Individual Contract

I have written an individual contract so that I know what I am supposed to be doing on what week. I will try my best to stick to it but I know that problems may occur that need to be seen to as a matter of urgency.

This is my schedule up until the hand in date:

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

This will keep me on time so that, as a group we will not fall behind.

My roles may change throughout this project so at the omen I am only modelling, rigging and looking after the water but I may have to texture at some stage and I will also need to animate. I think everyone's roles will change though the group and so far, most of us have done small parts of everything. I will write everything that I have done in m blog so that I can see my progress.