1.Introduction
This week we updated our ideas on the project Padlet and discussed the ideas with our Supervisor. We finalized the group members and submitted the information to the project supervisor.
2. Idea Work
We had our first project meeting of all the group members this week. The agenda of this meeting was to come up with a title, plan a timeline, define the roles and responsibilities and divide the tasks among the group members.
Roles and Responsibilities
Dividing roles and responsibilities was a little tricky. Three of us were from animation course so everyone was interested in doing animation. But the project requirements were broad. We needed someone to do the modelling, UI, Concept Art and Art Direction and Project Management. The situation was critical but we divided the roles by keeping the need of the hour in mind.
As I already designed the idea and narrative, I took the responsibility of Art Direction, UI design and Concept Art. My role included problem solving, idea generation and to keep all the team members to align on the same page.
Donatella took the responsibility of Project Management and 3D Animations. She is good with deadlines and organizing so she was the ideal candidate in the group to be the project manager.
Caroline James is responsible for 3d Modelling.
Neeti got the responsibility to be the VR Environment Artist. She is responsible for setting up the scene with me. Implementing all the animations, terrain and lighting.
Ria got the responsibility for adding all the UI elements in VR.
Sharing Concept Art and Sketches
I shared the concept sketches of the idea with my team. We went through polishing the narrative and decided to take these sketches to the concept art stage.
Discussion Outcomes
My team-mates and I shared the idea project presentation with the supervisor. We also discussed the timeline and the framework of the idea. We discussed my vision for character loop-able animations. We also talked about the sfx and background music for the whole experience. As our project is about giving an immersive experience of the environments, the music should be soothing and surreal.
In the end, Donatella divided tasks for everyone that they were supposed to do in the next week.