9-Week Schedule

Animation
Week 1: Shots 1-7

Week 2: Shots 8-15

Week 3: Shots 16-21


Surfacing

Week 1: Characters

Week 2: Lefty's environments

Week 3: Boomer's environments


Lighting (with rendering and compositing squeezed in)

Week 1: Shots 1-7

Week 2: Shots 8-15

Week 3: Shots 16-21

Spring Schedule

January

21-25

Modeling

28-31

Revise character rigs

February

4-5

Animate shot 1/15 - Boomer fumbling switches

6-7

Animate shot 4 - Lefty reports arrival, pauses, and the room shakes

8

Animate shot 4b - Boomer praises Lefty’s punctuality and loses balance

11

Animate shot 5   - Boomer regains balance and checks his monitor

Animate shot 5b – Lefty recovers and checks his monitor

12

Animate shot 6 - Boomer stunned by Ava

Animate shot 7 - Boomer regaining composure and urging Tom to advance

13

Animate shot 8 - Boomer idle, disappointed by time limit, suggesting coffee, and confused by Lefty’s logic

14

Animate shot 8b – Lefty Idle, unnerved by time limit, encouraging a confirmation of condition, and shrinking from Boomer’s question

15

Animate shot 11 – Boomer shrugs, demands the question be asked, and argues with Lefty

18

Animate shot 11b – Lefty argues with Boomer

19

Animate shot 16 - Boomer kicks chair and stomps off, turning to dis Lefty

20

Animate shot 16b – Lefty is startled, and then tries to grab Boomer’s attention

21

Animate shot 17 – Boomer storms up the stairs, turning to yell at Lefty

Animate shot 17b – Lefty tries to grab Boomer’s attention

22

Animate shot 18 – Boomer falls down stairs

Animate shot 18b – Lefty yells really loud

24

Animate shot 19 – Boomer recovers and checks monitor

25

Animate shot 19b – Lefty informs Boomer

26-27

Animate shot 21 – Boomer pauses, high-fives Lefty’s monitor and jumps into chair

28

Animate shot 21b – Lefty offers high-five, and expresses satisfaction

March

4-6

Texture Boomer

7-8

Texture Lefty

11-12

Texture Boomer’s walls

13-14

Texture Lefty’s walls

15

Texture Boomers chair

18

Texture Lefty’s camera

19

Texture Boomer’s camera

20

Texture Lefty’s HUD

21

Texture Boomer’s HUD

22

Texture Lefty’s eardrum

25

Texture Boomer’s eardrum

26

Texture Boomer’s instruments

27

Texture Lefty’s monitors

28

Texture Boomer’s paintings

29

Texture Boomer’s clock

April

1-2

Light shot 1/15 - Boomer fumbling switches

3-4

Light shot 4 - Lefty reports arrival, pauses, and the room shakes

5

Light shot 4b - Boomer praises Lefty’s punctuality and loses balance

8

Light shot 5         - Boomer regains balance and checks his monitor

Light shot 5b – Lefty recovers and checks his monitor

9

Light shot 6 - Boomer stunned by Ava

Light shot 7 - Boomer regaining composure and urging Tom to advance

10

Light shot 8 - Boomer idle, disappointed by time limit, suggesting coffee, and confused by Lefty’s logic

11

Light shot 8b – Lefty Idle, unnerved by time limit, encouraging a confirmation of condition, and shrinking from Boomer’s question

12

Light shot 11 – Boomer shrugs, demands the question be asked, and argues with Lefty

15

Light shot 11b – Lefty argues with Boomer

16

Light shot 16 - Boomer kicks chair and stomps off, turning to dis Lefty

17

Light shot 16b – Lefty is startled, and then tries to grab Boomer’s attention

18

Light shot 17 – Boomer storms up the stairs, turning to yell at Lefty

Light shot 17b – Lefty tries to grab Boomer’s attention

19

Light shot 18 – Boomer falls down stairs

Light shot 18b – Lefty yells really loud

20

Light shot 19 – Boomer recovers and checks monitor

22

Light shot 19b – Lefty informs Boomer

23-24

Light shot 21 – Boomer pauses, high-fives Lefty’s monitor and jumps into chair

25

Light shot 21b – Lefty offers high-five, and expresses satisfaction

Until May 3

Rendering and compositing

Rig Charts

 Given that Boomers jaw joint is so much higher than his mouth, I may need to make it stretch up and down to keep it from swinging straight back into his neck when he talks.

