(which WILL be uploaded soon!)
The proposal has also been completed which has made things a lot clear I have put a copy of it below. I have also included a checkpoint sheet to show what I should have completed by certain dates.
1. Briefly describe your proposed
project and list key outputs – [what do you want to do?]
The name of my project is called ‘No
More Allies’ I plan to create a 30 – 90 second trailer for a
video game. I had various ideas before coming to my final idea of No
More Allies, my first Idea was to be a conversation between two
gangsters however due to the time frame the amount of work needed
would be quite difficult. I have looked at various trailers from
video games such as Call of Duty, Hitman, Homefront and many others.
I will be keeping an up to date journal of all the work and progress
I am making on the project. I will have sketches and progress models
to show the progress I am making and where my Ideas are coming from
and the improvements and tweaks that are being made. I would like to
present this project on DVD disk as well as uploading it online onto
my portfolio for employers to see.
2. Outline your motivation for
choosing this project subject [why do you want to do it?]
I chose this project because I think it
outlines the knowledge and Techniques I have learnt whilst studying
digital animation, everything from sketching out ideas to rendering
in Maya or 3D studio max. I had the opportunity to do something
similar to this on the character and environment module however it
was not to the scale I have planned this project to be. I have a
great understanding of the amount of work, I have to put into this
project as well as what needs to be done and how it will be achieved.
This will also be a great piece to put into my portfolio to give an
overview of the various skills I have.
3. Briefly describe your methodology
– [how do you intend to go about doing it?]
The main research I will be looking
into for this project would mainly be on gaining a better knowledge
of texturing to gain a realistic effect, Rendering for a High Quality
production, what makes a good intro scene, these are the main topics
I will be looking into before I start production. I will be out
sourcing a few of the tasks on this project such as the Voice acting.
I will need various microphones to record sound effects and the voice
acting itself. The skill in this project I personally think I have
but not to the standard I would like, so this means I will be
improving my current skill set to match the standard I am aiming for.
4. List the personnel involved in
your project and their roles – [who is involved?]
The people involved in this project
besides myself would be a voice actor, that would need to be able to
do 2 voices, I have scheduled the voice acting to be completed on the
last week of 2012. I have also decided that I would like either
Girish Lukka or Gavin Lewis to be the supervisor of this project, as
I think they would be best suited for this role. There are
possibilities of certain aspects of this project being outsourced
such as bringing someone in to rig the character or someone for
texturing, however I have chosen to complete the majority of this
project on my own, not including the voice acting.
5. Specify the main working
locations – [where will the work take place?]
For this project I will be working
mainly in the comfort of my home and the university, although I may
need a room where I can voice record. As for equipment I will need
microphones for voice acting as well as sound effects, there also may
be a slight possibility that I will have to use a graphics tablet. In
terms of software much of the software I already have on my laptop
but it would also be convenient for Zbrush 4r4 to be available in
that animation studios, in case if there is an emergency and my
laptop stops working.
Bhimal Ladva
21123327
Digital Animation
6. Broadly define a plan of actions with key milestones [when will
the project be done?]
wk w/c main activities and
milestones
01 01/10/12
02 08/10/12
03 15/10/12 - Proposal Complete.
04 22/10/12 Proposal complete and
submitted by Sunday of this week
05 29/10/12 - Pitch Presentation
Complete.
06 05/11/12 Pitch sessions this
week
07 12/11/12 Pitch sessions this
week
08 19/11/12
09 26/11/12
10 03/12/12 -
Research/Pre-Production Complete.
11 10/12/12
12 17/12/12 - Character Model
Complete
24/12/12
31/12/12 - Voice and Sound Effects
Recorded
13 07/01/13
14 14/01/13
21/01/13 - Environment Models
Complete
28/01/13
04/02/13 - Character Rigged and
Textured and Environment Textured
01 11/02/13
02 18/02/13
03 25/02/13
04 04/03/13
05 11/03/13
06 18/03/13
07 25/03/13 - Everything will be
Animated
08 01/04/13
08/04/13
15/04/13 - Trailer Rendered and
Quality Assured.
09 22/04/13 Completed final draft
to be presented and discussed with supervisor
10 29/04/13
11 06/05/13 A3 (portfolio) deadline
Friday 10/05/13
12 13/05/13 A4 (evaluation) deadline
Sunday 19/05/13
I will be posting more often from now on, but honestly, this project is scaring me, but I think I will enjoy the stress and challenge!
