Proposal

Proposal

Career intentions

To become a director of animated feature films in world renowned studio such as DreamWorks-Disney, I will have to take careful consideration of the route my career will take. I will start off my career in the industry of animation by being an animator. By doing so, I will gain first-hand experience of the role of the animator and develop my skills. I will then be more suitable to the job role as director in the future as I will have developed my career and skills which will make me a successful and competent director.

Skills needed

The skills that I require in order to achieve this career when I graduate are being able to visualise and create storyboards so that my ideas can be created by a team. I must be able to create story’s that entertain an audience and then be able to produce them.

Software used

Maya is the software that I need to understand and use.  I will be able to work well with camera settings in the programme, and also learn how to animate in the programme. Therefore, I am able to work on the shorts that I visualise on my own 30secs-1min till I can get people to work on them with me for larger projects. Therefore I will need to know the software itself very well, to understand how it works and what goes into making a short and therefore I’ll have the knowledge and the understanding of what team members do, if I would be doing longer shorts.

Hardware used

Hardware that is required for me to get this all done would be a top of the range computer which will enable me to work with the top of the range graphics. This will enable me to produce high end renders which will allow me to produce quality images which will enable me to have work which looks good on the screen. Also the more powerful my computer is the quicker I will be able to work because it will be able to handle Maya (crashed a lot on my laptop) since on a powerful piece of equipment it will be able to handle high detailed scenes.

Production pipeline for demo reel

My job in the production pipeline would mean I would be in charge of the final decisions and making sure that everything in the scene is in the correct position; that the animation submitted is good enough. The higher position in the production pipeline, the more responsibility that person would have. Therefore, that is why I wish to be a director as I'll be able to thrive upon that responsibility. However, since I am doing shorts here, for my demo reel I will have a series of shorts to show that I’m able to come up with ideas that show I have the creative mind to develop my own story that entertains an audience, but I will also be able to show that I am able to animate in a way which entertains, so I will be able to apply for the animation roles. With the shorts being my own work and ideas, I have full responsibility of the creative output.  The list below is of the production pipeline I would have to overview when setting myself a project.

Scripts

Voice record

Designs (character and environments)

Storyboard

Sequencing/Scene planning

Modelling (if 3D), Breaking/Rigging (if 2D)

Colour styling

Layout

Background paint/colour (if 2D)

Scene Assembly (if 2D)

Lighting/Textures/Shading (if 3D)

Lip sync (if 3D)

Animation

Render

Picture edit

Audio Post

Final Sound Mix