Briefing and Assessment Criteria

Our first session of the unit began with our tutor giving us an introduction to the 'Time-Based Narrative' project. We were given a brief that contained these key points of assessment criteria:

• We are to form groups within the class and create a short film with a soundtrack, contributing to all parts of the production as well as individually creating approximately 30 seconds worth of animation. 

• We are to give evidence through our blogs and the presentation of both our animatic and final piece of our personal generation and exploration towards narrative ideas.

• We are to create a final short film that meets the formats and conventions of storytelling and narrative e.g. It contains an understandable and appealing narrative that contains a beginning, middle and end.

• We are to generate thumbnails and storyboards that effectively visualise our story and influence our animatic and final piece. We are to effectively demonstrate our knowledge of filmic language and cinematic storytelling as well as our technical knowledge of composition, colour and timing within our storyboard.

• We are to give evidence of animation within our 30 second section of the final piece through the ability to create movement through the recording of static images. Furthermore, we are to engage in and give evidence of the 12 Principles of Animation within our individual section.

• We are to effectively articulate our idea and narrative clearly through our project work. e.g. The audience need to be able to understand the piece and it should relate to the soundtrack.

We used our first class to form our groups for this project. Here are my team members and their roles within the production team: (Click the team member's names to go to their respective blogs).

Reke Onamusi - Director/ Compositor.

Kyomi Richards (Me) - Producer/ Character Designer/ Storyboard Artist.

Kirstie Wood - Character Designer/ Sound Designer.

Theo West Agboola - Environment Designer/ Storyboard Artist.

Once we decided on our group, we drew up a contract for the whole group to sign and obide by:

Group Project Contract

1. Define your skills.

2. Agree to be contactable and keep regular touch. Attend all group meetings.

3. Agree to carry out specified tasks at any time.

4. Communicate any other commitments that might affect the production.

5. Any communication to be answered in two hours.

6. Maintain a standard of work expected from the group production.

i. All work has to be ready as of the 28th Feburary 2013

ii. Animatic to be ready of the 9th Feburary 2013

iii. All members to be set tasks and goals for each week to make sure work is making progress.

iiii. Notify the group for any unseen/mitigating circumstances within a day

As our group is focusing on a styllised piece, the standard of work will be in context with members skills. Members should voice ideas and thoughts if they feel something needs to be changed or updated. All members are excepted to carry out their tasks given out by director of group, Reke Onamusi. If any problems arise, contact Reke or Kyomi to come to a solution as quickly as possible.

There are a maximum of three penalties given to any member for e.g. reducing the standard of work, absense without reason or uncooperative within the team. 

If a member goes pass three penalties, that member will be liable to be removed from the group.

Director, Reke Onamusi

Producer, Kyomi Richards