Scheduled Programming
SCAD Animation Production Class: Anim 395
3D/2D/Liveaction Collaborative
Role: Producer, Concept Artist
March 2021- May 2021
A pipeline course that teaches collaboration! We were given the specifications to create a 30 second bumper for the SCAD Animation Film Fest.
This was my fourth time working on a student film! We were instructed to exercise the skills and knowledge we had about animation so that we would naturally find our roles within the project. With Production management being something I intend to make a career out of I funneled my attention into building myself for that! I also ended up using my leadership, 3D animation and illustration skills to help out in other areas.
Some of the elementary things I did to prove myself as a Producer for our class was setting up a Google Sheet, Shotgun Account and File System in our Dropbox. After a student created the Discord I also helped organize and suggest additional needed channels.
Above Pictured:
[Left] Color key tests over SEQ01 (commercial 1) storyboards.
[Right] Designs for signs to be used in our first commercial.
Above Pictured:
[Left] Designs for Text/Word Art and Banners to be used for a couple of our other commercials.
[Right] Early Concept Pitch of a monster to be included in our first commercial!
Google Sheet/Shotgun Studio
Developing and testing styles of the sheets to track our progress was fun but challenging at first. I started with a working list for our first week then moved into attempting department sheets but with not many people willing to cooperate it eventually evolved into a weekly due date task sheet which I found to be the best due to the small scale of the project! After setting up a Google Sheet I went to Shotgun to translate the information and continued to track the entire project by using both platforms!
Above Pictured:
Early Rig Test of our character Ace with some basic lighting!
Discord Group
To communicate outside of our class and share files we used Discord. During class I would document feedback and take notes for everyone. Each class I would post these in addition to posting due dates and give individual feedback on anything necessary. Gaining the role of Producer meant I had to stay on top of everything and ensure that everyone had something to do to keep the pipeline rolling along on time! So to make sure of that, I held multiple meetings every weekend to give feedback/critique and direction to my fellow crew members, assign tasks and shots, execute drawovers and more!