While his torso was originally non-demorming, I realized in later storyboard iterations that he MAY need a slight bend for some of the poses. He'll also need two separate jaw joints for spreading his mouth.

Revised Schedule

Budget ~ 200 hours

Matte Paintings - 24 hours
Lefty's Room - 12 hours 
Boomer's Room - 12 hours

Models - 42 hours
Boomer - 12 
Lefty - 12
Boomer's Camera - 4

Lefty's Camera - 4
Boomer's Speakers - 4
Lefty's Speakers - 4
Boomer's Chair - 6

Rigging  - 42 hours
Boomer - 12 
Lefty - 12
Boomer's Camera - 4
Lefty's Camera - 4
Boomer's Speakers - 4
Lefty's Speakers - 4
Boomer's Chair - 6

Animation ~ 92
Shot01
Boomer spins chair - 4

Shot02
Lefty - 4

• Enters - 1
• Checks time - 1
• Reroutes - 2

Shot03
Boomer - 7

• Flips switch - 1
• Demands more time  - 2
• Extracts chart from his chair - 2
• Picks item - 2

Shot04
Lefty alerts Boomer - 1

Shot05
Boomer - 3

• Flips switch - 1
• Asks question - 2

 Lefty approves question - 2

Shot06
Boomer asks another question - 2
Lefty denies question - 2
Boomer asks wtf? - 2

Shot07
Lefty explains logic - 4

Shot08
Boomer baffled - 2
Lefty executes route - 2
Boomer fumbles with switches - 12

Shot09
Lefty Reports arrival - 2 hours
Boomer - 8

• Kicks chair - 4
• Stomps away - 4 hours

Shot10
Lefty requests Boomers attention - 2
Boomer disses Lefty - 4 hours
Lefty Advances on Boomer - 2
Boomer yells at Lefty - 4
Lefty yells at Boomer - 4
Boomer freezes - 2
Lefty informs boomer - 2
Boomer turns - 2
Lefty extends hand - 2
Boomer high fives Lefty's screen - 4
Lefty's camera spins - 2
Boomer hops into chair - 4

Schedule

October
04-07 Model Boomer's room
08-11 Model Lefty's Room
12-15 Model Boomer
16-19 Model Lefty
20-22 Model Boomer's Chair
23-27 Model Lefty's Camera
28-31 Model Boomer's Camera

November
01-03 Model Lefty's Speakers
04-06 Model Boomer's Speakers
07-09 Rig Lefty
10-12 Rig Boomer
13 Rig Boomer's Chair
14 Rig Lefty's Camera
15 Rig Boomer's Camera
16 Setting up shot01 and animating Boomer spinning chair
17 Setting up shot02 and animating  Lefty entering, checking time, and rerouting
18-19 Setting up shot03 and animating Boomer flipping switch, demanding more time and checking chart
20 Set up shot04 and shot05 and animated Lefty alerting boomer, and boomer flipping the switch to ask a question
21 Set up shot06 and animate Boomer asking the question and Lefty denying the question
22 Set up shot07 and animate Boomer's confusion and Lefty explaining
23 Set up shot08 and animate Boomer's bafflement and Lefty executing route
24-30 Set up shot09 and animate boomer fumbling with controls
31 Finish Holloween Costume

December
1 Set up shot10 and animate Lefty reporting arrival and Boomer kicking chair
2 Animate Boomer stomping off
3 Animate Lefty calling Boomer and Boomer dissing Lefty
4 Animate same thing, but with more fervor
5 Animate Lefty yelling and boomer freezing
6 Animate Lefty reporting to Boomer and Boomer turning in surprise
7 Animate Lefty extending hand and Boomer high-fiving the screen
8 Animate Camera Spinning and Boomer hopping into chair
9 Winter break... fine tuning

Animatic

Designs

The Divided Brain

Here's an awesome animation for a speech by renowned Psychiatrist, Iain McGilchris, on the hemispheres.