laughs, overjoyed to have got what he wanted.

But the balloons lift him into the sky and his smile suddenly changes into a nervous grin as he realizes something is wrong. Feather looks down at the ground far below with a troubled smile as the balloons carry him into the clouds.

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Project Proposal With ‘Carried Away’ I intend to successfully create a professional quality 3D animated short. My aim is to use this short as a platform to showcase my animation skills. My goal is to bring the character to life where he is made believable to the people who watch the film. I would like Feather to not only be a character the audience empathizes with but also be someone the audience identifies with.

Feather – Feather the porcupine is a challenging character. His quills make him understandably daunting to model and rig as well as animate. My plan is to use polygons for his quills and keep the rig simple. The entire body of quills will be influenced by only a couple of controllers. One quill on his forehead will be rigged separately to allow me to move it specifically to burst the balloons. Apart from that his basic anatomy will be bi-pedal.

He will wear shoes throughout the film. Feather is extremely expressive, his face, body and quills will reflect his emotions.

The Environment - The carnival and the sky as well as the background will be a matte painting. The hill that feather stands on throughout the film, will be a simple polygonal model. I will model some rocks on the hill and the rock at the bottom of the hill that halts the run-away cart. I will have multiple backgrounds matte painted for the various camera angles. In the short the carnival is only viewed at one angle throughout the film. I will have everything in the environment look soft with rounded edges to contrast Feather’s sharp quills.

The Cart and the Balloons – The balloons play an important part in the film. They will be modeled, rigged and textured. The physics of the strings and balloons will be handled manually . I will be using a connection editor on the wheels of the cart.

Additional props – My additional props include the cotton candy and pinwheel that he holds and the beanie that he wears. They will be simple models textured and the pinwheel will also have a connection editor. Apart from that, the cotton candy stall will be modeled and textured.

Effects – I have effects such as the balloons popping and the crash at the end. I also have the cotton candy surrounding Feather at the end .

Animation is my forte and all the animation in the film will be done by me. I also enjoy lighting and am excited to try various effects and techniques to work the balloons. I will have help on the modeling and rigging of the characters and props from artists who now work in the industry. I also have a sound artist helping me with the effects and sound of the film.

I plan to submit my finished short to film festivals and competitions and I plan on starting a blog to record the progress of my thesis.

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Feather Turnaround

7

Feather Modelsheet

8

Feather poses and quills

9

Feather Character development

10

11

12

13

Porcupine Realistic References

14

Porcupine style References

15

Environment color study

16

Environment side view, top view and camera angles

17

Environment references

18

Cart Turnaround

19

Cart Development

20

Cart and Candy References

21

Balloon References

22

Butterfly Turnaround

23

Butterfly Development

24

Butterfly References

25

Additional props References

26

Size Comparison

27

Beat Boards

Credit: Inkyung Lee

28

29

Credit: Inkyung Lee

Storyboard

30

31

Modeling Texturing and Rigging Planner

32

Modeling and Texturing (Days)

Rigging (Days)

Total (Days)

Feather - Porcupine

20

20

40

Balloons and Strings

4

8

12

Balloon Cart

15

2

17

Hill and rocks

3

0

3

Cotton Candy

3

0

3

Pin wheel

3

0

3

Cotton Candy stall

10

0

10

Other stalls

13

0

13

Butterfly -Wings

25

20

45

Object

146

Shot Planner

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

288

Level of difficulty

1

4

Camera

Fade in, Long shot of carnival over the hills. Camera pans to left and stops.

Full shot of Feather as he walks down pathway. Feather exits right

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Matte painting of carnival, walk blocking

4

8

Modeling

0

0

10

15

3

5

Animation

Walk cycle

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

0

0

Feather, Matte bg, reflection, cotton candy, pinwheel, beanie

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing Matte bg and animation

1

2

21

36

Total Days

Notes Fade in shows an establishing shot of the carnival. Camera holds for 100 frames.

Camera pans across the fields for 87 frames. Feather walks in with cotton candy in one hand and pinwheel in the other and walks off screen

33 Storyboard

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Balloon Shadow on ground

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

94

Level of difficulty

2

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Modeled hill, matte painting, walk blocking

2

3

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather walks and stops to see reflection

4

6

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

5

Texturing Rendering

34

3

0

0

Feather, Matte bg, reflection, cotton candy, pinwheel, hill, beanie

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - matte bg, animation, modeled hill Total Days

1

2

12

20

Notes Feather holds cotton candy in one hand and a pinwheel in the other hand.

He stops to examine the reflection on the ground. Perplexed expression.

I have the level of difficulty high as I would like to test out the effect of the shadow on the ground.

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

129

Level of difficulty

Camera

Full shot

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Balloon shadow on the ground

Sound FX

Background music

Special

ncloth simulation to test time it takes to render

3

35

3 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Matte painting of background, camera setup low

1

2

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Balloons blowing in the wind

2

4

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

5

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Matte bg, balloons and cart, shadow, hill

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - matte bg with balloons, cart and hill

5

10

14

27

Total Days

Notes Camera trucks up and holds to show balloons blowing in the wind The level of difficulty is 3 because I will be experimenting with ncloth for the balloons and how lighting and rending affects them.

