Line Character

Style Tests

Hey All, I did a few tests for line style. Let me know what ya'll think. (:

Storyboarding

Hey!
I have been trying to get ahold of Meagan for our storyboarding stuff. Does anyone have her cell?

Running a bit behind schedule on my end, some stuff came up that needed to be addressed.

-Pattie

Back from Break Plans

Hey All (:

Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving breaks!

I was wondering what the plan was to turn into BFA this friday. I think we had talked about showing Adobe an animatic. If we wanted Vis Dev to draw over new boards, it'd be nice to have those asap. That way we don't have to wait until late Thursday night to put together the animatic.

From the Meeting!

So hopefully storyboards are finished, and Vis Dev has their hot little hands on them. We talked briefly of individuals taking charge of backgrounds and then one person doing the kid draw overs and teachers, so that they are the same style throughout.

I think it would be great if we could make it into an animatic as well!

Keep us posted on progress and whatnot!

We so got it this week!  Lets stay on top of this and really WOW the teachers and adobe with our progress

New Piece..

Hey Y'all. Got some bad news & good news.. Bad news: progress on my previous pieces have been lost... not sure what happened, but my PS crashed and corrupted the files. Good News: I made another quick piece inspired on Megan's boards... I've threw it up on the server, but feel free to take it off if you feel it not suitable for the presentation. Thanks, and sorry for the lost work!

Story moments

Some quick story moment ideas (WIPs) thinking of adding some interfaces in a bit. 

Dinosaurs & Knit Caps

An Update:

I thought the knit cap might make him seem less futuristic, but I'm liking it a lot. Thanks Matt!

I'm still exploring some colors/styles. Let me know what ya'll think. (:

More Environments (Update)

Hey there, just looking for any feedback or suggestions that would help sell the idea of the interactive holographic classroom. I'm still working on a version for dinosaurs and space, which I'll hopefully have up before midnight if you care to look.

...Now with Dinos!

(...The deep sea version is sorta kooky when you get the large size; no idea why that's happening. The thumbnail should be the correct values.)

New Char. Design

I tried to give him a more space-future feel while considering the 2D aspect. He can definitely still be improved upon or simplified. If anyone has some time for a quick crit before tomorrow, that'd be great.

Rough Board Pass

Rough TV style passes on the way the story is headed based on where we discussed on Tuesday. The staging is a little off on some them, but it's still a visual beat pass context wise.

I'll pitch these in person tomorrow, but  just to give you guys an idea of what's going on now.

- He's at school, kids are whispering behind him making him uncomfortable and isolated.
- Teacher walks in and swipes the board starting up the hologram interface and pulls her lesson plan out as a ball of light. The light acts like seeds planting themselves into a kelp forest popping up one by one.
- The kelp isolates him from the other kids, causing him to get up and his desk to disappear.
- He notices fish and a mantaray swim around while the teacher and the other children are behind him also looking up and discussing the fish around them.
- Transition through the kelp to an older tree in the foreground and the boy and one of his classmates in a grassy field.
- They're looking around a bit confused when they feel a tremor, and a giant dinosaur foot passes across screen, followed by another foot.
- From their perspective the teacher is talking about the giant beast, showing the size comparison to them and the huge creature.
- Cuts to them being excited and used as a transition in space from grassy background fading into a starry one (keeping position)
-Smiling with excitement, they put on holograph protective eye gear, to see the sun in the middle as it goes super nova in the center of the children.
- Hologram actually effects their hair as a representation of force actually causes a wind effect on him, and he's having the time of his life.
- Bell rings and the holograms start disappearing.
- He leaves school while walking toward camera... possible walking and camera hold which would go through the car he gets into, and he sits down.
 - Mom asks him once he's buckled in how his day was.
- He looks back out the window and smiles lightly.
- He responds after we fade to black. 

I'll be working on cleaning these up tomorrow and adding more film style transitions so there won't be arrows and stuff.

Pacific coast undersea reference

Kelp cam! great for reference in motion! local fish in monterey
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_kelp/kelp_cam.aspx

open sea cold water cam
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_opensea/open_sea_cam.aspx

fish list with pictures
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalList.aspx?a=Fishes

plant list with pictures
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalList.aspx?a=Plants+%26+Algae

octopus and kin list with pictures
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalList.aspx?a=Octopus+%26+Kin

Outer Space Supernova Room (Updated)

For those who couldn't make it to the meeting tonight, this is kind of how I imagined a hologram supernova going off in the classroom.

Microsoft Vision of the Classroom of the Future

I just found this video and thought it was pretty cool. Specifically, I liked the interactivity between the people and the technology along with the conveyance of educational value without using any dialogue.

Proposed Pitch Intro

Hi All, I've typed up a rough pitch outline for the presenter. Please feel free to correct my grammar/sentence structure or make changes to the pitch.

