Upcoming Tasks in Broad Strokes

Important Things To Be Completed in the first few months:

AUGUST:
General stuff laid out so detail & concrete planning can start:

1. Bus found
2. Story outlined (main scenes selected & beats determined)
3. Monster designs chosen

Ongoing: previs, modeling/programming/rigging practice

SEPTEMBER:

Final preprod work done based on decisions made in August:

1. Sofware choises made, pipeline outlined
2. Tools required to start work
3. Final character designs
4. Final script

16-17th September: Night time location scouting for London exteriors

As everyone returns to Bournemouth:

     4.  Storyboards

     5.  Colour script

OCTOBER:

Shift from preproduction to production, start of modeling/rigging. Also important:

1. Animatic (-> composer contact)
2. Project pitches / showreels

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LIVE ACTION SHOOT:

Exact date in November (once the pitch has been accepted) to be decided. It will probably go something like this:

Day 1:

Train to London.

Underground shoot.

Train to Bedford.

Day 2:

Bus shoot 1.

10-11: Camera/actor/monster placements determined, measurements made, set dressed (posters)

11-13.30: Actors arrive, filming.

13.30-14:00: Cleanup.

Cake.

Check footage for problems.

Day 3:

Bus shoot 2.

10:00-10:30: Setup.

10:30-13.30: Filming. (If Horny is SFX, this is the filming day for his scenes.)

13:30-14:00 Cleanup.

Cake.

Train to London.

After sundown: London exteriors shoot.

Train to Bournemouth.

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As the preproduction gets done and stuff clears up, the rest of the schedule will slot into place.