Collaboration

For my Responsive brief i collaborated With Lija Jursins to make backgrounds for my animation. While she was doing all the work it was certainly not a one way street. I put in a lot of work into making sure that I could get what I wanted from these backgrounds very clearly. I made rough version of each background and place them all into a document, providing comments on what style and what needed to be present for each image. I also maintained contact with Lija via Facebook so I was always on hand to clear up anything that was vague or check up on how work was doing.

I also collaborated with  Maxfield Peabody, the person who helped my produce music for my responsive brief. Again, I needed to make sure I showcased what I wanted very clearly, to avoid confusion and make things as smooth and easy a possible. I produce an animatic with example music to show what tone I wanted for the animation. I also made a document breaking down the animation into segments and describing what kind of music should be playing at each point. I regularly kept contact with him, requesting that he send me what he had done so far every couple of days. This ensured that timings would be correct and the tone was fine for the animation.

More and more I am realizing the importance of collaboration in these projects. While I enjoy working on my so nthat I have full control of the project, spiting work between multiple people allows me focus on the most important parts of the work, while also diversifying my work and making look more interesting. I will be most definitely collaborating with people in the third year.