WEEK 1
Professor Intro
Outline and Capstone Philosophy
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1st TIMERS, Preproduction Report Structure: 
week 2
Upload content here for: ProgressReport#1
Give your first Progress Report.
What to present:
2 rough storyboard ideas and 2 concept sketches, 10 resource images, and statement of intention. As a group, refine direction of each Capstone.
Use both sides of an 18"x24" Foam Board, 3x5 index cards, 20 each side. Bring to class and review, also snap a pic and upload content here:
week 3
ProgressReport2 (10% finished pre-production)
Give your Second Progress Report.
What to present:
Digitized version of your chosen storyboard*. 2 new concept sketches for chosen direction, upload more resource images, refine statement of intention if changes occured. Critique will finalize the direction of ideas and future work.
*Modify or redraw your card storyboard into digitally presentable images. Use any storyboard software or format that you wish.
week 4
studio work day
week 5
ProgressReport3 (20% finished preproduction and animatic)
Give your Third Progress Report
What to present:
An Animatic. Arrange all images into an animatic. Critique will given to improve, work on, edit, guide and construct work and changes, and create new work goals for each student. Begin using shotlist to name storyboard scenes. Upload any new development files: puppets, characters, rigs, backgrounds, and resources images.
week 6
studio work day
week 7
Upload PP or PDF content here for ProgressReport4 (30% finished preproduction and animatic)
Give your Fourth Progress Report
What to present:
Animatic showing refined and new work cut into it. Scratch audio must be present, and if dialog, scratch voice acting must be present. Any new construction on models, assets, rigs, done in other software, cut into the reel. Begin using shotlist to name storyboard scenes. Upload any new resource images.
week 8
studio work day
week 9
ProgressReport5 (45% finished preproduction and animatic)
MIDTERM PROGRESS grades delivered
(accumulation from reports 1-4)
week 10
studio work day
Give your Fifth Progress Report
What to present:
Animatic showing refined and new work cut into it. Any new voice acting recorded and inserted. Any new construction on models, assets, rigs, done in other software, cut into the reel. Begin using shotlist to name storyboard scenes. Upload any new resource images.
week 11
ProgressReport6 (50% finished preproduction and animatic)
Give your Sixth Progress Report
What to present:
Animatic showing refined and new work cut into it. Any new voice acting recorded and inserted.Any new construction on models, assets, rigs, done in other software, cut into the reel. Begin using shotlist to name storyboard scenes. Upload any new resource images.
week 12
studio work day
week 13
ProgressReport7 (70% finished preproduction and animatic)
Give your Seventh Progress Report
What to present:
Animatic showing refined and new work cut into it. Most sractch audio should be replaced. New voice acting recorded and inserted. Any new construction on models, assets, rigs, done in other software, cut into the reel. Begin using shotlist to name storyboard scenes. Upload any new resource images.
week 14
studio work day
week 15
studio work day
FINAL PRESENTATION
Final Animatic due (100% finished preproduction and animatic)
Give your Final Progress Report
What to present:
Show your Final Preprodution Animatic. Video should have sound fully recorded audio finalized. (all scratch audio replaced). Any new construction on models, assets, rigs, done in other software, cut into the reel.
May 17th, time: TBA