Scheduling

I have created our group a gmail account for our film which is catandratfilm@gmail.com. I have done this so we can all share our calendars to this account so we can see what each other is planning to do each week and also so we can keep documents of minutes from each meeting and individual contracts. This is how the calendar is looking so far. This shows when we are planning to do things

We all have access to this account so we can add file as and when we need to. These are all kept in the document area. 

We can see each others contracts so that if we get behind schedule or someone is not pulling their weight we can read their contract and use that to ask them to work professionally. 

This is my own individual contract:

Individual Contract

BA Hons Animation

Date: 17/01/2012

Student name	Olivia Walters
Primary Role	Modeller
Secondary Role	Rigging Artist, Technical effects
Project Title	Cat and Rat
Learning Log Link	http://olysfinalfilm.blogspot.com/ http://olysprofessionalskills.blogspot.com/

I promise to attend all pre arranged group meetings and workshops to get feedback from my team and tutors.

I promise to immediately respond to all requests from my team regarding updates and changes to the schedule.

 If for any reason I am unable to continue my work or have personal issues, which delays my work I will inform my tutor and the team producer.

All the above will be documented in the journal/blog

Action Plan (Project1)

Week	Dates	Planned progress
1	02/01/12	Rat modelling is already completed, rig the rat, bind skin and paint weights. Continue to model the cat.
2	09/01/12	Continue with rigging the rat, paint weights and adjust component editor. Continue modelling the cat.
3	16/01/12	Give finished rat rig to Lily, Give finished cat model to James to rig. Start modelling emperor.
4	23/01/12	Continue to model the emperor. Decide on the best method for toon shading – render layers or ramp shaders.
5	30/01/12	Rig the emperor
6	06/02/12	Paint weights, adjust component editor and give to Lily to add nCloth
7	13/02/12	Adjust rigs if problems arise. Help texture the animals – block colours or toon shading. Decide as a group who is animating and working on each shot. Add water to the environment and adjust the settings to make it look like a realistic river.
8	20/02/12	Animate water and test render to get the desired effect.
9	27/02/12	FORMATIVE
10	05/03/12	Set up cameras and reference to animatic. Time out the scenes to work with animation.
11	Holiday	Animate any scenes that I am assigned to. First block out the animation and clean up once action is timed correctly. Check scenes with water and make sure the wakes work with the animal animation.
12	09/04/12	Help clean up animation and use play blasts to test them.
13	16/04/12	Set up render layers or adjust render settings so they are ready to send to the render farm or render on our own computers. Check file names are labelled clearly and file types are all correct.
14	23/04/12	Help render or send to render farm. Make final adjustments to scenes if issues occur and set them up for re-rendering.
15	30/04/12	Test the renders to make sure the rendering was completed correctly. Re-render any more scenes that need adjusting.
16	07/05/12	Composite the renders so we are left with clips of each camera angle and scene.
17	14/05/12	Help edit these and add in any sound that has been made. Add sound effects and adjust timings of each clip using the animatic for reference.
18	21/05/12	Make any final adjustments and render out final clip. Make sure it meets broadcast requirements for degree show.
19	May 25th	Hand in

Tutor’s feedback/amendments

Student Signature Olivia Walters

Date 17/01/2012

My own method of keeping me on target and on time is to write my own to do lists. I will keep to the calendar dates and as much as possible, keep to my individual contract but for personal scheduling, I know my most effective way of keeping on track are my to-do lists. I like to write notes about anything I learn or have to do so this is why this method suits me very well. Here is an example of my to-do lists:

I have a strong feeling that we may run into several problems during this project because we have already run into so many but I will try to keep on time as much as possible.