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.