Production Management Strategy

This is another updated for my animation project Lilly May and Turtle.
I am using a very useful tool in the After effects, the puppet pin. I like the finished product:

I was horrify that my animation will not work. I had a very negative feeling that nothing going to work,  everything going horribly wrong with my project. But as I worked on it for many hours, it actually coming together well.... Haha , I am so happy that I had work hard at it with a good result.

seeing this come together has absolutely given me confidence in my ability to finish off .
Thank God for His grace for me.

I have posted this three days ago :

Production Management Strategy

Production Management Strategy

Characters

• Build each characters in Photoshop
• includes any replacement bits i.e. hands , legs , arms /in-betweens
• Split each movable part into layers
• name each layer as I created them.
• Import the layered .psd into After Effects
• Create character composite
• Set up lighting within character and with shadows
• Plan Animation
• Create rough pencil tests in the Photoshop
• Import into After Effects  
• Animate Character
• Option 1:  Creating a puppet rig 
• Option 2: Animate each layer independently
• Using rotation/Position key frames
• Switch replacement layers as needed
• Head turns, Hands etc.
• Option 3: Use traditional 2D with rotoscoping animation
• Animated entirely in Photoshop with the method of rotoscoping
• Clean up than colour in Photoshop 
• Composite final character into the background comp 

I started off by testing option 3, it was time consuming and judging for what I needed to do this year, I don’t believe I will finish my short with this method.

I ended going with Option 1. The rigged puppet was used for Lilly , Mum and turtle .  I am happy with this method and looks forward to complete the project with this method.

Background

With Option 1 , I do it myself with LOTS of Prayers.

·         Draw 2dD backgrounds in Photoshop and Oil paintings.

·         Scan Oil painting to PNG image.

·         Import  images into After Effects

·         build 3D set using 2D layer

·         Layers with light projection

·         I learned this method from Darren Ball, I thank God for Darren’s teaching.

Sound

·         Music , singing and  sound effects.

§  Commissioned artist

§  Recording s ( don’t have a fix date?)

v  Voice

Shoot live action .

Record all audio with specialized audio equipment.

Backup data on-site

I have contacted with a group singers they are willing to help. And the music seems to be OK.

Backup Plan

Last year I used my 1TB hard-drive as a backup source. I simply copied the entire project folder onto the drive and that was that. I'll do the same this year.

AND I WILL WORK TOWARD THE END.