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1.1 PURPOSE

(he p+rpose is to learn and make a short film ,ith filmed material and 1; elements composited into it, o+r gro+p consists of people interested in animation, modeling and teDt+ring and compositing&

1.2

BACKGROUND

(his project started ,ith a simple idea abo+t making a cartoone. looking animated mo0ie abo+t an astrona+t, that idea transformed a bit and ,e decided to make a short film ,ith 1; material merged into filmed footage& :n the filmed material a little girl is reading her fa0orite pop%+p book, the stor. ,ill grad+all. come to life and t+rn more and more into realit.& :n the stor. a man li0es in a small ho+se, heEs lonel. despite of the compan. of his monke., so he b+ilds 0ehicles in order to tra0el to meet others& 's he tries his creations he gets more and more gets a,are of the ,orld o+tside his little stor. and tries to get o+t there, ,ith miDed res+lts& 3o ,e are going to film the scene ,here the girl comes into the room and sits do,n to read the book, for this ,e ,ill ha0e a child actor and it ,ill gi0e +s the opport+nit. to tr. some camera tracking and p+tting 1; material into film in a seamless ,a.& 8+r hopes is that it ,ill be more interesting ,ith a film like this then j+st a comp+ter animated stor.&

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PROJECT GOALS

(o prod+ce a short film ,ith nice feeling, impressi0e looking graphics and a good stor. that hopef+ll. lea0es the 0ie,er ,ith the feeling of ,anting to see it one more time& B+ring the prod+ction ,e ,ill make animated 1; en0ironments, characters and 0ehicles& (he. ,ill then be merged into the filmed material in post and corrected so that it blends nicel.& (he progress ,ill be doc+mented in RocketManF(imeplan&Dls and RocketManFPropslist&Dls&

2.2

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

:ncrease kno,ledge in modelling, teDt+ring, animation, rigging, camera tracking and compositing& 'lso to get the eDperience from planning, researching, coordinating, prod+cing and eDec+ting a short film project like this& (his as a big learning process for the f+t+re&

2.3

STRATEGY

Lots of reference material collecting and research leading to better +nderstanding of ,hich tools and methods to +se, trial and error and gro+p meetings to ens+re that e0er.one gets to gi0e their opinion so that all are happ. ,ith their ,ork and the final res+lt&

2.4

REQUIREMENTS

' small b+dget for rental of camera eG+ipment and recording of the filmed material, mentorship for tips and their eDperience& 8+r ,ork stations at camp+s and a recording st+dio&

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2.5 ASSUMPTIONS
7G+ipment neededH 8+r ,ork stations at school, recording st+dio ,ith lights and a simple set, m+sic st+dio, camera& 3of,areH 'lias Ma.a, 'dobe Photoshop 13, 7.eon 4+sion, M3 Iord, M3 7Dcel, M3 Po,erpoint, 'dobe Premiere&

2.6

INCLUDED/ EXCLUDED
2.4.1 INCLUDED

Modeling, teDt+ring, lighting, animation, camera tracking, compositing, editing, m+sic and so+nds&

2.4.2 <B 4ootage, -oice acting

EXCLUDED

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EEDBACK ROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS

;ro+p ,ork can be diffic+lt to organiJe, it is therefore important that e0er.bod. kno,s ,hatKs going on and ,hoKs responsible for the different parts and to get it done& 6eca+se of this ,e ,ill ha0e a lot of meetings in the beginning of the project so that e0er.one feels oka. ,ith ,hatKs going on, and probabl. decide some sort of gro+p positions or titles this in order to ha0e a good and d.namic gro+p& (he design phase is important, it is also important that e0er.one comes ,ith reference material of the thing that is to be prod+ced, so that no one spends a lot of time on doing things that the other ones dislikes or things that donKt fit into the other design of the project& :t also makes the prod+ction phase easier beca+se .o+ kno, ,hat .o+Kre going to do, and this ,ill gi0e +s a the RocketManFPropslist&Dls ,eKre e0er.one can see ,hatKs to be done& 'nd the stat+s of the prod+ction, props, animations etc& can be tracked in the RocketManF(imeplan&Dls, .o+ ,ill this on the blog as RocketManF(imeplan&Dls& Ie ha0e a Prod+ction Progress Report on the blog, this posted at milestone ! deli0er. as RocketManFPPRFM3!&doc& ;ood doc+mentation can be helpf+l, therefore ,e ,ill be serio+s abo+t this&

