Skills Audit - Clare

Skills Audit

Production Manager – Having worked as a Production Assistant, Scheduler, Co-ordinator and Assistant Producer I have much experience of managing projects, forecasting, planning and working to deadlines.  I have experience of sourcing and managing cast and crew, completing call sheets and risk assessments with knowledge of working hours and drivers hours directives.  I can envisage the whole project and break it down into manageable chunks, appointing times and tasks to the best resources.

Researcher – Experience of research.  I am very resourceful, having a background in a number of industries I have built up a broad network of contacts.  These contacts have proved extremely useful on many projects, not only for obtaining information but also for sourcing experts, locations and authority to film.

Photographer – Although the majority of my work is wedding and portraits, my background is in Production Photography.  This includes continuity and documentary photography.  I can apply these skills to our projects, cutting costs and foregoing copyright issues. For examples see http://www.clarewaterfall.com/

Music & Audio – We have a licence to use the Audio Network library, through our parent company Big Tank Productions.  I have experience of post production audio, using Adobe Soundbooth. 

Web Design – I have designed and created a number of websites, mainly through a user interface such as Moonfruit, Blogger and Wordpress. I have also created a site solely in Flash and am currently learning Dreamweaver.  The designs are clean and simple, I am not a fan of clutter, they are also designed to be easily navigated.  For examples see http://www.cwaterfalldesign.co.uk/

Graphic Design – I have a small portfolio of commissions for promotional posters and most recently my first brand, this included logo design, posters, letterhead, web banners, business cards etc.  I work in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.  I was also commissioned to design and produce a promotional video for a fashion retailer, using After Effects.

Our freelance crew – From my background at ITV and subsequent freelance work, I am fortunate to work with some of the country’s best talent Camera Crew, Lighting Directors, Sound Recordists, Audio Mixers, Producers, Directors, Presenters, SFX Graphics, Editors, Vision Mixers, Engineers, Writers, Electricians, Make Up and Costume Artists.  While we have experienced in-house crew, there may be specialist jobs that we would consult or appoint one of our partners.

What is the game called?

I have brainstormed a few names for the game, will run it by the kids at school, see what they think!

Character Idea

Unsure of how this would be done but the player could decide what character they wish to be may be from a choice of 3 or possibly build your own... i will run this by Clare see what she thinks!

Abstract Super Hero Portraits Created With Splattered Paint - DesignTAXI.com

Abstract Super Hero Portraits Created With Splattered Paint - DesignTAXI.com

Minutes - Tuesday 6 Sept 2011

After a long break a meeting was arranged to catch up and plan. It's quite scary how organised one individual can be, not putting myself down in the slightest and i have impoved since having Ellis, but boy had Clare been planning!!!! An agenda had been set for the meeting... which had already been posted on the blog... this woman means business ha!

After catching up and going through the work we have been working on so far, which coincidently we have been working on 2 completely separate parts. Clare - the games and myself - the functionality ( what will be seen while getting to the game) both vital parts, the agenda was followed.

Name Ideas - we left this one until last and decided to brain storm names over the following week to bring with us to the meeting next week

Re-visit Pitch Requirements - we spoke about what was needed for the hand in 4/10/2011 and a couple of points were raised that we need to speak with Iain about-

Draft Overview - As we need to speak to Iain to clear up a few points it has been decided to do this week commencing 26/9/2011

Key Selling Points/Purpose/Delivery Method - These are taken from the brief. We discussed the various purposes our game has- to inspire the user about the art form and to inspire creative interest. An additional delivery method for our game is that it could be issued to schools (fingers crossed!)

Items to work on - Clare and Becky to compile list so that these can be entered into Gantt Chart on return week commencing 26/9/2011. Becky suggested one chart for the whole project monitored by the both of us but with 3 colours, one for each of us and a different one for the both of us combined. Clare then suggested in keeping with the theme black and pink (Clare being Black and myself Pink)

Skills Audit and Job Spec as individuals - it was decided this would be done in the meeting 13/9/2011 but briefly Clare- Games Designer, 3D Graphics Producer. Becky- Brand Developer, Graphics and Functionality Producer.

Illustrate how the product will function and look- Clare had the idea of producing a brain storm of print outs of the work done so far and then producing a slide show decribing how each will function as sort of a 'what does what'

Photograph for website- Becky had to break the news that her Pink Glasses had gone for repair so this has been put on hold :-(

FOR NEXT WEEK -

Clare to keep working on the games aspect and Becky the scene images.
Both to brainstorm name ideas for the game
Both to draft notes to complete the skills audit and job spec
Print out images for Design and Conceptual work
Becky to provide images of previous work so these can be added to the website - JPEG Format

FOR 27/9/11-

Continue working on separte aspects of the game
Clare and Becky to have list ready for Gantt Chart
Draft notes to complete Overview /selling points/ purpose/ delivery method

OTHER POINTS CONSIDERED BRIEFLY-

Sound, Animation, activity page for the children to collect and colour their own photos collected while exploring

How will the game function?

Here is the map of how the game will be laid out and the stages that the user can move between.

Sea Scene

I created the above image using the pen tool in photoshop. My next step is to add colour.