Patent?

http://www.uspto.gov/

CD

Okay, I got everyone's stuff burned onto a cd. So, I have the final cut of the trailer, the poster, and the brochure pdf. Should I include a word document with the website's url, or do you think that that's enough?

Final Trailer

Hey guys,

Here's the trailer. I was going to email it to all of you but the file was too big.



Also, my laptop can't burn dvds. Can one of you do that?

2nd Animation

In case you didn't get my e-mail Sarah, here is the animation

Video Update

Hey all,

Just wanted to give you an update on the trailer. I shortened the music a bit so it will probably be around 20 seconds. I had pieced together some photos and clips, and I'm going to start working with the animated footage and the intro. I might end up using the longer version of the music if a) there's enough footage (which there most likely is) and b) it doesn't come out repetitive. I will hopefully have it posted by late tonight. If not, I will show you tomorrow in class.

Animation!

Sorry for the delay. As it turns out, you can't keyframe material changes, (at least not easily) so I ended up having to export 51 different files and then merge them all together. At some time, my keyframes got messed up, so that's why it jumps a little bit towards the end. The second is the fixed version.

title for commercial

okay. here it is :)


and i sent yall emails to remind you about the picture. Please have it to me by sunday night!

Brochure images

I used Verdana as the font. I think it looks best in all caps. I also used this font on the website. And also as a thought, on the website, I kept the font all the same color but i changed the periods ( . ) to a different color. I don't know if you want to do that too in the brochure but i think it keeps everything consistent and makes it flow better as a whole presentation. oh and for some reason i couldn't get the first image to have a transparent background like the second to images...don't know why

pictures

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to remind yall to send me your favorite pic of yourself so I can make that collage for the brochure. And I'd appreciate it if you could send it by Sunday night. That way I can have the brochure to look at on Monday.

Thanks!

Fabric

Fabric For Animations

If you need it :)

Final Website

Here is the website finished all except for the animation.

http://web.me.com/ng09/Site/ENTER.html

for some reason when i open it up on my laptop the flash animation on the enter page doesn't have a transparent background. When i open it up on the mac, it is transparent and looks like it should. Let me know if it comes up transparent or not.

thanks

Animation Update

I'll be working on this all day, but I just wanted to give an update on the animation. Here's my progress so far.


Yes, it is only two seconds for now :p

Brochure Cover

Font

http://www.dafont.com/impact-label.font

brochure

Blogger won't let me upload it, but I have a fairly good brochure. I'll show yall tomorrow in class.

Next Semester Computer Programming

Accorindg to the class schedule, you will register for either:

Computer Programming Fundamentals - 18136 - CS 152L - 006

IFDM students should register for section 006 or 007.
Associated Term: Spring 2010
Registration Dates: Nov 01, 2009 to Jan 29, 2010
Attributes: Albuquerque/Main, Albuquerque Dual Credit, School of Engineering
Instructors: Andree L Jacobson (P)

Albuquerque/Main Campus
Combined Lecture/Lab Schedule Type
3.000 Credits
View Catalog Entry

Scheduled Meeting Times Type Time Days Where Date Range Schedule Type Instructors
Class 10:00 am - 10:50 am MWF Centennial Engineering Center 1041 Jan 18, 2010 - May 15, 2010 Combined Lecture/Lab Andree L. Jacobson (P)
Lab 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm F Engineering & Science Comp Pod 109 Jan 18, 2010 - May 15, 2010 Combined Lecture/Lab Andree L. Jacobson (P)

OR,

Computer Programming Fu ndamentals - 34225 - CS 152L - 007

IFDM students should register for section 006 or 007.
Associated Term: Spring 2010
Registration Dates: Nov 01, 2009 to Jan 29, 2010
Attributes: Albuquerque/Main, Albuquerque Dual Credit, School of Engineering
Instructors: Andree L Jacobson (P)

Albuquerque/Main Campus
Combined Lecture/Lab Schedule Type
3.000 Credits
View Catalog Entry

Scheduled Meeting Times Type Time Days Where Date Range Schedule Type Instructors
Class 10:00 am - 10:50 am MWF Centennial Engineering Center 1041 Jan 18, 2010 - May 15, 2010 Combined Lecture/Lab Andree L. Jacobson (P)
Lab 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm F Engineering & Science Comp Pod 110 Jan 18, 2010 - May 15, 2010 Combined Lecture/Lab Andree L. Jacobson (P)

This morning I was able to register for Section 6, so when you guys register it should be fine.

Final Poster

Brochure

Here are some items that we might want to use in the brochure.

zipper sounds

I emailed yall with zipper sounds, check them out so we can figure out exactly what to use

Commercial

I was looking at some commercials online, and I noticed the most effective ones have a storyline (and sometimes a punchline). Do we want to consider bringing comedy or wit into our advertising campaign? I guess that ties back to another important question (or two): What do we want our image to be? How do we want our product to be perceived? What is our 'flavor'?

