1. East Meets West in Descent to the Underworld May 31, 2005 Group Presentation COM 597 Kathy Gill

2. 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.

3. Presentation Overview  Pre-production  Production  Post-production  Final production

4. Pre-Production  Audience analysis  Content plan  Collaborative tools  Defined roles  6-Week plan Descent to the Underworld launched May 24, 2005

5. Audience Analysis Academics Casual-users

6. Content Plan  Premise  Historical context  Script  Look and feel

7. Collaborative Tools  Web conference http://courses.washington.edu/descent/publicity/1march2005.Seattle5min.mov

8. Division of Labor Plan AUWTUShared Project management  Storyboard  Illustration  Editing  Animation 

9. 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

10. Production  Interpreting narrative  Photoshop illustration  Animation

11. Interpreting Narrative  Storyboards  Gesture drawing http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.3/3.3clips/vilippu_1.mov http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.3/3.3clips/villippu_2.mov

12. 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

13. Photoshop Illustration Rough in backgrounds UW TU

14. Photoshop Illustration UW Rough in character detail

15. Unexpected Challenges Plan BUWTUShared Project management  Storyboard  3 clips IllustrationPurple smoke  Editing  Animation 

16. The Process  Storyboard and Photoshop Efforts to simplify

17. The Process  Storyboard and Photoshop Alternative endings

18. Animation  Flash (virtual camera) 4 sec 1 sec 2 sec 10 sec clip

19. Animation  Flash (virtual camera)

20. 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…..

21. Conclusion  Define  Plan  Be flexible  Save everything UW team web site http://courses.washington.edu/descent/ Play Game-Film http://www.gamefilm.tv/Register.php