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PRE-PRODUCTION SUPPORT

The key essence of any good 3D short film depends on the concept and ideation, this creative process is time taking hence a team of experts design the preproduction which is then shared with the participating teams, thereby giving it a studio flavor.

Every participating team will be given a unique preproduction package thus providing them an experience of working at a studio level preproduction. The preproduction is carefully crafted keeping in mind, that the execution of production process should be completed in a time span of 100 hrs.

Participating teams needs to adhere to the preproduction shared with them and cannot alter or add elements in mentioned packet.

PRE-PRODUCTION PACKET
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
These are special notes from the Art director concerning the look development of the short film. The notes are on scripts, storyboard and animatics. In some cases it can also include special comments for animation.
STORY SYNOPSIS
The basic story concept is given in a paragraph, for the students to understand the plot of the film.
STORY BOARD & ANIMATICS

A detailed storyboard is shared which each of the teams which is a graphic representation of how your video will unfold, shot by shot. It's made up of a number of squares with illustrations or pictures representing each shot, with notes about what's going on in the scene and what's being said in the script during that shot.

Each story board is then converted into animatics. Animatics are created by using storyboards and voiceovers for dialogue. The animatic helps to visualize what the final product will look like and it is the most important document for the animators to ensure that they do justice to the concept.

CHARACTER MODEL SHEET
The turntable drawings of a character design will be shared. These are in turn used to create 3d models.
BG LAYOUT & COLOR KEY
This includes background sketches & designs along with the colour key for look development of the overall film. The background designs are used to create 3d models. The colour key is used to create the lighting.
PROP DESIGN
This includes the sketches & designs of vehicles and props to be used in the short film.
FOLEY SOUND
These are the different background sounds like sirens, rings, thunder etc, which are used to enhance the audio quality to compliment the film mood.
PRODUCTION ASSET
3D ASSET
One complete 3D asset (modelled, textured and rigged) CHARACTER will be provided to each team as per the provided pre-production.
Advantages of the asset:
  • Assists the teams to understand the mesh flow
  • Assists the teams to understand the mesh flow
  • Secondary characters can be adapted & modelled from the given mesh
LIVE FEEDBACK & SUPPORT
  • The student teams will work from their respective locations with close supervision from the faculty members.
  • In addition to the above there would be team of Experts from HO who would be available for the entire span of 100 hours. The students can directly interact with this team, if they have any query or are stuck in any process during the competition.
  • The students can also book slots for taking feedback & approvals from the HO team.