End of Year Show Layout

It has long been discussed and ignored that we needed to measure and be made aware of what our layout and space allowance is for the End of Year Show. With this drawing closer and closer, we finally got an answer in regard to our confusion. Each team will get a designated space and each person will have a board to use to present renders, visuals, concepts and developmental progress images that those attending the EOYS can see.

The allowance for equipment for each person is 1 board, 1 table and 1 mac. We have been told that the dimensions for the boards are 80cm x 120cm and we should plan out what images and size of sections we wish to include on these. In addition, our space has to facilitate a place for our poster as well as room for a mac to sit on the desk surface to display our showreels.

Desk and Board Size

Below is the initial plan, we as a team have drafted together to give us an idea of how we want our area to be laid out -

Based on this, we each started to plan out what our boards would look like and try to maintain a set up on each board that compliments the others beside us. My panel will include environment and company, Megan will have character development and modelling, Lorna will be presenting the character rigs and animation and Cassie will be presenting the Unity and technical side of the project. Below are the boards that Lorna, Cassie and I have designed so far for our draft boards -

Personal Board Concept

Lorna Board Concept

Cassie Board Concept

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For One Last Time

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