Sarah Cant, Robyn Liebschner & Rebecca Deakin.

A Team of three Animation Students at the University of the West of England.

Firefly, an insight into a made up forest, where there are great trees hosting all kinds of strange plants & creatures. This 2D Traditional Animation follows these creatures as they discover how to make fireflies by using splashes.

Tuesday 21 December 2010

Timetable for Robyn

So I've set myself scenes to do each day and so far so good. I have completed scenes 3 and 10. I have also saved all the frames as PNG, pretty sure thats right.
Hope your both doing alright.

Production Bible

Making a list of all the things that need to be in the Production Bible:

Concept (synopsis)
Target Audience
Script
Moodboards
Colour Palette
Character Turnaround with description of characters
Action Poses
Flower Design
Storyboard with descriptions
Backgrounds
Budget
Production Schedule

It would be handy if you can look over the list and make comments. I'm pretty sure some things are missed out but I can't figure out what else needs to be in there :)

Let us know asap because its going to be put together rather soon!

Friday 17 December 2010

Weebla-Gorgui Colour Schemes

Scene 3 [ Robyn ] - Brown Underbelly, White Tail with Brown ring, White Muzzle, Brown inner ear

Scene 4 [ Sarah ] - Brown Underbelly, White Ears

Scene 5 [ Sarah ] - Brown Underbelly x 3, 1 with white ears, 1 with white ears & muzzle, 1 with white ear tips and white muzzle

Scene 6, 7, 10 & 12 [ Robyn ] - Brown Underbelly, White Ears, White Muzzle, Brown inner ear, white tip of tail & 2 brown rings.

Scene 9 & 13 [ Sarah ] - Brown Underbelly & mix other elements -  make sure far right creature matches scene 13.

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Christmas Break Colouring Rota

Sorry fellow Firefly workers, Christmas isn't going to be a break! The scenes are broken up as follows:

Robyn will take Scenes 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 6
Sarah will take Scenes 4, 5, 13, 8 and 9

Scanning should be completed by the end of tomorrow, and so individual hard drives will need to be brought in on Thursday & Friday to give out the PSD files ready for the colouring.

Saturday 11 December 2010

Current Schedule 11/12/2010


[ Half coloured squares means some of the layers have been scanned but not all ]

On Monday/ Tuesday Cleanup is likely to end. At this point Beccy will be devoting her time to making the backgrounds. Robyn will have a short 'tutorial' with me on the scanning process. 

We've got until thursday to complete all the scanning, but I'm predicting it can be finished for Wednesday. Once Robyn has joined in on the scanning process, shifts will be taken between herself and Sarah. When not on scanning duty, the other member will be starting colouring.

Next week the Producer will be giving out the colouring scenes. 

Thursday 9 December 2010

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Here are the adjustments mentioned in the comment. I used one of the creatures I coloured & changed the colours to match for a better match to what the creatures line quality is (after cleanup & scanning)


Colour Pallette 1 - for use on long shots

Just double-checked the colour on this one, nevertheless, if something looks a bit odd or you've got other ideas, just comment on them here / send me an email. Sarah - If you want to change the font for the production bible, I can send the photoshop file to you :)

Thats not the final backround, by the way! I'm about halfway through it, I think, at the moment, I'll post the backgrounds as they get finished.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Firefly Budget

Materials Cost Per Item No. Of Items Total Cost
Paper [500 sheets] £2.34 3 £7.02
Pencil £0.25 3 £0.75
Masking Tape £1.10 1 £1.10
Erasers £0.30 3 £0.90
Folders £0.50 4 £2.00
Hire Cost Per Week No of Weeks
Studio Space £50.00 5 £250.00
Meeting Room £25.00 15 £375.00
Line Tester £60.00 5 £300.00
Light Box £30.00 5 £150.00
Electric Pencil Sharpener £5.00 5 £25.00
Audio Room £70.00 1 £70.00
Energy Cost Per Week No of Weeks
Electricity £10.00 15 £150.00
Gas £15.00 15 £225.00
Job Salaries Contract Cost No.Employees
Script Writer £250.00 1 £250.00
Storyboard Artist £300.00 1 £300.00
Producer £500.00 1 £500.00
Director £400.00 1 £400.00
Character Designer £200.00 1 £200.00
Environment Designer £150.00 1 £150.00
Musician £100.00 1 £100.00
Foley Artist £70.00 1 £70.00
Animator £350.00 3 £1,050.00
Cleanup Artist £100.00 2 £200.00
Colouring Artist £100.00 1 £100.00
Effects £150.00 1 £150.00
Editing £70.00 1 £70.00
Other Cost per Hour No of Hours
Technical Support £12.00 2 £24.00
Allowances Per Week No of Weeks
Food & Drink £15.00 15 £225.00
Travel £10.00 15 £150.00
TOTAL £5,495.77