the 18th hole golf course Under the Sea Theme

1. Current top idea: Under the sea

Creative props that can be created
1 Starfish hill
2 crab claw trap
3 indoor golf course under a giant blue dome lit from the with caustic lighting to appear as if its under the sea.
-Lighting possibilities:
Vegas style colored LEDs like those on a billboard that can show pictures
Search lights
Cloth hung down with fans to give appearance of ocean waves, lit from above
actually place it under the ocean, like the Monterey bay aquarium
4. Cloth "sea weed" like the car sale squiggly thing
5. Hanging jellyfish
6. Giant Sea Shell, Clam
7. plexi glass bubbles, visitors can go inside
8. Fun cubby holes just for children, Like the one at planet granite and the zoo...

Entertainment additional to the golf course
Rock climbing
Water slides

Concession stand options
Fried fish and chips
Pirate's booty candy... store looks like a sunken ship or a huge treasure box

Prizes for kiddies
candy shaped like sunken treasures or pearls
"pearl" margarita beads
sea monkeys

Gift shop


Why this should be an indoor Dome -
1 Opportunity to hang things fr0m the ceiling
Fish, jelly fish, sea weed, anchor
2 Lighting possibilities
3. Items that can't be put on an outdoor course can survive
4.

Materials

Water ever where!
Fountains
water falls
streams
Drinking fountains

Foliage? What kinds of real plants look like they could go in and under the sea environment?
Cut hedges to look like under the sea animals


Sand
Wood planks
rusted metal
soft sponge
add real coral and under the sea rocks?


Multi level coral shelf’s for each hole
Archways to go underneath


what is the scale of the ocean?
Aquarium vs. Open Ocean vs. coral reef.
What is the Local of the ocean environment? Great Barrier reef, Deep sea, tide pool,
What animal and plant species are native?
How consistent is the environment to the real world
is this a magical place or Darwinian educational environment?

Sources for Possible reference Ideas
Sharks idea from Leo
Tide pool photos

Be sure to include cool ideas from... but make it unique don’t copy design
Finding Nemo
Little mermaid
Sharktale?
Little mermaid- actual fairytale

Artists? What should the style be? Try to avoid realism just because it’s where you’re most comfortable.

Shapes
Bubbles
Sea Fan
Coral, sponges
tendrils
Curves and spirals
waves,

Shapes not characteristic of the environment
Boxes, straight lines

Cool Textures
Brain corral
Spots, leopard fish
floral

Colors
Neon
Blue, panted coral Magenta, Deep purple, turquoise, clownfish orange,
Sea anenomomies

Under the sea animals
Starfish
Crab
Shark
sea turtle
Fish of all shapes and sizes
Eel
Dolphin

human Characters - hired actors can walk around like them, Statues, employee uniforms
Sea Mermaid
Old style diver - like the astronaut
Scuba Gear
Pirate - Dead pirate who walked the plank
king triton

Planes, Trains and automobiles
Boats Submarine, 2000 leagues under the sea submarine
Pirate ship
Little mermaid vehicles from the environment Crab ride,

Plants
Coral

Starting a New Semester

All that time and effort I went through posting on acme is finally paying off.
www.acmeanimation.org Acme students were invited to participate in a specail class hosted by Dela Longfish and Jeff Sengali. The class blog is http://www.bfa218.blogspot.com/

Dela asked us to write out our goals for the Class and the semester and to keep a journal so I thought I would post here.

Short Term:
Create 10 good portfolio pieces, have at least 30 addtional works
Create a professional reel
-Reel must be on a DVD with a colored label
-Create a interior booklet with resume

Achieve Professional level output
- professional level is being able to work concept to finish in a week or less
- having 200 or more ideas for any given project
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Ways to achieve:
1. Do at least one great drawing a day, post it on the blog.
2. Devote at least 4hrs to working on portfolio a day
Work on time management
Reduce amount of time spent on email
Pretend assignments are due the day they are given
Dont assume that one day is enough time to get anything done. Last minute = starting 24hrs before its due.
Improve housekeeping
Draw or write down ideas during down times like waiting in line
Create a Billing hours log - write down how much time you are spending on task
Stop working on dead end projects, Create deadlines and timelines for a project.
Evaluate wiether or not you have time to invest in given project or idea.
If a Project looks to complex find ways to make it simpler and do able with in the time frame.
Worry less about what other students are working on and devote time to what you are getting done. "Its all about the finish"
Time not spent doing career building must be earned for every 1/2 hour watching a movie spend 6hrs or more working
Wake up at, at least 9am everyday. Work towards getting at least 4hrs of sleep a night

Optain an Art position after Graduation
Shop for a job, Dont just pick the first one

Ways to achieve:
Get and interview with in a month
Apply to every position available even if just for practice

Become a Respected Business Professional
Always be on time
Never Expect your boss to remind you of what is due
Ask questions when they need to be asked
Practice Speaking in public
Work on more group projects
Be senstive to other's feelings
Take critisim
Listen more
Dont interupt people while they are speaking
Always have ideas to contribute
Bring solutions not problems - If you have something negative to say, Start with the solution.
Complement someone on a job well done.
Demand more of yourself and less of your boss.

Learn a new techique Everyday