Notes: Scheduling for Animation (part 1)

SCHEDULING:  HOW? WHY?

scheduling for creative projects:

• small amount of tasks that can be easily completed
• gives you more free time to focus on other things!
• planning for:
• unforeseen events - giving yourself enough time to be flexible against the uncertainty of life!
• milestones YOU WANT to meet! : THINGS YOU WANT TO HAPPEN AND THINGS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH!
• reminder: no schedule is set in stone, unless you make it so?
• SCHEDULING YOUR ANIMATION PROJECT!
• A. count up the amount of time you have to work on it in easily digestible chunks (weeks, months, etc.)
• B. make a list of objective tasks that you want to complete in your creative endeavor!
• examples: 
• color and multi-toned shadows
• cool lighting effects
• interesting music
• jokes that get a laugh every time
• a scene that WILL MAKE someone cry.
• When you work on a project: You will get input from LOTS of people at some point. A great schedule helps you focus on what’s most important, take the feedback that is necessary and ignore the feedback that is not.
• C. Create Estimated time frames for completing different tasks of your project!
• It may help to work backwards from the date you KNOW you want your project completed!
• Schedule the end of your project ahead of the time you think it will be done!
• Examples of Schedules:
• THE LIST
• THE CALENDAR
• THE SPREADSHEET
• THE GANTT CHART
• Example Schedule: (2 character animation project)
• list of things I want to complete:
• color
• lighting (shadow tones)
• sound and audio
• awesome lightning effect
• Oct
• 7 - 11
• 5 secs of animation
• 14 - 18
• 6 secs of animation
• record voices for character 1
• 21 - 25
• 6 secs of animation
• color: wk 1 sequence
• record some sound effects
• 28 - 11/1
• 6 secs of animation
• color: wk 2 sequence
• record some sound effects 
• Nov
• 4 - 8
• 9 secs of animation
• color wk 3 sequence
• 11 - 15
• finish recording audio
• special lightning effects
• 18 - 22
• 8 secs of animation
• 25 - 29 (thanksgiving)
• 5 secs of animation
• color remaining sequences
• project Completed
• 12/2 - 6
• review project