Pattie, if you would be comfortable pitching the intro before Meagan's boards that would be great. You have a strong voice that is beautiful for pitching.

Intro:

Hello my name is …(presenters) and we represent Group 2.

Our story is about a young boy who is, at first, reluctant and apprehensive to learn at a new school, but is soon inspired in a collaborative, futuristic learning environment.  Our group explored the idea of integrating holograms as tactile problem solving to organize inspiring lessons based on 2nd grade math, spelling, and science. 

We have some new storyboards based on some changes you suggested last week. We have introduced a teacher who utilizes these holograms to direct her lesson plans and inspire students. The holographic lesson plans are meant to not only support the teacher, but also inspire a collaborative work environment between the students. 

We have some updated story boards to show, as well as some vis dev for the teacher, main character, supporting 2nd grade characters, and updated classroom designs.  

Examples/ Inspiration

Teacher Designs

These are some initial sketches I came up with, exploring different appearances.

mainly inspired by Julie Andrew's character, Maria, in Sound of Music and Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus series

These are the final looks I liked for the teacher. Any feedback would be great :)

Hologram Tests

I'm not quite sure what kind of hologram style we are going for, but I think the best bet is to stay away from the gimmicky blue glowing holographic look and try to go for a more real looking projection. So that means more life-like colors with a slight incandescent glow with a toned down opacity.

Thursday Pitch Session?

Hey Guys,

Denise was asking if we were free for a pitch on Thursday with the other groups. I can be available all of Thursday, but I was wondering if anyone else is free/would like to join.

I also mentioned we were meeting up on Wednesday night and extended the invitation to the other groups.

2nd grade curriculum

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/glc2ndgradecurriculum.pdf

Examples/ Inspiration

I remember seeing this some time before. It's similar to what we're doing; every surface is basically another computer. I think what we need is just to push the "holographic room" aspect where things can move freely in the projected space. Pretty much like the holodeck from Star Trek, but with popups that can expand information depending on what you focus on or even transition to other subjects.

Some Notes from Friday

Group 4... (or I guess Group 2?)  Notes


•  Stay away from copyrighted material & monuments for legal purposes. Try to incorporate general environments/subjects similar to the jungle/forest

•  Consider showing cross dissolves between different subjects, or pan to different classrooms to show various subjects.

•  Concentrate on a grade level (K-3)

•  Try go use the technology to make the classroom more interactive & collaborative. The adobe team suggested exploring the idea of the students acting as an army, or acting in a play.

• Suggested theme: Partnering a great teacher with great technology to inspire students. Show the benefit of a inspiring, fantastic teacher. (The different a great teacher can make in a student's life.)


*Faculty Note: Make it clear what you want to say in the end.

For Reference: National History Museum example & the technologies that already exist. How can we expand them in an imaginative way?

Matt - Holographic Classroom

What I have so far; trying to work on other subjects like math (and maybe English).
Math is a bit hard to portray, clearest solution would be to go towards geometry.

WIP

wip of the classroom: considering the comment of making it look more of a classroom, but still having a "sterile feel"... thinking of adding more classroom "junk" like cubbies, bookcase, shelves? etc. (maybe a door too. ha!) anyhow, I'll explain more at our meet :)

Some of the reference/inspiration I was looking at...

VICTORY IS US!

They LOVED it and the direction that we were headed.

The only changes they wanted to see was more subjects being handled aside from science (as to be expected as we were primarily focusing on science with our original take on the story and character arc.) They wanted to also make sure that it didn't feel like a planetarium, slightly dial down from the sciences a bit, but also make the environments believable.

They liked the look at first and the contrast of the room looking barren and like a "penitentiary" to then transform the space into a welcoming and engaging environment. I would say just try to make it feel more like a classroom slightly, but keep that sterile feel.

So, in short, more exploration on more subjects, possibly try to go toward more international topics in terms of historical figures for history (like Julies Cesar, Cleopatra, Einstein, Da Vinci, etc.)

Story wise, they just wanted it to be succinct and clear, but I think it'll be more apparent by Friday on what our approach story wise is. But they did like the contrasting interaction with the parent character and their child.

They also said to check out this short story: The Veldt which Bunny says has some really good holograph tech in it.

But yes! We are headed in the right direction. Just keep moving forward toward Friday, we can rock it!

more ideas and reference

Wu's and Ashley's reference reminded me of this scene in Star Wars in Episode II :)

Here's some WIP ideas I'm working on and thinking about how far to push the holographic. I'll explain a little more at the meeting :)

K. Here's another rough Iso.. this one is more for the college setting, where students are able to sit in these rotating rows, and images would project from that center hub. (how futuristic are we thinking about, anyways?)