On Sunday night, I finished the Gantt chart for Alisha's project. I believe this is the most organised timetable yet, as there are absolutely no overlapping tasks.
At the very start of the week, I key-framed a scene for Khoa's project. If I, and the rest of the team, continue to work at this rate, we shall remain on schedule. I did, however, have some serious issues to resolve during the completion of this task.
The team had access to Toon Boom Harmony, so we all agreed to work in this software. However, when it came to actually starting, I really struggled to get it working. Certain commands and tools weren't working when I selected them, and my stylus wasn't registering half of the time.
I was already stressed with the concept of learning a new programme that I was completely inexperienced in, let alone with all these additional problems. After spending half the day trying to get it to work and failing, I requested permission from the director to work in TVPaint.
Khoa was pleased with this first scene, as he wasn't expecting it to be so clean this early into production. I explained I prefer to line as I go. However, I do tend to find myself accidentally inbetweening as I key-frame, which is something I need to work on for future shots.
After raising my concerns last week over the very likely incompletion of Stacey's animation, Grace, the storyboard artist and Stacey arranged a meeting in which they discussed cutting down the script in order for us animators to have a better chance at meeting the deadline.
This meant I needed to put together another Gantt chart, which I was pleased about, as I feel as though the last one was very cluttered. Now I have less scenes to worry about, I can work on making it look more professional and organised.
Link to Production Gantt Chart (Stacey - Refined)
I also raised my concerns over voice acting to Rhys, so he began looking online for other actresses, and found one on Fiver.
At the end of the week, I made a personal Gantt chart to make sure I don't bite off more than I can chew (I already have, but at least this chart will help me visualise my tasks better).
I then got started on a scene for Rhys' animation.
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