Just a couple things:

The 'walking' shoes in this commercial reminded me of our idea.

Also, here is the Scrubs introduction they mentioned in class on Friday.

Commercial Music

Hey, just wanted to give you a heads up that I emailed you some of the music I've been working on. I wasn't sure how long our commercial would run, but I can always make it longer. (Right now, it's about 30 seconds of music and 10 seconds of mainly drums at the end.) Let me know what you think!

live footage

here's my quick (and i mean very quick) edit. if we need more stuff, let me know, but i think this will help for the animation.

Shoe Model 2

I redid the model again yesterday to more closely resemble the poster. The legs look funny, but I just wanted them there for demonstration for now.

2 things

1. I emailed the scripts to everyone, so just let me know which you like and we'll go from there.
2. On the website, I think we need 2 things: first being the idea that you can send your own picture for a special order top. second being that perhaps we should have a link that does "About Cupio".

Just thoughts of course. See yall tomorrow :)

Poster

Here is a mini preview of the poster. I'm still working on it though.

hi yall!

So I won't have the commercial scripts up until late tomorrow night. I don't have access to my laptop until then, and that's where they all are. But, before I post them, did yall want to take Prof. Castillo's advice and do seasons changing rather than places? I think that might be a good idea considering we're sort of talking about time when we say that life changes fast (so should your shoe) and all that jazz. Let me know!

Website

Here is what the site looks like so far.

http://web.me.com/ng09/Site/ZIPPURS.html

Slideshow

Can everyone e-mail me at ng09@unm.edu so I can send the slideshow to you.

Thanks

Product Name

Hey everyone...just so you know I've spelled our brand like this > ZIPPURS . I know on the sketch I spelled it zippurz. I started on the website and while working on the powerpoint I realized I changed the spelling to ZIPPURS. So I'm gonna go with that :)

Shoe Model

Just wanted to update. I've done some textures, and I've started on the zipper. Here is the textured shoe along with the right shoe:

Hi everyone!

So I need two things.

1. A name for our company. I need this so I can put it the story board for the commercial.

2. If you want us to have that infomercial, I need ideas of what people would say about our shoe, or interview questions or something. I am drawing a huge blank on that front.

Thanks!

Shoe Modeling

I found some tutorials that might help in the shoe modeling process.

http://www.gabrieleprotti.com/PAGES/tutorial/scarpa/makingoftheshoe.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UJfoVqk4BM

Good luck!

First Attempt at a Model

Hey everyone,

I was trying to figure out how to model our product and came up with this very very rough first attempt. There are several bumps to work out (figuratively and literally), but I wanted to make sure we could get the basic gist...

I'm still trying to figure out the zipper. For now, it will probably have to be stationary. In order for it to move, I think it might need 'bones' like an animated character would have.

Swatches

Hey everyone. I went to Joan's fabrics and they has some swatch packs that looked really cool. Here are some scans of swatches I found.

I personally think that they would go well with a black solid shoe and the top one could go well with a red or brown solid base.

Hi yall!

So I finished the "prototype". It is nowhere near perfect but I think it's a good starting point. My camera died, but I'll bring it with me on Monday so yall can look at it.

Sketch

Timeline and what we need

Nov. 20 - prototype, generic model, scripts for commercial
Nov. 23 - poster, first draft of brochure, uncut commercial footage
Nov. 25- website
Dec. 2- animation
Dec. 4 - commercials


we need:
-company name
-what's going the brochure

Brainstorming

Slogan: Zip It?

Development:

• Prototype
• Test Run 
• T-shirt and website (marketing)
• Seek partnership with pre-existing company
• Survey, media screening ("What do YOU look for in a shoe?")
• Hire R&D department for testing
• Drawing Board

Allocation of Workload:

Nicole - Website

Tess, Sarah - Animation

Everyone - Video

Kristin - Info-mercial script 

Brochure

Visual Aid (poster, mini-billboard)

General Overview

Hi all,

I thought it might be easier to communicate through a group blog since our class is based on this format. A few things to think about:

• Scheduling: When is everyone free?
• Product: What do we want to market?
• Dividing the Workload: Which program do you feel most comfortable/well-versed in?

For me, weekends work best. Thursday afternoons between 1:30 and 5 are also an option, as well as MWF after 5.

In all likelihood, the modeling and animation will be the most difficult parts of this assignment, so maybe we can choose a subject that is relatively easy to model/animate.

I feel most comfortable working with video editing and would be willing to cut the trailer, sync it with music etc. I could also help with the animation, but I'd want to collaborate with someone on that!

How about you?