MilestonesDocument.xlsx

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1		zacharylu.com
2	Week	Goals for Milestone	Dates	Achieved?	Date	Notes
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4	1	Week 1 - Production Planning	4/6 - 4/13
5		Create a blog or website for your film	4/6	yes
6		Post your animatic and any design work to your blog	4/8	Yes
7		Asset list - fill out and link to on your blog	4/8	yes
8		Milestone doc - fill out for the entire quarter and link to on your blog	4/8	Yes
9		Choose an animation software for your film	4/6	yes
10		finish mace prop	4/7	Yes
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12	2	Week 2	4/13 - 4/20
13		rough model claymore prop	4/12	Yes
14		rough model spear prop	4/11	Yes
15		rough model rapier prop	4/11	Yes
16		Rough sculpt captain	4/15	yes
17		rough pistol 1	4/13	Yes
18		rough pistol 2	4/13	yes
19		rough horse + carriage	4/13	yes
20		knight template	4/14	yes
21		refine maleBaseModel	4/20	1/2
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23	3	Week 3	4/20 - 4/27
24		rough sculpt spear knight	4/20	yes
25		hands	4/22	yes
26		retopo	4/22	yes
27		Rig	4/25	yes
28		rough arquebusier	4/26	yes
29		refine maleBaseModel	4/20	yes
30		refine femaleBaseModel	4/21	yes
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32	4	Week 4 - Work on 1st Big Milestone	4/27 - 5/4
33		Standardize generic models/rigs	5/3	1/2
34		rig baseMale01	5/3	1/2
35		material set up	4/29	yes
36		Animation tutorial	5/3	yes
37		prop prep	4/29	yes
38		rough sculpt Oudin	4/29	yes
39		figure out cloth physics	4/29	1/2
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41	5	Week 5 - Review Milestone 1	5/4 - 5/11			Your main character, modeled to match your design, and rigged and ready to animate - placeholder textures
42		Deadline for Student Show is this Friday, 5/8 by 5:00pm				The primary environment model blocked in - no textures or details at this point
43						Do you have a version of your film ready to submit to the show by this Friday, 5/8?
44		reretopologize generic rig	5/5	yes
45		learn about multires modifier	5/9	yes
46		Sculpting demo	5/10	yes
47		Fix cape	5/5	yes
48		Rig pistol and rapier		no
49		Finish generic rig + sculpt	5/5	yes
50		UV unwrap	5/5	yes
51		Bake sculpt	5/5	yes
52		animation test with pistol and rapier		no
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54	6	Week 6	5/11 - 5/18
55		rig pistol	5/17	yes
56		pistol IK aim	5/17	yes
57		rig rapier	5/17	yes
58		rapier IK aim	5/17	yes
59		rig to character		no
60		animation with pistol and rapier		no
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63	7	week 7	5/18 - 5/25
64		rig weapons		no
65		animation pistol and rapier		no
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69	8	Week 8 - One-on-One Meetings, Work on 2nd Big Milestone	5/25 - 6/1			Character placement, camera angles, and timing for your entire short. They should be placed in the blocked-in environment so their position is accurate
70						There should be no animation at this point, your character can be in default or "t-pose"
71						A secondary character, modeled to match your design, and rigged and ready to animate - placeholder textures
72						Any additional environment models blocked in (as needed) - no textures or details at this point
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76	9	Week 9 - Review Milestone 2	6/1 - 6/8
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82	10	Week 10	6/8 - 6/15
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88	11	Week 11 - Work on Final Presentation	6/15 - 6/22
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94	12	Final Presentation	Monday 6/22			Keyframe poses for your main character, but no animation yet, for the entire short
95						Accurate timing, character placement, and the inclusion of secondary characters and props as needed
96						Rough dialogue and sound fx (as needed to rough-in animation)
97						Rough lip sync (as needed)
98						Titles, credits
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