What a ride!

Thanks for a great year everyone, we made an awesome team and created a really great film. We will be recounting the stories for years to come. It has been an honor to work with all of you.

Animation finished list for renderingfuntime

All text in green indicates that the animation is ready for rendering. Go nuts.

Shot 19 – straightens up, watches fish fly about - Cory(fisherman)/Lana(fish)

Shot 2 – rows across screen - Ashley

Shot 27 – fisherman rows away – Ashley

Shot 1 – rows into town – Ashley

Shot 3 – rows in, throws net – Shirley

Shot 16 – fish jumps around the water - Shirley

Shot 18 – fish continues jumping and over bridge – Shirley

Shot 14 – fish flies around tree - Shirley

Shot 6 – sorts through fish, picks up dirty fish – Shirley/Tony

Shot 7 – straightens up, looks at fish – Cory

Shot 8 – sighs, holding fish, bends to put in water – Tony

Shot 23 – looking at golden fish – Shirley

Shot 13 – looks shocked to see fish flying, straightens up – Shirley

Shot 5 – pulls net out (legs) – Shirley

Shot 9 – places fish in water - Cory

Shot 26 – fish is placed into basket – Tony

Shot 17 – continues to look shocked – Tony

Shot 21/22 – captures fish in hand – Cory

Shot 24 – holding fish as color drains, following water droplet down arm and into water – Shirley

Shot 11 – stands as fish swims farther away – Cory

Shot 12 – stands as fish jumps on top of water – Shirley

Shot 10 – stands as fish swims away – Shirley

Shot 15 – tree in its full glory – Shirley/Cory

Shot 20 – fish flies across screen, bottom right to top left – Lana?

Shot 25 – stands as color drains away – Cory

Shot 4 – net sinks into water, fish’s silhouette is seen – Lana

Reference: Way of the Mantis

Playblast 01/26/10

Please click me.

Fisherman Texpass

Animation – order of completion

Last Update of instruction: 02/07/10. Italics indicate new information. Shot and their animators are up to date.

This is the order in which we will do the animation. As suggested, if you choose the scene, do all the animation within it. This includes any objects other than the fish and the fisherman. Please add your name next to the scene if you are claiming it and save your files to the network folder. Follow the naming convention and keep a copy of the file in your own files as well. It is assumed that the file with the most current date and the highest iteration number is the working file. All others should be archived into the “Older” folder within each shot folder.

Ashley is adding controllers to the fisherman rig, so please be sure to import the latest rigged model into the file. She updated it a few more times on Thursday, 1/21/10. Import the one that ends with “…Ashleynew”. We are now referencing in the city and the fisherman — use bridgemod and …AshleyNew3 as the files to reference. The fish you can continue to import.

Once you choose a scene, either attach your name on it here or, if you can’t access this post, email Shirley and she will add your name to it. Once you have the animation done, create a playblast and put it in the shot folder. Email shirley to let her know it is available.

Thanks!

Shot 19 – straightens up, watches fish fly about - Cory(fisherman)/Lana(fish)

Shot 2 – rows in - Shirley

Shot 27 – fisherman rows away – Ashley

Shot 3 – rows in, throws net – Shirley

Shot 16 – fish jumps around the water - Shirley

Shot 18 – fish continues jumping and over bridge – Shirley

Shot 14 – fish flies around tree - Shirley

Shot 1 – fisherman rowing, in distance (he is not in the playblast, but he should be in this scene) – Tony?

Shot 6 – sorts through fish, picks up dirty fish – Shirley/Tony

Shot 7 – straightens up, looks at fish – Cory

Shot 8 – sighs, holding fish, bends to put in water – Tony

Shot 23 – looking at golden fish – Shirley

Shot 13 – looks shocked to see fish flying, straightens up – Shirley

Shot 5 – pulls net out (legs) – Shirley

Shot 9 – places fish in water - Cory

Shot 26 – fish is thrown in basket – Tony

Shot 17 – continues to look shocked – Tony

Shot 16 – stands as fish flies left and right – Shirley

Shot 21/22 – captures fish in hand – Cory

Shot 24 – holding fish as color drains, following water droplet down arm and into water – Shirley

Shot 11 – stands as fish swims farther away – Shirley

Shot 12 – stands as fish jumps on top of water – Shirley

Shot 10 – stands as fish swims away – Shirley

Shot 15 – tree in its full glory – Shirley/Cory

Shot 20 – fish flies across screen, bottom right to top left – Lana?