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MILESTONE PLAN

(he milestone dates ass+me that project can be started no later than 0 211, in order to finish the 1 st deli0er.& (he follo,ing Milestones (M3) are definedL
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4.2

PROJECTS P@ASES

(he table belo, describes the acti0ities, entr. criteria and eDpected doc+mented o+tp+t from each project phase&
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TIME SC@EDULE

3ee RocketManF(imePlan&Dls

4.4

RESOURCE PLAN

(he gro+p members ,ork effort and help from o+r mentors and other contacts, s+ch as somebod. to make some m+sic and so+nd effects&

4.5

PROJECT BUDGET

<opef+ll. a small b+dget from 4ilm : -/sterbotten and ma.be an )arbetsstipendi+m* or scholarship from A+lt+rn/mnden in 3kellefteM, if needed ,e might pa. some costs from o+r o,n pockets&

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ROLES< RESPONSIBILITY AND AUT@ORITY

Johannes Lindberg % Post 4N21ompositing and project doc+mentation& (im 3+ndin O 'nimation and rigging, ,ill model and teDt+re Rocket Man& Mehmet PJdemir % 'nimation and rigging, ,ill model and teDt+re 3pace Monke.& 8lo0 Jacobsen O Modeling, (eDt+ring and Lighting of the en0ironment& Michal Marcinko,ski O Modeling and teDt+ring the 0ehicles&

5.2

REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES

5.2.1 P/$3(%* C$''&),%+*,$)

(he project +ses a common project place (projects&gscept&com) ,here information, project doc+mentation, blogs, progress report, address list, project calendar ,ill be accessible& 7%mail and the blog ,ill be +sed as the primar. project comm+nication tools& 5.2.2 P/$3(%* M((*,):7

Project meetings2re0ie,s ,ill be held e0er. second ,eek or on reG+est& Representati0es from ;317P( at L(? ,ill attend these meetings if possible& 't the project meetings, agreements can be made ,ithin the scope of accepted specifications, time plan and reso+rces a0ailable& L(? m+st appro0e f+nctional and design changes and other change reG+ests that can not be regarded as minor& 'greements and decisions are doc+mented in the min+tes of meeting (of project meetings and technical meetings)& Min+tes on meetings m+st be a0ailable on the project site no later than three ,orking da.s after the meeting& 5.2.3 P/$3(%* R(5$/*,): Progress reports ,ill be deli0ered ,ith e0er. milestone +sing standard based on the inp+t from project meetings and the res+lting deli0er.& 5.2.4 D$%&'()* 5-+) Q :mportantRR (he doc+ments prod+ced in the project& 3ketches, mo0ies, eDec+tables etc S (he follo,ing doc+ments ,ill be prepared ,ithin the scope of this project& (hese doc+ments ,ill also reference doc+mentation not listed in the plan&

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QUALITY OBJECTIVES

(he G+alit. objecti0es of this project areL (o prod+ce a short film ,ith material prod+ced at a le0el higher then o+r pre0io+s ,ork, the G+alit. of the film ,ill be good eno+gh for commercial +se&

6.2

QUALITY RAMEGORK
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Milestone deli0eries are performed according to in chapter $&1 Method of re0ie,s is preferabl. peer re0ie, or ,alkthro+ghs&

6.3

SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
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'll project%related doc+ments shall be ,ritten in 7nglish& 7ach re0ision of project related doc+mentation shall be +ploaded to the blog& Project correspondence (e%mails, faDes, and letters) ,ith important information for the project ,ill be treated as project doc+mentation& 6.3.2 C8+):( M+)+:('()* 1hanged reG+irements or eDemptions can be addressed at project meetings or b. e%mail

6.4

VERI ICATION
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(he a+thor of a doc+ment has the responsibilit. to initiate a re0ie, of the doc+ment& (he re0ie, methods +sed are ,alkthro+gh and peer re0ie,L Ialkthro+ghs are performed as a meeting ,here the a+thor ,alks thro+gh the doc+ment and comments are collected& (he comments are doc+mented on a cop. of the doc+ment or in a separate re0ie, record& :n the peer re0ie,s, the a+thor distrib+tes the doc+ment to the re0ie,ers ,ho re0ie, it on their o,n& 1omments are gi0en to the a+thor, orall. or in ,riting&

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Risks (he risk is that ,e aim to high and misses some deadlines b+t hopef+ll. that ,onKt be the case& 8pport+nities ;aining kno,ledge in ne, fields and more in the ones ,ere ,e ha0e prior kno,ledge&

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