705 - Plan/Schedule

To start the 705 unit I created a rough schedule of all the weeks, I added rough placeholder details of what I will do each week working backwards from the deadline so that I can make sure everything is done in good time.

I tried to add more detail to the first 5 weeks with jobs and lists of what I need to do, I used my master to-do list that I had created last week to do this. I did this as the 6th week is half term, and while universities don't have half term it does mean that I am not at work that week and can work more on this project. I hope that this week, I will be able to get a large portion of the building done, I want to use this week as a catch-up and reassess week. Where I will look at what needs doing in the project and plan the next block of weeks up to the easter holidays. 

Here is my schedule so far. You will notice that I have added an additional column and that is because I am very over-ambitious and plan to do too much in a single week. By adding the additional column rather than just moving or deleting the tasks, I can start to see where I over-plan and recognise how much I can get done in a week. 

	Planned and Done	Planned and not done/ moved to another week
Week 1 - 10.01.23	Check how many weeks the project is Read brief Create document of tasks and outcomes Sort Linkedin  Plan all work to do - broken down list
Week 2 - 17.01.23	To do list  Finish Linkedin Finish rest of plan and schedule - rough  Create CV Create Art Station Moodboard Blog Breakdown and to-do list	Email Mat about puppet scans  Find out about creating a Website  Collect a list of professionals to contact Create a list of materials for environment and source Create expenses document Draft design environment Photogrammetry scan (spite house) Photogrammetry scan doll  Sort art work to post to art Station  Blog  plan/ schedule  Professional Portfolio - Linkedin, Artstation, Research for website Materials list Moodboard Draft design Photogrammetry tests
Week 3 - 24.01.23	In uni 2-4  Check how many weeks I am in uni and add to plan re-read proposal  Sort DSA Draft design environment Keep designing environment Photogrammetry scan (spite house) Photogrammetry scan doll  Create a list of materials for environment and source Create expenses document Blog plan/ schedule  Professional Portfolio - Linkedin, Artstation, Research for website - (draft blog to add to)  Materials list Moodboard Draft design Photogrammetry tests
Week 4 - 31.01.23	Test/ learn 3D - spite house, remesh ect  Test rig in Maya - Doll  Blog spite house test  Blog doll test Email Mat about puppet scans  Find out about creating a Website  Collect a list of professionals to contact Sort art work to post to art Station
Week 5 - 07.02.23	Learn VR/ UE - putting stuff into it. Test spite house in VR Blog above tests
Week 6 - 14.02.23	Half Term
Week 7 - 21.02.23	Build
Week 8 - 28.02.23	Build
Week 9 - 07.03.23	Build
Week 10 - 14.03.23	Build
Week 11 - 21.03.23	Crit week
Week 12 - 28.03.23	3D VR
Week 13 - 04.04.23	Easter
Week 14 - 11.04.23	Easter
Week 15 - 18.04.23	3D VR
Week 16 - 25.04.23	3D VR
Week 17 - 02.05.23	3D VR
Week 18 - 09.05.23	3D VR
Week 19 - 16.05.23	3D VR
Week 20 - 23.05.23	3D VR
Week 21 - 30.05.23	Half term
Week 22 - 06.06.23	Have VR ready to go!
Week 23 - 13.06.23
Week 24 - 20.06.23	Evaluation
Week 25 - 27.06.23	Prepare all work for hand in
Week 26 - 04.07.23	Hand in week 7th July 11am

705 Unit Breakdown

At the start of the 705 unit, I decided to create a breakdown of the brief, this was to help me get a clear understanding of the tasks that I had to complete for submission as well as the criteria that I had to cover and where I could do this. From previous units, I have found that this is a good way for me to start projects as part of my planning stage, as it stops me from becoming overwhelmed. 

Tasks 

1. Negotiated project

• Practical Work 

• VR village/ environment

• Practically built and scanned village 

• Practical build, Photogrammetry, 3D, UE, VR

• Supporting Documentation 

• Blog - processes, reflections, research, evaluations, methods 

2. Professional practice portfolio

• Written research piece - identifies my animation niche, my approach to PP, direction of career, 

• Showreel and Portfolio

• CV

• Business cards

• Animation studios and roles research 

• Festivals and networks research

• PhD Proposal

• Conference paper 

3. Critical Evaluation 

• 1500 words written 

4. Crit - 21st March 

Criteria 

1. Experimentation and resolution - make stuff (practical) and reflect on it (blog) present it (crit)

2. Project management - do the work (make planning docs)

3. Research - research bits of the project (learning software, theory topics linked to practical, festivals and industry, PhD proposal, blog) 

4. Evaluation and critical analysis - evaluate work throughout, link to industry, link to theories, reflect throughout and final written evaluation 

5. Subject knowledge - practice and blog - researching topics, and linking topics to practice (practical and blog) 

Once I had broken the unit and tasks down to the work that I would need to create for them, I used the breakdown to start to make a to-do list, which detailed all of the individual pieces of work that I needed to complete.

To Do

Practical 

• Moodboard

• Materials List

• Production Schedule

• Draft Design 

• Tests

• Photogrammetry scan - Spite House

• Learn 3D

• Releasing

• Fixing scans

• Creating models

• Saving for VR

• Install UE

• Learn UE

• Put tests into VR

• How to use

• How to create

• How to export

• How to make interactive 

• Final Design 

• Final design plan 

• Scale

• Measurements

• Modular 

• Build House

• Photogrammetry scan house 

• Put into 3D

• Put into VR

• 3D model interior 

• Add interactive elements 

• New SD fitted 

• Install Blender

• Install Houdini’

• Install Maya

• Install Mudbox

• Install 3DsMax

• Install Adobe Substance

• Install Quixel Mixer

• Install PureRef

• Install Krita

Log/ Record 

• Blog each week/ work done 

Professional Portfolio 

• Linkedin

• CV

• Business cards

• Logo -  banner for social media 

• Animation studios Research

• Job Roles Research

• Festivals Research

• Networking and conferences Research

• PhD Proposal

• Showreel

• Portfolio

• Artstation

• Website

• Linkedin recommendations and people to endorse skills

• Banner for linked in

This list is quite long as I have broken it down into individual tasks. There will be more individual tasks in some stages such as the 3D, UE/VR and testing stages, but because I haven't done those before I am not currently sure what they will be. 

There are other pieces on this that I don't need to focus on as they are not really what my project/ future progression focuses on, but they would also be nice to have just in case, such as I don't really need a showreel and portfolio as I intend to progress on to do a PhD while still teaching, however, they would be very useful to have, as my currency one is incredibly outdated (to the point I wouldn't use it) and should I decide to go into the industry it is something that I will need. 

Also, a few of the jobs on the list can be done fairly quickly which means that once I get them ticked off, the list will shrink a lot. 

I have found that having a detailed to-do list helps me throughout projects, maybe even more than a schedule, because I have ADHD I sometimes don't want to do the task I have written down on my schedule that day, because of my ADHD I can't force myself to do them as a neurotypical would and Instead I waste time staring at the task list, feeling bad, and procrastinating. This is where I have found that a detailed to-do list helps, if I don't feel like doing the task on my schedule then I can just go through my to-do list and pick a task that I do want to do, that way, while I may not be sticking to a schedule, I am at least getting a task done. 

I will use my to-do list to create a schedule, which I will try to stick to and check each week, but I will use my to-do list alongside it to ensure that I am using my time each week effectively.