Professional Practice

Week 1: Briefing

In order to keep track of my progress and keeping to work, I have created a timetable to keep track of my work week. There are certain blocks I have sectioned off for my own personal commitments, so any unlabelled sections are private sections.

I have certain goals to achieve each week, in order to keep myself on track. They are as follows:

Week 1: Briefing

Week 2: October Challenge - Storyboarding/Animatic

Week 3: October Challenge - Blocking

Week 4: October Challenge - Splining

Week 5: October Challenge - Polishing

Week 6A: October Challenge - Submission

Week 6: Review

After the October Challenge, I realised how long each section took me to do. Splining and Polishing didn't take much time, but Blocking took more time than I expected. So for my November Challenge, I plan to spend more of my time on Blocking than Splining & Polishing.

My weekly goals are as follows:

Week 6: November Challenge - Storyboarding/Animatic

Week 7: November Challenge - Blocking (Lipsync & Facial Animation)

Week 8: November Challenge - Blocking (Poses) / Splining (All)

Week 9: November Challenge - Splining/Polishing

Week 10: Unit Completion & Hand-In

Upon completion of the Unit, I found my timing and schedule planning became better across the November challenge. Splining and Polishing took a slight amount of time, but not as much as October Challenge. I feel as though I struggled with timing of the first challenge due to my first attempt at an animation project within a certain amount of time. I managed to complete my work and submit well on time.

Compared to other works for the challenges, I find myself aware of the differences between myself and other industry professionals. I feel simultaneously nervous for my work compared to people with more experience, intimidation at the level of animation for a professional level, and excitement to reach that place one day.