today we were introduced to microsoft project which allows for easy setup for planning out projects....or scheduling. The software allows for jobs to be sectioned, linked, assigned to resources as well as displaying percentage complete and the duration the task should take. As one of my targets is to have better project planning, this is an extremely useful resource to learn and will especially help for the third year film. Its also an interesting tool for working out the value of your work, obviously its not a definite calculation, but it allows you to be more aware of the true value of work you undertake.
The afternoon: myself and dan prepared our schedule, listing out the jobs in order and under the headings of pre production, production and post production. The jobs allocated are colour coded for either myself or dan so we can clearly see whose undertaking which task and so we can re-allocate if needs be during the term. The schedule will need to have updated versions handed in over the weeks that shows the teams progress...this will also be good for our reflection to see what spent the correct amount of time on as well as where we could make improvements.
For now...heres a screen print of how its looking:
But back to the idea and after going over our schedule with Jared we briefed him on the latest version of our idea...mr and mrs clown. Its funny how carried away you can get with an idea, but when its presented to someone else, the flaws are immediate. Well...i say flaws, what i actual mean are points that would not meet that of the brief. Our current domestic situation with mr and mrs clown would require much more build up than time allows, and cutting down the story would therefore lose its impact
we may need to lose the clowns
suddenly we were back the wall again
and after a huge piece of paper and a sharpie marker came our way, the brainstorms begun again and after watching a bit of spy vs spy, we realised we needed the two charcters to have some sort of conflict in order to bring a short snappy story to light. As we only have 30 seconds, the idea needed to be gag based and not have such a narrative.
time passed, and we'd listed ideas that involved conflicting farmers and builders, and the clever sheep who outwitted mr fox but with such similarities to tom and jerry, we werent feeling the excitement with these ideas...
dum, dum duuuuuum!!!
success!
after remembering a clown character i had drawn years and years ago (i actually used it as part of my portfolio to get a place on the animation course) it twigged. The clowns juxtaposition could be that hes really not that funny at all....infact...he hates the sound of kids laughter...its grates at his brain like metal on a cheese grater. So here we have it...John the clown, who...if laughed at by children has to get his revenge by some hilarious clown consequence. The idea was then presented to Jared and was approved....yipee
our brains hurt
so for now, Dan is sketching basic environment concepts whilst i will be returning to my clown designs and starting work on designing the bane of john the clowns life a.k.a the child. I think the design of John was already there within my collection...staring disdainfully back at us
...i might go back and tweak him but overall im pretty happy with this design and i dont want to lose the impact of it.
back at home...i jotted down a few ideas to happen to our duo...
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