Animation Presentation for the Kids

A friend was scheduled to give an animation show and tell for a few spring break kids, on March 15. But he was not here, so I ended up covering for him.

I got a few hours to prepare, and I wanted to stick with the principles of Connection, Info, and Share.

• When the kids came in there were about 40 of them, ages around 10.
• I had them all focused on me when I introduced myself standing up.
• Animation is the funnest job here.
• What does an animator do?
• Example of Tissue Box.
• What I do at Bioware
• Showed them a combat anim (before and after edits)
• Showed them a few renders and explain to them how it gets in the game.
• Run around in game and fight.
• Asked for a volunteer for a new combat ability
• Good vs Bad
• Nice, got them involved with reference. And shared many laughs.
• Ended it with, and thank you and enjoy the rest of your tour.

I think I Aced it.... And I wasn't Nervous at all.

CARE, SHARE, and PREPARE for Art Meetings

For 1 month now, I have been keeping track of each animators daily tasks in my Blue Note book. And this has solved all my little problems of giving an update for the animation team. I feel more confident of the information I give, which improves the way I deliver the message. I will always update with a note pad on my side, because it reduces the chances of crunch words.

The 5 benefits of keeping track of animators

1. Able to see the team from birds eye view and have an understanding of every ones role.
2. Able to have good conversations with each animator, and figure out what their goals are.
3. Able to give accurate information in stand ups, weeklys, pod stand ups.
4. Able to see what each animator accomplished.
5. Makes me feel like I am part of the team.

CARE, SHARE, and PREPARE