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 sitePlay Game-Film