Notes on Workflow:

Workflow Notes from Today, Feb 15th

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HOMEWORK: Make a PRACTICAL, MANAGEABLE schedule to accomplish making your film by Wednesday, March 8th!

• build this schedule week by week! What will you accomplish every week that will lead to you finishing your film?
• Think of this in terms of seconds of animation, scenes you’re building, or shots you are completing. (Seconds of animation is the best choice for this, as it is VERY specific!)
• Continue working on your animation this weekend!

When building a schedule for your film: Use this terminology:

• define the terms FINISHED vs COMPLETE.
• finished denotes that your film no longer needs improvement. This is similar to perfection, a mostly unattainable goal.
• Instead think of the term, COMPLETE. That is, being able to come up with an idea for a work of art, produce it in a specific amount of time, and have the end result communicate exactly what you want to convey upon production’s end!
• You want to COMPLETE your stories! Have a minimum you want to produce that still accomplishes every goal of your work of art! To do this, create a LIST of the following:
• Have all key animation, drawn and cleaned up. (all actions accounted for)
• Have all beats (changes in action) accounted for.
• Your Strategy for doing so:
• Make a list of every action you have in your story!
• Make a sub list of the MINIMUM number of drawings you need for each action!
• This lets you pick which shots you want to work on, and spend the majority of your time improving your drawing skills!
• Show your work to each other During this process! It will help you and the other person learn more about your individual workflow!
• Have all of your key animation fully colored!
• Make time for a week of Audio and Post production of your story! We will make time in-class for you to learn how to do this, so plan accordingly!
• As you continue working, begin keeping track of how long it takes you to animate a sequence!
• You can make these notes by action,
• …by scene…
• …or by 6-second sequence!
• Use a stopwatch, or make a written note of the time as you’re working to help with this process!

AS AN ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR STUDENTS: For those wanting some additional help to work out some of their challenges with managing stress during school, the first of an 8-week series of Stress Management Seminars starts on Thursday, February 16th, from 7:00 - 7:50!