Writing and Development Process
Storyboard
Art direction Materials
Progress Updates
BATHROOM STALL GALACTICA
About
Riley Dennis is a 3D Animation student, studying at CU Denver's College of Arts and Media. As part of the DAC program, the final assignment is a senior thesis group project: a 4-minute fully produced animated short. The production process for this short is set to take two years, including writing, pre-production, and conceptual phases. He and his classmates began with the foundational step of writing a story to tell, develop, and set the framework for the project. This website serves as a documentation of his and his team's process for developing their animated short "Bathroom Stall Galactica!"
Synopsis
A man in a remote farm in the state of Nebraska really needs to go to the bathroom. He waits for his turn to use an outdoor bathhouse but before he can get in, he is suddenly abducted by aliens. Once on board their UFO, he delays their testing in order to go to the bathroom, but soon comes to the realization that he has no idea how to operate an alien toilet, and must learn the complicated and unintuitive steps by trial and error. Hijinx ensues.
STORYBOARD
Art Direction
Inspiration Materials and Conceptual Art
Whiteboxing
Whiteboxing is a process that places objects in a scene relative to object positions in the storyboard. Basically a visualization of how shots will be composed in 3D. The entire group worked hard on this step. Below are the screenshots captured by me, set within the alien bathroom.
Whiteboxing
Project Spreadsheet_
Multi-page Google sheet for project, created and designed by Riley Dennis
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Pages include:
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Asset List
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Shot List
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Task Lists
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Schedule
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Included features of the spreadsheet:
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Personal 1-5 rating systems for team member skills
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Full asset list with descriptions, priority ratings, and required tasks
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Full shot list with same attributes as asset list
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Separate task lists for assets and shots
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Complete percentage based on task completion and time
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Number tracking for task categories, including typing, status, artist, and complete assets/shots/scenes ( completed / total )
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Error notifications for incomplete columns
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Schedule with keyword-based automatic color coding
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Notes space underneath schedule for each week
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Terminology and abbreviation key for ease of user understanding
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