The Lonely Ghost
03-60-450: Multimedia System Development & 03-60-550: 3D Animation and Data Visualization
Team Members:
- Qinglan Lu
- Foram Patel
- Shawn Ohn
- Jacob McLean
Project Description:
Our project is titled “The Lonely Ghost” and features a blue ghost who is lonely in an abandoned city setting. The ghost longs for a companion, and daydreams about finding a partner (pink/female ghost). When he decides to go out looking for one, he is nervous and unsure what to expect. After spotting a fellow ghost, he is excited and approaches, hoping it to be a potential companion. The ghost he has seen is scary and unfriendly, and the ghost runs away scared and dejected. After leaving the scene, he looks around to find the companion he was searching for. They both reveal they were looking for a companion, and walk off together happily into the sunset.
The Storyboard
Distribution/Task Assignment
- Storyboard :
- Jacob with input from the rest of team members
- Creation of Models :
- Qinglan(props)
- Foram(props)
- Shawn (city/overall setting)
- Jacob (3 ghosts)
- Application of material, textures, rigging :
- Qinglan(Texture of props + 1 house)
- Foram(Texture of props + 1 house)
- Shawn(Texture of city scene/setting)
- Jacob (Texture of 3 Ghosts + 1 house)
- Animation :
- Jacob (Introductory scenes)
- Foram(begin-middle)
- Shawn(middle-end)
- Qinglan(ending)
- Lighting :
- Light our individual scenes
- Scripting/Rigging :
- Jacob (Ghost Bouncing)
- Foram & Shawn (Traffic lights changing colors)
- Rendering individual frames :
- each team member will do some frames of different scenes depending on which they are animating
- Putting together final animation + sound effects :
- Website Maintenance :
- setup and updated by Foram, will be updated bi-weekly
- Write-ups for presentation, animatic and documentation :
Milestones
- Storyboard And Concept : finalized early-Feb 3
- Creation of Models : mid-Feb 20
- Application of material, textures, rigging : late Feb 28
- Lighting: Mid-March
- Animation: late March
- Rendering individual frames : early of April
- Putting together final animation + sound effects : early April
- Website Maintenance : to be maintained throughout the process, updated bi-weekly
Calculation Time for Scene : calculation_time.pdf
Animation Path Outline : Animation_Path_outline.png
Estimated time required for rendering
- Total number of frames : 5352
- Approximate number of machines used for remdering : 10
- Estimated time to render single frame : 7 minutes
- Estimated time for rendering : 2.6 days
Sample Models
Sample of Rendered Frames
Outside Resources
- Music :
- By local band 'Meandergreen'. Got permission from them since they are friends of Jacob.
- Texture Files (Foram) :
- Texture Files (Shawn) :
- Texture Files (Qinglan) :
Date Created: Mon April 12 2018 01:19:05
