The document outlines the schedule and tasks for a student's final major project on a games design course. Over several weeks, the student will research a character genre, develop character ideas through sketches and pitches, model and rig their chosen character in a 3D program, animate the character, and complete an evaluation by week 20. Key deliverables include regular meetings with a project manager and updates to a production log and schedule.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Final Major Project
Schedule
Review date: 06.02.13
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
w/b
04.02.13
Task 1 - FMP Launch
Meeting
w/b
11.02.13
Half-Term
w/b
18.02.13
Book meeting slot
with project
manager.
Finish first draft for
the production log.
T2 - Start carrying
out research on the
genre of my
character.
T2 - Refine the
research and
summarise it.
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
25.02.13
T3 - Look at a range
of hybrid creatures
from movies, games
etc.
T3 – Sketch out the
ideas that I’d like.
Task 4: Pitch today –
10am –
Update Production
Log
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
04.03.13
T4 - Work on the
ideas for my
character.
T4 – Come up with a
few strongest ideas.
T4 – Come up with a
few strongest ideas. Pitch Today
Update Production
Log
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
11.03.13
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
Meeting with
project manager.
Update Production
Log
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
18.03.13
T4 – Work on my
strongest ideas.
Come up with a
strongest idea and
work on it.
Work on my final
idea.
Work on my final
idea.
Work on my final
idea.
Work on my final
idea.
Review Schedule
and Production Log
25.03.13 Easter Review Schedule
and Production Log
01.04.13 Easter Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b Develop a stronger Work on the Work on the Work on the Meeting with Review Schedule

2. 08.04.13 concept of my final
idea.
strongest idea. strongest idea. strongest idea. project Manager. and Production Log
w/b
15.04.13
Model final idea and
experiment with
other objects aswell.
Meeting with
project manager.
Update production
log ad schedule.
Work in modeller.
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character.
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
22.04.13
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character.
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
29.04.13
Model my final
character.
Model my final
character. Learn
rigging technique
and adding bones.
Learn rigging
techniques and add
bones. Update
production log and
schedule.
Start animating my
final character.
Animate my final
product
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
06.05.13
Review Schedule
and Production Log
Animate my final
product
Animate my final
product
Animate my final
product
Animate my final
product
Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
13.05.13
Animate my final
product
Animate my final
product
Animate my final
product
Render some videos
of character’s
movements
Write Evaluation Review Schedule
and Production Log
w/b
20.05.13
Task 8: Evaluation
should take place no
later than the
beginning of this
week.
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task on blog.
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