Minutes - October 11, 2011

Meeting points

^1.             Agreed allocations of designs to be completed in Illustrator/ Photoshop as .PNG or .JPEG format  by 18/10

a.     CWH

                                                                    i.         3D Flash gun

                                                                  ii.         3D lens

                                                                 iii.         3D waterproof housing

                                                                 iv.         3D battery

                                                                   v.         3D flash/ memory card

                                                                 vi.         Points display screen

                                                                vii.         School shop – the location and the thumbnail for Polaroid

                                                              viii.         Sketches for details in the Countryside and the Beach

                                                                 ix.         Produce the colour schemes as per list below.
                                 x.     Complete the design for the countryside.

b.     BS

                                                                    i.         Mountain scene – Flash game

                                                                  ii.         Design frame style for menu – instruction page & intro page

                                                                 iii.         Complete Polaroid design – the location indicator

                                                                 iv.         Design game logo

                                                                   v.         Complete Map

                                                                 vi.         School – the location and the thumbnail for Polaroid

                                                                vii.         Complete Shipwreck

                                                              viii.         Sketch and produce static version of the animation ‘winning’ sequence.

                                                                 ix.         Sketches for details in the Mountains/ Castle and Shipwreck

                                                                   x.         Footprints

2.     Assigned other items to do for next week

a.     CWH –

                                                                    i.         Type minutes

                                                                  ii.         Email Game template and Under the Sea layers to BS for her Shipwreck

                                                                 iii.         Update the group GANTT chart (all actions done and new projections – see below)

                                                                 iv.         Try and recover the corrupt version of self GANTT chart and update

                                                                   v.         Update Production Diary

b.     BS –

                                                                    i.         Email Group GANTT chart to CWH

                                                                  ii.         Test photography games

                                                                 iii.         Update self GANTT chart

                                                                 iv.         Update Production Diary

3.     Set new deadlines and tasks – to input into GANTT

a.     Practice presentation and demonstration of working product – 01/11

b.     Produce diagrams of percentage completed of work (from GANTT) – 01/11

c.     Write evaluation of team’s performance so far – 25/10

d.     Evaluation of the product as it stands – 25/10

e.     Write each team member’s individual contribution to the project – 01/11

f.      Plan the build schedule – 18/10

g.     Start the build – 18/10

Other items discussed

4.     Portraits for the website – CWH 18/10

5.     Music and sound for the game – to be planned into the build schedule – 18/10

6.     Post production areas – these although wonderful ideas are a big ask for us in terms of our present abilities and the time constraints.  We agreed to bump this to ‘Version 2’ this would be a development opportunity for a next generation of Snaps Academy.

7.     Delivery material – we cannot really start the design of this until we have a brand/ logo and contents – we will start this after our next deadline - 08/11 onwards.

8.     The ‘winning’ animation can for the most recent deadline, be static or animatic – it is for demonstration purposes only.  The final animation can be started after our presentation - 08/10

9.     Although BS is designing the winning sequence, we have not yet agreed the build schedule.

10.  Iain is happy for us to chose whether to submit the time plan (Gantt), minutes and production diary in our chosen format.  He is happy for the production diary to be the blog so long as it was obvious which submissions were who’s.  We decided that we would have a projection of this, with maybe one hard copy of each incase someone wants to flick through a copy.  This hard copy would simply be a print out of the blog and Gantt chart, bound. No fancy, time consuming, designs!

11.  Iain said we do not need to simplify the Gantt chart, the more detail the better!
12. CWH's bloody bastard Gantt chart has become corrupt since it was produced last week so couldn't update this evening!  IT chappie will look into it for me.  BS has the group Gantt chart on her pen drive but didn't have it with her so will need to update next week.  

13.  Colour schemes – we looked at the 3 schemes suggested based on ‘Island’ looked at ‘Photograph’ and ‘School’ – CWH will be producing the colour scheme charts to make decision next week.

·       Photograph

a.     Across the Sea

b.     Golden Gate Bridge

c.     Stop photographing me

d.     Photograph (by awakening)

e.     Old C print – too girly

f.      Acid Handbags – too girly

g.     Scrapbook

h.     Lost Photograph – too manly, too muted

·       School

a.     Old school bag

b.     Primary School – too pastely

c.     School colours