Wonder Unit Plan 2020

HIGH LEVEL OPERATIONS

• Brainstorm blue sky story ideas to explore
  • write all the story ideas in one place: explorers, dreamers, robot, soraya, idris,
• Develop, Iterate, Produce Stories
  • outline process with the creative risk / cost graph
• Create Tools and Processes that Aid Creativity
• Hire the best creative talent
• Secure investment to grow
• Sell movies

EXPLORERS PRODUCTION

• TECH: Make the VR feature of Storyboarder solid and high frame rate.
• Make the synopses for the EXPLORERS movie solid.
• Storyboard the movie, shot for shot, in VR / Shot Generator based on the synopses.
  • * Show / Get Feedback / Make Revisions to Boards
• Based on the completed storyboards, transcribe a complete script.
  • * Show / Get Feedback / Make Revisions to Script
• Send script to casting directors.
• Cast the EXPLORERS movie.
• Record table read EXPLORERS script with cast
• Sync boards with table reading recording to create animatic
  • * Show / Get Feedback / Make Revisions to Animatic
• TECH: Make sure shot list server works, production tool, and slater.
• Secure a studio warehouse to shoot ProtoProduction
• Shoot a test version of the movie (ProtoProduction)
• Edit test version
• Score test version
  • * Show / Get Feedback / Make Revisions to ProtoProduction

MARKETING: WONDER UNIT AND STORYBOARDER

• Make a video that concisely explains what Storyboarder is.
• Update the website to showcase what Storyboarder is now.
• Remove shit talking on the site and on my bio.
• Update the website to showcase what Wonder Unit is and what it will become.
• Recreate some famous movie scenes and do a side by side video with download.
• Apply for the Knight Grant. I want to win it, even if it is small.
• Send an email out to all the Storyboarder people.
• Get press about Storyboarder and Wonder Unit.

BUSINESS INVESTMENT

• Deck complete
• Meetings with potential investors
• Short term financing
• Get a big studio / telecom to finance an off the reservation studio

TOOLS / TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING

1. STORYBOARDER

  #1 xr performance should be good
    gpu selection
    rewrite of how bone selector works
      still need to profile why it is slow and define what needs to be recreated
  #2 features
    charles:
      model: props
    arttu:
    eric:
      new xr
      teleport
      best way to send back
      figure out why framerate is slow
      sort pose presets
      shot-list
    vlad:
      why does a custom character not import properly?
      figure out why framerate is slow on ik model
      xr-fixes
      bone fixes
  #3 make a release
    make a release

2. SHOT LIST SERVER

1. Make prototype that imports shotlist from Storyboarder
2. Ability to schedule a shoot
3. Visualizations and operations for shooting
4. API for Slater

3. SLATER (SMART CLAPPERBOARD)

1. Make case that it fits in
2. Setup slow
3. buttons for interoperation / clap mechanism
4. api hook up

TEAMBUILDING

Who is on my dream team? Who do i need to become successful and who is standing in my way?

• Story Development
• Engineering
• Creative Trust
• Production
• Business Operations / Sales