SPRING BREAK! Produce your Production Package by Monday, March 19th!

Have a great Spring Break everyone! Your homework is below. We covered each segment of this in class! Remember: This assignment is Pass/Fail, and can only be turned in on the Monday we get back from Spring Break! If you will not be in class that day, make sure you find a way to turn in your Preproduction Package! I will review them all Monday and Tuesday, as we will begin animation after spring break!

This is the easiest A I give in this class. As long as you have fun, be thorough in following the 8 steps below, and heed the advice given throughout the semester, you are good!  Remember that this is the first of your portfolio work you are producing, so do your best! It is due @9:07, Monday, March 19th!

See you soon! =D

~Shaw

Recap of HOMEWORK:

• BUILD A PRE-PRODUCTION PACKAGE! We will use this to build an artbook/e-book later this semester!
• 1. Professional Character Design Model Sheets in color.
• 2. Professional Environment Design Model Sheets in color.
• 3. A 1-page Collection of Common Character Poses on a Sheet of Paper! Use the “How to Draw Adventure Time” resources if you are unsure of how to do this!
• 4. Refine your Animatic!  Finish timing, and add as many drawings as you need to flesh it out! The more the better!
• 5. A 1-2 page Design Document for your animation!
• 6. Export your storyboards and animatic! (H.264 Codec; Three Pages Horizontal Format for the Storyboard)
• 7. Renumber your scenes, collect your scenes properly, and export them to toon boom.
• 8. Make a collection of photographic and video references for your animation!

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list of notes from today:

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RECAP OF SKILLS LEARNED THIS SEMESTER (so far)

• audio production
• environment and character design (visual development)
• story writing, editing, and development
• Key animation with EXCELLENT poses!
• most common challenge for entry-level animators: “how do I make ____ look right?”
• solution: DEVELOP A PRE-PRODUCTION PACKAGE!
• A PRE PRODUCTION PACKAGE CONSISTS OF:
• 1. professionally created model sheets for your characters (in color)
• 2. a pose sheet for your character (can be in black and white, but still professionally made)
• a collection of common poses your character would use during “their” everyday life.
• ADVICE: get a friend or family member to take photos of you, or you should take photos of people you know doing these poses!  REFERENCE over everything else.
• Doing this trains your OBSERVATION SKILLS.
• Advice for shooting reference
• Record video, so you can set the camera down, and act how you need in front of the camera. Take snapshots of the poses you need from the video!
• From class, Brian offered a link to a tripod you can buy for your phone! $10, and really useful! (link here)
• 3. A collection of reference photos and footage for your animation!
• 4. Environment model sheet: Every major environment (in color), with a complete illustration of what it looks like without people in it.
• Notes on production packages: What is realistic?
• Your preproduction package should be
• a. something you can accomplish in a few weeks of time.
• b. if you have a visual technique you want to accomplish, but is not sure how to create it, Do the best you can this Spring Break, and give me(Shaw) an idea of how long you think it will take to complete it.
• The goal:  PLAN AHEAD FOR THE BIG stuff!
• 5. A 1-2 page Design Document for your animated short!
• 6. A REFINED animatic for your animation.
• 7. Export complete storyboards of your animation as well!
• The exports you create will serve as the LAYOUT for your animated short!

Advice: Make a digital copy of your materials, and print them out for yourself!

NOTES ON REORGANIZING PANELS AND SCENES:

1. Select all panels. (Right click and select)
2. Right click again and select “New Scene from Selected Panels”
3. Start at the beginning of your film: Select every panel that shares the same camera angle.
4. Right click that segment of your animation and select “New Scene from Selected Panels” again!

• your panels will be separated into an individual, easy to understand scene!

1. Do this for every grouping of panels that shares a different camera angle.
2. At the top of your menu, click on “STORYBOARD ——> Rename Scenes”

• In the box that pops up, make sure you click “Renumber Scenes.” All of your scenes will now be properly divided!

1. Finally, go to file —> Export —> To Toon Boom. Make sure you have exported your work to Harmony. Do this, and you are ready to go!