February 9th 2016

This is a blog platform used to document the process of creating the project for our media project 2 module. We will updating this on a weekly basis and will outline the steps and milestones that we need to achieve for the upcoming week, as well as the ideas and designs that we have decided on in class. 

Today, we got the brief for the project we must complete by week 6, so we decided a few things today.

• The media of the project
• The roles of the members of the team
• What we are doing for next week
• The software we will be using
• The general outline of the project
• Our deliverables and what we need

We have decided that we will be doing an action/dramatic animation piece for this project. The theme of the project is the 1916 rising and is open to interpretation. Our plan is to have the piece quite serious and tense using animation elements from both still imagery and using software such as after effects to give the piece a dynamic feel. The animation is going to be four minutes long and will use a combination of audio and visual to tell the story building up to the rising. We plan on using narration and sound effects to tell the story.

The team roles are as followed:

Alex - Lead Animator

Darragh - Co. Animator, Script Writer

Sean - Co.  Animator, Research
Dianne - Co. Animator, narration concept

We have also decided on a list of deliverables and we actually need to achieve to make the animation

• Need to research the history of the rising
• Need to write a script
• Need to draw storyboards
• Need to mind map
• Need to draw concept art
• Need to write shot list
• Need to document the process in Blog
• Need to research art styles for animation
• Need to hold meetings every week to see where each team member is

For Next Week's Class

In order to start getting a sense of the story, we need to start planning the research. So Sean is going to head up that aspect by researching the events of the rising, then I (Darragh) will be able to write a script for the piece. Alex will be experimenting with concept art  and trying to decide on the style. I will also do a bit of concept art as will be amalgamating the two styles into one consistent piece. I will also be in charge of this week's breakdown of the blog.