Thursday January 12 2008

This week was unproductive so far.

We rearranged the teams after realizing there was a mistake in how the first set of teams were created. They are more balanced now. My last team had a lot of strong personalities so I stepped back from most discussions so as to not prolong the debate that most of the time proved fairly useless.

I decided not to be the lead or the lead technical because I suspected it might take a lot out of my time. I was right, because they spend all day in meetings which i heard were unproductive. However there's a loss in motivation when the teacher just hands out an assignment to keep us busy. We don't know if he'll follow up on the assignment or anything, if it's worth anything or if it will help my portfolio. So I spent most of the day wednesday half-concentrated. This could be a plus if I apply myself while others feel unmotivated.

Most of the leads are the top students, I'm guessing they're trying to network. This takes away from their own animation work, so it might be to my advantage. But then again maybe their networking and involvement will get them recognition... who knows.

I have a short list of animations i'm thinking about now.

right now for sure I want one fight scene and one basketball scene.
I might just go with that, and allow myself to brainstorm as i go on for additional animations.

I'm also way ahead in Motionbuilder right now and I want it to stay like that, so this weekend, i'll finish the technical tutorial I have and order some books about motion capture. that might give me an edge in that field or at least open some doors for other jobs. I heard that motionbuilder is being used a lot more on next generation games so we'll see.

I also have to leave time for CV and interview preparation. That's a big weak point for me.

I jogged this morning for 20 minutes
I forgot to train yesterday so I'll make up for it this morning.

I ate junk food yesterday out of boredom.

only 3 months left.