East Meets West in Descent to the Underworld May 31, 2005 Group Presentation COM 597 Kathy Gill
Project Background Descent to the Underworld © is a multi-national, student collaborative game-film project created by Druid Media, Inc. for development across the Internet2 (Abilene) network. Student teams from University of Washington, Seattle and Tshingua University, interpreted a narrative, developed a work plan, and delivered twenty film clips in a period of eleven weeks.
Presentation Overview Pre-production Production Post-production Final production
Pre-Production Audience analysis Content plan Collaborative tools Defined roles 6-Week plan Descent to the Underworld launched May 24, 2005
Audience Analysis Academics Casual-users
Content Plan Premise Historical context Script Look and feel
Collaborative Tools Web conference
Division of Labor Plan AUWTUShared Project management Storyboard Illustration Editing Animation
6 - Week Plan Week 1 Storyboard and gesture drawing Week 2 Backgrounds Week 3 Character detail Week 4 Integrate backgrounds and characters Week 5 Animation Week 6 Deliver clips to Druid and revisions
Production Interpreting narrative Photoshop illustration Animation
Interpreting Narrative Storyboards Gesture drawing
Storyboards Create enough for team to start Keep area small Outline gesture (action) Sketch in pencil Number ‘shots’ for reference in editing Create pdfs and FTP for shared use Not a work of art
Photoshop Illustration Rough in backgrounds UW TU
Photoshop Illustration UW Rough in character detail
Unexpected Challenges Plan BUWTUShared Project management Storyboard 3 clips IllustrationPurple smoke Editing Animation
The Process Storyboard and Photoshop Efforts to simplify
The Process Storyboard and Photoshop Alternative endings
Animation Flash (virtual camera) 4 sec 1 sec 2 sec 10 sec clip
Animation Flash (virtual camera)
Animation Challenges Revisions needed Pixelated close ups Frames need resizing Need high-res images for print Saved to eps Told us in the beginning All files saved in tact to psd! Should have…..
Conclusion Define Plan Be flexible Save everything UW team web site Play Game-Film