trailer update

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character dynamics

Name	Ophelia	Angler Fish	Nautilus
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Biography	Ophelia is the animus of character “Ophelia” in W Shakespeare`s Hamlet. She is forever in a status of being 14 and sexless. All her life she was confined to a stage and told to dance to the part of being a fair lady until one day, the shadows that dwell in her sub conscience intruded her performance.	Angler fish is an elusive shadow created by her irreconcilable emotional trauma. Its birth may have been a result of Hamlet`s accidental killing of Ophelia`s father, or being in a twisted  social  hierarchy where the King and queen on the top are lying murderer and materialistic whore.	Nautilus is a knowledgeable creature that witnessed the creation of earth.  However, the more Ophelia grew, the more she  repressed his calling. Eventually he was sealed in a coffin along with the original strength of Ophelia to liberate her true self.
Goals	From when she could remember, she was constantly told to shut out all ”improper” thoughts and dance to her part. However, Ophelia wonders if there is a real reason behind her unique existence.	Angler  fish lives in the dark caverns of Ophelia`s subconscious. But from time to time he likes to reveal himself in the conscious level and play tricks.	Nautilus lies in the bottom below all mental layers. He reaches out to Ophelia when the conscious power left her and tries to show her true potential and set her free.
Obstacles	Ophelia is stuck in an instance on stage where she blindly dances to a tune she can`t concentrate on.	Ophelia`s consciousness keeps casting it back to unconsciousness.	Nautilus is locked in a coffin and is forgotten by Ophelia.
Status relationship	Before her failure at the performance, Ophelia keeps repressing her shadows. She fails because of the shadow`s intrusion, but is able to conquer it after finding her true self.	At first, the angler fish successfully interrupts Ophelia`s performance, but it was defeated once Ophelia embraced her true potential and turned its habitat into open sky.	The nautilus was at first repressed and sealed in a stone coffin, its monstrous tentacle try to draw Ophelia closer. In the end Ophelia decides to confront him, and he is able to set her free.

end of the march update

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character_prototypes

http://www.ecuad.ca/~xlan/character_prototypes.zip

Why Paper

Why am I making this film

Production schedule for Spring semester

http://www.ecuad.ca/~xlan/2rd schedule.docx

Leika Reel with Rendered pictures

http://vimeo.com/18713901

production progress

Tension Chart #2

Tension Chart for my project

Tension Chart #1

Animation analyzed: "Doll Face" By Andy Huang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY

Sample visuals

The cue of unconscious, a small fish that swims out of Ophelia's mask

The scene where Ophelia falls in the water and gets pulled down by an anonymous tentacle

The Nautilus that Ophelia dug out from the sand

budget

Budget

Name	Amount
Tuition:	$5000
Portable Hard drive:	$100
Digital Tutor:	$400
Texture Maps:	$80
Living expense:	$3000
Food and others:	$2000
Donation for Royalty-free music website	$100

Total Expenses = $______________10680_

Production Schedule

	Week 1 7 September - 13 September	Week 2 14 September - 20 September	Week 3 21 September - 27 September	Week 4 28 September - 4 October	Week 5 5 October - 11 October	Week 6 12 October - 18 October	Week 7 19 October - 25 October
Grad Film	Idea Pitch	Idea revision	Storyboard Into Leika reel	Faculty Consultation with Martin  and Amy	2rd Consultation with Martin Proposal due	Revision of story board	Faculty Review Due
Professional Practices	Waitlisted			Enrolled, SMA draft due	Business card	Demo Reel one sheet and proposal	Artist Talk presentation
Interdisciplinary Forum		Reading presentation		Readings	Praxis Outline due	Readings	Remake Assignment Due
Advanced Character Modelling		Reference picture		Head Modelling	Environment Modelling	Fish modelling and body modelling	Finishing up Ophelia and Environment modelling

	Week 8 26 October - 1 November	Week9 2 November - 8 November	Week 10 9 November - 15 November	Week 11 16 November - 22 November	Week 12 23 November - 29 November	Week 13 30 November - 6 December	Week 14 7 December - 13 December
Grad Film	Tension Chart	Submit Faculty Reviews WHY presentation Film Review Due	Final Leika Reel in Premier	Start animation On falling scene	Tension Charts posted	1 minute of footage	Revision of one-minute footage
Professional Practices		Research project proposal		Final SMA and Budget	RP presentation		Research project DUE Final report
Interdisciplinary Forum	Readings	Readings	Readings	Praxis paper 2rd proposal	Readings	Readings	Readings
Advanced Character Modelling	Texturing	Rigging	Walk cycle of Ophelia	Animate falling scene	Animate curtain scene	Animate going down stairs scene	Render and finishing up

	Week 15
Grad Film	Review Panel
Professional Practices	Meeting with Ric
Interdisciplinary Forum	Final Paper due
Advanced Character Modelling	Submit film