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

31

Level of difficulty

Camera

Close up of feathers hand as he drops the pinwheel

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

4

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Block pose Modeling

0.5

1.5

0

0

Animation

Hand lets go off the toy. Toy falls on the ground

2

4

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Hill, reflection, cotton candy, pinwheel, feather

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

6.5

13.5

Other Total Days

Notes

36

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

69

Camera

Bird's eye view of Feather looking up

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music soft

Special

None

Level of difficulty

5

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Block pose, set camera Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Feather looks up in awe

2

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Hill, cotton candy, pinwheel, feather, balloons, beanie

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

7.5

14

Other Total Days

Notes

37

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

231

Camera

Full shot of Feather on cart popping balloons

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Balloons bursting

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Balloons bursting

Level of difficulty

6

38

4 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Matte painting, pose blocking

4

Modeling

8

0

0

Animation

Feather unsuccessfully tries to get a balloon

6

10

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cart, balloons, matte bg

4

8

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Balloons popping and Compositing matte bg

5

10

Total Days

21

40

Notes Balloons drift with wind very slightly.

The level of difficulty is high since the shot is long and requires a lot of character animation.

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Pan across field

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

67

Level of difficulty

7

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Camera move

0.5

1

Modeling

0

0

Animation

0

0

Lighting

1

2

Texturing

0

0

Rendering

Matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

3.5

7

Other Total Days

Notes

39

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot of Feather on cart

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

91

Level of difficulty

8

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Block pose Modeling

1.5

3

0

0

Animation

Feather looks around scared and then up sceptically

4

7

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cart, balloons, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing matte bg

1

2

11.5

22

Total Days

Notes Matte painting same as Shot 11

40

2

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Worms eye view of balloons

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

97

Level of difficulty

9

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Block quill, Matte painting Modeling Animation

Feather's quill bounces into frame

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing

0.5

1

0

0

2

4

1.5

3

0

0

Rendering

Feather, balloons, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing matte bg

1

2

7

14

Total Days

Notes balloons drift

41

2

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot of Feather on cart

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

385

Level of difficulty

10

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup pose blocking

3

6

Modeling

0

0

20

35

2

4

0

0

Animation

Feather tries to get his quills out of the way

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Feather, balloons, matte bg

6

10

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

31

55

Other Total Days

Notes Feather looks up at his quills in shock. He then gets an idea and uses all his strength to concentrate and push his quills behind. But as soon as he gets excited the quills pop right back out The level of difficulty is high as there is a lot of animation to be done.

The animation is this shot is very characteristic and will individualize feather.

Same Matte painting as shot 11

42

4

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather and Wings

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Skewered butterfly

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Tears as he cries

372

Level of difficulty

11

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking

3

6

Modeling

0

0

10

17

2

4

0

0

Animation

Feather unknowingly skewers a butterfly

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Feather, hill, matte bg, cart, Wings

6

12

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing matte bg

1

2

22

41

Total Days

Notes Feather stands sadly as a butterfly, Wings enters the scene. Feather brightens up looking at him and smiles. His excitement brings out his quills suddenly and skewers the little butterfly. Feather starts to sob but makes up his mind to get the balloons now.

Matte painting same as Shot 16

43

4

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Birds eye view

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

none

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

166

Level of difficulty

12

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking

3

6

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather runs around cart

8

15

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, hill, cart, balloons

3

5

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

16

30

Other Total Days

Notes Feather runs around cart gaining speed.

44

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

46

Level of difficulty

Camera

Medium shot and camera zooms in to tight medium shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

none

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

13

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking

2

4

Modeling

0

0

6

12

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Feather runs

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Feather, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

0.5

1

11

22

Total Days

Notes Feather runs, quills are pushed back and he opens his eyes to check - determined look Matte painting same as Shot 16

45

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

none

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

51

Level of difficulty

14

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking Modeling Animation

Feather leaps

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing

1.5

3

0

0

3.5

7

2

4

0

0

Rendering

Feather, matte bg, hill, cart, balloons

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - matte bg

0.5

1

10.5

21

Total Days

Notes Matte painting same as Shot 9

46

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

58

Camera

Close up of Feather through balloons

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Reflection of balloons on Feather

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

Level of difficulty

15

47

3 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera setup Modeling

1.5

3

0

0

Animation

Feather reaches out

2

4

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

4

8

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, hill, balloons

5

10

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

12.5

25

Other Total Days

Notes This shot will be technically challenging for rendering.