Shot 25 – stands as color drains away – Cory

Shot 4 – net sinks into water, fish’s silhouette is seen – Lana

Ha.

Fish WIP2

The fish’s geometry has been tweaked, re-uved and rigged with blend shapes for:

- Happy, Sad, Left eye closed, right eye closed, Aah sound, Ooh sound.

Right now, there is a video located in /DPA/projects/_2009_Fish/maya files/Fish.zip that demonstrates the fish’s animation.

It’s also on my public_html folder here: http://fx.clemson.edu/~scooney/FishTest.avi

Animation – order of shots for completion

PLEASE REFER TO NEWER LIST. THIS LIST IS NO LONGER VALID.

Here is the order of our shots to be animated, in order of importance:

FISHERMAN (includes the boat)

Shot 19 – straightens up, watches fish fly about – Cory

Shot 2 – rows in – Shirley

Shot 27 – fisherman rows away – Ashley

Shot 3 – rows in, throws net

Shot 6 – sorts through fish, picks up dirty fish

Shot 7 – straightens up, looks at fish

Shot 8 – sighs, holding fish, bends to put in water

Shot 23 – looking at golden fish

Shot 13 – looks shocked to see fish flying, straightens up

Shot 5 – pulls net out (legs)

Shot 9 – places fish in water

Shot 17 – continues to look shocked

Shot 16 – stands as fish flies left and right

Shot 22 – captures fish in hand

Shot 24 – holding fish as color drains, following water droplet down arm and into water

Shot 11 – stands as fish swims farther away

Shot 12 – stands as fish jumps on top of water

Shot 10 – stands as fish swims away

Shot 25 – stands as color drains away

FISH

Shot 19 – fish flies around – Shirley

Shot 16 – fish jumps around

Shot 18 – fish jumps over bridge

Shot 14 – fish flies around tree

Shot 12 – fish jumps on top of water

Shot 9 – fish is placed in water and then swims away

Shot 11 – fish swims farther away from boat and jumps out of frame

Shot 10 – fish swims away from boat

Shot 7 – dirty fish wiggles around in fisherman’s hands

Shot 23 – fish struggles in hands then goes limp

Shot 6 – dirty fish gets picked up

Shot 26 – fish gets thrown into basket, animate the basket too

Shot 4 – fish silhouette appears under net

Shot 5 – fish & debris get pulled into boat

Shot 22 – fish gets re-captured by hand

Shot 8 – fish sits in hands while he sighs

Shot 20 – abstract fish flying shot (flies bottom left to top right)

Shot 21 – abstract fish flying shot (flies bottom right to top left)

Shot 24 – fish is limp in hand as color drains out

Others

The boat – whoever is animating the fisherman in that scene should also animate the boat

Shot 3 – the net being thrown

Shot 4 – the net being thrown into the water

Shot 5 – the net being pulled into the boat; the debris

Shot 6 – the debris picked out and thrown

Video references for animation

Fish

• 3d fish model swimming
• Koi fish swimming calmly
• Koi fish swimming
• Koi hanging out in water
• Koi swimming rapidly, being fed
• Different kinds swimming, filmed from below them
• eBaum video-flying fish
• Atlantic spotted dolphins eating flying fish
• Record flight for flying fish
• Slow motion dolphin jump
• Spinner dolphin jumping in slow motion
• Slow motion Shamu-jump
• Finding Nemo

Fisherman

• River Raft Ride in China
• Bamboo Rafting on the Li River
• Yangshuo bamboo rafting
• Bamboo rafting @ Nine-twists
• Bamboo rafting video 1