Planning Sheet

Motion Capture Planning Sheet

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Project Name	TBD
Planning Sheet Submitted	__/__/____
Rehearsal Dates	__/__/____ to __/__/____
Capture Dates	__/__/____ to __/__/____
# of Subjects to be Captured	1
Type of Subjects to be Captured	Multi-Sport Athlete
Names of Subjects	Justin
Description of Props	Tennis Racket, Baseball Bat
Marker Sets	John’s Marker Set
Volume Description/Sizes	TBD
Description/Sizes of Suits	TBD
Total # of Markers	44
Special Equipment	None
Capture Rate	__ frames per second
Final Rate	__ frames per second
Skeletal Considerations	N/A
Other Considerations	N/A

Script

Scene 1: Live Action

The movie starts with the CLOSE UP of a wall clock, which shows 3:30 PM. It is ticking loudly.

The camera slowly starts to ZOOM OUT on the clock and we can see a ball bouncing up and down. It comes on the screen from below the camera goes back down. The camera gradually ZOOMS OUT. The camera stops giving a LONG SHOT of an office from SIDE. There is a person sitting on his chair. He has his feet on top of his office table and he is playing with the ball in his cubicle. He is lazily playing with the ball in his office.

Scene 2: Animation

The camera slowly starts to ZOOM IN on the ball. In a CLOSE UP, suddenly from nowhere with a racket someone hits the ball, with a WIPE which has turned in to a tennis ball now. The camera quickly ZOOMS OUT and PANS RIGHT AND LEFT. The person who was sitting in his office is now standing in a tennis court. It is a MEDIUM SHOT where the camera is at an EYE LEVEL on the RIGHT SIDE. He is playing tennis with someone. The camera slowly follows the ball from left to right. As the ball is falling, it turns in to a soccer ball.

Scene 3: Animation

The scene DISSOLVES in to a soccer field. CLOSE UP of person’s foot kicking the ball. Cut to a LONG SHOT of the person having just finished the kick. The camera follows the ball as it approaches in a quick motion and the ball turns in to a baseball.

Scene 4: Animation

The camera ZOOMS OUT and the person is hitting the baseball with a baseball bat. As the ball is falling to the ground, it turns in to a football.

Scene 5: Animation

Camera quickly ZOOMS OUT. The person catches the football and spikes it. The camera again ZOOMS IN for the CLOSE UP of the ball.

Scene 6: Live Action

When the football hits the ground it turns in to the ball the person is playing with in his office. The camera PANS swiftly towards the person’s face. MEDIUM SHOT he realizes that he was dreaming and laughs at himself shaking his head.

Scene 7: Live Action

The camera moves to an EYE LEVEL with a MEDIUM SHOT on the LEFT SIDE. He gets his feet down from the table. MEDIUM SHOT the camera slowly moves towards right behind the person. He is playing a game on his computer. The camera ZOOMS OUT with a LONG SHOT of the office and the person is sitting in his chair.

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Rough Draft Of Shot List

This is just a rough draft. Final draft will be posted later this week.

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Shot List

Scene	Shot	Shot Name	Description
Scene 1	Shot 1	SM0101	Still image of a clock on the wall. A paper ball begins to rise into/ fall out of view.
	Shot 2	SM0102	Man throwing the paper ball up and down while sitting in an office chair.
	Shot 3	SM0103	Medium shot of man tossing paper ball into air.
	Shot 4	SM0104	Close up of the paper ball flying through the air. Racket appears and hits it, transitioning to animation.
Scene 2	Shot 1	SM0201	Man follows through on swing and tennis ball flies over net.
	Shot 2	SM0202	Ball hits the ground and bounces up.
	Shot 3	SM0203	Tennis ball flies across screen transforming into a soccer ball.
Scene 3	Shot 1	SM0301	Man bicycle kicks soccer ball.
	Shot 2	SM0302	Soccer ball flies across screen transforming into a baseball.
Scene 4	Shot 1	SM0401	Man hits the baseball with a bat.
	Shot 2	SM0402	Baseball flies through the air transforming into a football.
Scene 5	Shot 1	SM0501	Man runs and catches the football.
	Shot 2	SM0502	Man spikes the football in the end zone.
Scene 6	Shot 1	SM0601	Paper ball falls onto office floor.
	Shot 2	SM0602	Man is doing a victory dance in office. Hears a noise off screen
	Shot 3	SM0603	Man realizes he is in office and cautiously looks around.
	Shot 4	SM0604	Coworker looks at man over the wall of his cubicle.
	Shot 5	SM0605	Man sits down at his computer.
	Shot 6	SM0606	Still image of sports game on computer.

Character Development

Name
Age - 23
Gender - male
Height – 5’10”
Weight - 180
Built - Athletic
Physical handicaps - none
Birth place – Dallas, Tx
Cultural/ethnical backgrounds – strong sports background,
Family (parents, siblings, spouse, partner, children, etc.)
-All athletes, parents, oldest of 3, and a wife (just married)
Friends – athletic, sports lovers
Enemies – rain outs, unsportsmanlike conduct
Habits – daydreams about sports
IQ – very smart
Career – sales representative
Education – BS in BA
Financial status – well off
Social status middle class
Clothes – suit and tie
Favorite books – Game of Shadows, Hisotry of NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL
Favorite movies – The Natural, Raging Bull, Bull Durham, Hoosiers,
Favorite food – Hot Dog
Addiction – everything sports
Sense of humor – very good
Religion and philosophy – winning is everything
Self esteem and self doubt – has some self doubt, but copes by daydreaming
Sexual orientation - straight
Fears - losing
Hopes and dreams – profession sports, prosperous family
Values – family, sports, competition
Moments (events) that s/he remembers for the rest of her/his life.
-Catching the game winning homerun at the World series when a child
-Throwing the winning Touchdown at the high school state championship
-Learning to play Tennis from John MacEnroe
-Losing to the US women’s gold medal beach volleyball team

Model sheet