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Okay here are the Deadlines as they are at the moment...Daryl could possibly change them so I will edit when we know more.



DEADLINE 3: Monday 5/12/2011 (Weighting 20%)

Rigged and Textured Character Model Digital Submission Via Unlearn
The Character Model(s) .max files and texture sheets should be in a zipped folder labelled 03_LastName_FirstName_CRT.zip



Deadline 4: Monday 13/2/2012 (Weighting 5%)

Rigged and Textured Character Model Digital Submission Via Unlearn
A test render <10MB, the animated character model(s) .max files and textures should be in a zipped folder labelled 04_LastName_FirstName_Block.zip



Deadline 5: Monday 05/3/2012 (Weighting 5%)

Complete Timed and Smoothed Pre Render with Full Lip Synch - Digital Submission Via Unilearn
An MP4 compressed  render <10MB, the animated character model(s) .max files and textures should be in a zipped folder labelled 07_LastName_FirstName_PRE.zip



Log Book Guidance (10% submitted with final submission)

You should keep screen shots drawings, notes and related materials as you progress through the module. Your log book should be a reflective, process led discussion of the work you have undertaken with particular emphasis on the problems you have solved along the way.
The log book should make extensive use of images with notes to explain context. The word count should be approximately 700 words.   A typical log book would be 5-8 pages of A4 consisting of mostly images and illustrations.



Final Render and Log Book Submission: Monday 23/4/2012 (Weighting 55%)

Your final animation should be 720p (widescreen) resolution and initially rendered as an uncompressed video (either .avi or .mov) this footage should then be edited and finally compressed to Mpeg4 (MP4) format. It must be no larger than 40MB and must be tested on a second machine for frame dropping, stuttering or synchronisation issues.

The video file should be named LastName_Firstname_22seconds.[extension]
This file is to be located in the ROOT FOLDER of the disk.(See image below)

CD / DVD Submission

Written on the CD in appropriate CD Marker (Do not use biro, pencil or sticky labels)
•     Your full name
•     Student number
•     Module name & code (CIT 2325 3D Character Animation)
•     Name of your assignment and the name of the lecturer.

The CD should contain 5 Folders plus the video file (see image below)
(1)     Log Book & Storyboards
(2)     Max files and Textures (textures should be in the same folder as the Max files)
(3)     Additional Renders
(4)     Character Designs and Sketchbook
(5)     Previous submissions (Please ensure that all of submissions 1-7 are included)

PLEASE TEST ALL CD’s AND VIDEO FILES ON A 2nd MACHINE BEFORE SUBMISSION
BLANK OR NON WORKING CD’s WILL BE COUNTED AS A NON-SUBMISSION

Marks breakdown for this submission:
Animation 25%
Further modelling/texturing/lighting/rendering 20%
Log book 10%

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: MONDAY 23rd April, 2012 5.00pm
(Submissions after this time will be considered to be late and therefore capped at 40%).

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ah crap, it has to be textured too? I'm guessing this is a midnight submission?