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

none

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

47

Level of difficulty

16

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking

1

2

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather leaps beyond balloons

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

1

2

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, matte bg, hill, cart, balloons

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - matte bg

1

2

9

18

Total Days

Notes Matte painting same as Shot 9

48

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

23

Level of difficulty

17

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera setup, Matte painting

3

6

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather and cart roll down hill

7

14

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

5

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, hill, balloons, cart, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

16

31

Total Days

Notes

49

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

36

Camera

Medium Shot - Feather enters left exits right

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

Level of difficulty

18

50

2 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera setup, matte painting

1

2

Modeling

0

0

4

8

1.5

3

0

0

Animation

Feather and cart roll down hill

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cart, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

8.5

17

Other Total Days

Notes Camera still - Feather enters left and exits right going downhill screaming

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full Shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

22

Level of difficulty

19

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera setup

2

4

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather and cart roll down hill

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cart, matte bg, hill

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg Total Days

Notes Matte painting same as Shot 28

51

2

1

2

11

22

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

27

Camera

Over the shoulder shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Focus changes from Cotton candy to cart

Level of difficulty

20

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera set-up

2

4

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Cart runs down hill

5

10

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

6

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Cart, hill, matte bg, feather, balloons,

4

8

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

15

30

Total Days

Notes

52

2

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

27

Level of difficulty

Camera

Full shot of cotton candy stall camera zooms in to stall

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

21

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

None

0

0

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

1.5

3

Texturing Rendering

Hill, matte bg, stalls

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

5

10

Total Days

Notes

53

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

41

Camera

Medium Shot - Close up. Camera zooms in

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

Level of difficulty

22

54

2 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Pose blocking, camera setup, matte painting

1

2

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather screaming

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cart, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

10

20

Total Days

Notes Camera quick zoom in to show fear in feathers eyes

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Close up of wheel

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Wheel hits rock

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

17

Level of difficulty

23

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Camera set-up

1

2

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Wheel

1

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

1

2

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Cart, matte bg, hill

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Dust as wheel hits rock, Compositing matte bg

6

12

11

23

Total Days

Notes

55

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Balloons keep inertia

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

26

Level of difficulty

24

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking poses, Camera set-up

3

6

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather gets thrown off cart

6

10

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Cart, matte bg, hill

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

15

28

Total Days

Notes

56

3

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Medium shot candy stall

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

None

Sound FX

Background music

Special

None

18

Level of difficulty

25

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking poses, Camera set-up Modeling

1.5

3

0

0

Animation

Feather dives into Cotton candy

5

10

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, stall, matte bg

4

8

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

13.5

27

Total Days

Notes

57

2

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Crash

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Dust cloud and particles

93

Level of difficulty

26

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Camera set-up

0.5

1

Modeling

0

0

Animation

0

0

3

6

0

0

Lighting

58

3

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Stall and effects

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Cloud of dust and particles. Compositing Matte bg

9

18

15.5

31

Total Days

Notes This shot will be technically challenging in terms of effects

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Close up

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Dust and particles settle

73

Level of difficulty

27

59

4 Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Feather pops up from behind counter

2

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Cloud of dust and particles settle

6

12

13.5

26

Total Days

Notes This shot will be technically challenging in terms of effects

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

85

Level of difficulty

28

Storyboard

Special

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Feather walks towards fallen balloons

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Cloud of dust and particles settle. Compositing - Matte bg

8

16

17.5

35

Total Days

Notes

60

4

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Close up

Characters

None

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

43

Level of difficulty

29

Storyboard

Effects Sound FX

Background music

Special

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Balloons drift in the wind

2

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

1

2

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

2

4

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

6.5

12

Total Days

Notes

61

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Close up of hands

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

41

Level of difficulty

30

Storyboard

Special

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up

0.5

1

Modeling

0

0

Animation

2

4

2

4

0

0

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

8.5

17

Total Days

Notes

62

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Close up

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

29

Level of difficulty

31

Storyboard

Special

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Feather pops up from behind counter

2

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

8.5

16

Total Days

Notes

63

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

224

Level of difficulty

Camera

Full shot and camera zooms in to medium shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Balloons all around Feather

32

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up, matte painting

1

2

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather looks around happily and laughs

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

7

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg, balloons

4

8

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

13

27

Total Days

Notes

64

4

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

89

Level of difficulty

Camera

Top view of ground with close-up of shoes camera moves upwards

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

33

Storyboard

Effects Sound FX

Background music

Special

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up Modeling

0.5

1

0

0

Animation

Ground moves further away

2

3

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

2

4

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg

3

6

Sound

Background music

0

0

0

0

7.5

14

Other Total Days

Notes

65

1

Shot:

Carried Away Info

Frame count

Camera

Full shot

Characters

Feather

Lighting

Warm Lighting, afternoon

Effects

Cotton candy on quills

Sound FX

Background music

Special

Balloons all around Feather

68

Level of difficulty

34

Storyboard

Time Frame

Target Padded

Scene Setup Blocking pose, camera set-up

2

3

Modeling

0

0

Animation

Feather looks down and nervous smile

4

8

Lighting

Directional lighting to cast all characters and objects

3

7

0

0

Texturing Rendering

Feather, cotton candy, matte bg, balloons

4

7

Sound

Background music

0

0

Other

Compositing - Matte bg

1

2

14

27

Total Days

Notes Matte painting similar to Shot 1

66

3

Production Timeline

67