Hello Year 2.
The announcement I know
you've all been waiting for is here...drum roll please...the Collaboration teams (groups) are...
Team 2 – Divine, Terry, Chelsea
Team 3 – Alexandra, Coyle, Katerin
Team 4 – Ted, Louis, Tom
Team 5 – Vincent, Odette
Team 6 – Karris, Shannon, Olivia
There you go, the long wait is over and it's 'Avengers' time. What next?
1) Make contact: Make
contact with your team and exchange details such as email addresses,
blog addresses, and phone numbers (just those for now - more info on
communication later at the briefing). Make sure that your email
addresses and numbers are reliable. Finally, please respect each other's
privacy where necessary. We have Kate and Chelsea joining us (welcome!). Their blog addresses are listed below.
Chelsea - http://chelsea-a-butler.blogspot.com
Kate - https://katerozola.blogspot.com
Chelsea - http://chelsea-a-butler.blogspot.com
Kate - https://katerozola.blogspot.com
2) Form a studio and start a studio blog: For
this project your team will be asked to form an animation studio and
create a studio (team) blog. You can do that now using Blogger and considering the
following...
- Give your studio a name: For
example, like 'Bad Robot' (J. J. Abrams studio / Star Wars / Star
Trek), Aardman Animation, or Naughty Dog. Think carefully about this and
do your research. Avoid childish names, things that are overly violent,
or unrelated. E.g. 'Flaming Death Skulls' - That's fine for a band but
not a studio. The theme of the project is comedy meets animation so try
to keep it fun, light, and professional in tone.
- Branding: Once
you have your studio name you will need to start branding your studio
and giving it a graphical identity. For example, a logo, the design /
layout of your blog, and thematic direction. The key words here are
graphics and branding. Again, before leaping in do your research.
Branding is something often philosophical /emotional, such as a
statement of quality, intent, or perceived personality (think Coke or
Pepsi). Graphic design means considering everything from font to layout
to colour to reflect branding. Remember, again be careful around tone
and try to think professional / outward focusing as you design - Tip:
design for the World to see not just your tutors / University. Here are
two examples from the current third year...
Example 1: http://planetcuckooproductions.blogspot.com
Example 2: http://arrowparkstudios.blogspot.com
- Invite us: Once you've set up your blog send us you new blog address. Our
emails are: apostings@ucreative.ac.uk and sholland3@uca.ac.uk
- Basecamp: To
help you communicate and organise your work this term we're going to be
using basecamp.com. This will be explained in more depth during the
briefing but for now please email me (apostings@ucreative.ac.uk) your
email addresses so I can invite you to the site. Please do this as a
group - One email with all of your emails inside. I will email you back -
one by one - with an invite to Basecamp.
3) Skills: Take
time to list what skills you think you can bring to the team. Be honest
with yourself, what were your highs and lows in year one? Are you a
leader? Are you a project manager? Are you a designer, modeller, or
animator? What would you like to improve? Make a list and bring it to
the briefing in week one.
If anyone has any questions please post them in the comments or email me at - apostings@ucreative.ac.uk.
Good luck everyone and see you at the briefing! - Alan
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