MUST COMPLETED BY END OF CAPSTONE 1:

1. Final story/script
2. characters designed* (with turnaround for hand drawn/rigged for 3D/built for stop motion)
3. board and animatic
4. layouts
5. dialog track recorded and edited
6. all props and BGs listed and designed
7. at least one scene shot
* if you are doing abstract or experimental animation with no characters, your film design will suffice.

MUST COMPLETED BY END OF CAPSTONE 2:

1. 50% of animation must be roughed or staged
2. Props and backgrounds completed

MUST COMPLETED BY END OF CAPSTONE 3:

1. All final animation
2. final sound
3. final render/edit
Highly recommended: keep your project at a manageable length. Quality will be measured as achieved goals, not wishes.

Over-ambitious and under-ambitious goals will be rejected. Projected and reached goals will be evaluated case by case, whether working in groups or solo.

IF YOU ARE WORKING SOLO, BE ADVISED:

(1-2 minutes may be ambitious for an ornately illustrated and/or exquisitely animated work. 6-7 minutes of this may be over-ambitious. Whereas 6-7 min of minimal or process-driven animation may be under-ambitious. Time-goal measurement is case by case. Quality is always set over quantity and/or mediocrity.

ACHIEVE AGREED GOALS OF CAPSTONE PROJECT, or

5% of work missing, highest grade possible is B
10% of work missing, highest grade possible is C
15% of work missing, highest grade possible is D
20% or more work missing, highest grade possible is F