This is my talk about the importance of internal working structures and external communication with the client during a project. This presentation is reduced in slides and Video and Audio have been deleted. I also washed out some of the exclusive stuff that I have shown for this show only. If you have any questions, just let me now and shoot an email to me.
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Inh. Daniel Inn, Jan-Christian Albert
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Presentation by: Daniel Inn
Editor's Notes
I hear a lotofcomplainsfromotherstudiosthattheworkwithexternalsdontgoasplanned. Youare not sitting in the same roomandthatbringssomeproblems in theworkflow. Youare just not in theteam, evenyouarepartof a team. Youcannot just walk 5 meterstoyourcolleageandask a question. Ist just different. Maybeyouareworkingwith a companywhosits in a different time area? Itstartswithcommunicationanddeliveringinformationintotheworstpartofbeing not in time etc. And in theworstcaseeachside will blametheotherside. Howcanwechangethe Situation andmakeworkingtogetehras smooth asitcouldget. This iswhatthissessionisabout.First of all: Start withyourself! Have an internalworkflowreadythatworksforyou. Thendevelop a workflowforyouandproductionteam. Check iftheothersidehas a PMS theyliketoworkwith. If not thenwouldntitbegreattotellthemthatyoucanleadthe PMS andyouhave a greatsystemwhichworkswell?
I do seperate our organization into Internal and External organisation. Internal means our workflow in the studio. External is where the client comes into play with us. Work efficiency(internal) plus customer care (external)
Lets take a closer look at the internal organisation
Very often I see this. You might label your files like this. But there might come an iteration sound asking for another explosion variation
So you say ok like this. And maybe you are overwriting your session and you cannot go back to your previous version? Or you have to look an awful long time to see which of the 100 autobackups is the irght one?
And then the client says:
First you get angry because you worked hard for the variations but then
You get worried, because you have the first version but overwritten the session so the original files are gone. Plus, for future work, you wont know which of the finals you used. What can we do to avoid this Situation
Why is communication with each other so important? Because it helps to maximize workflow progress. Saves time and saves stress.
If you believe it or not: If you choose the right company, they will have extended knowlegde in their field plus some experience in mastters you wouldn´t think of. That saves Time and Stress.
Efficient Workflow means, less time spending on unnessary stuff, time <-> money value is higher, less stress. Think about yourself. If you would like to get something done by a professional you want him to do their job like a professional. No matter if friend or not.
Server, Google Docs, Dropbox, Skype
What is the goal of sound design in games?
What happens when you create a good sound design
Ask the Audience what ideas they have. Which actions to put sound in. How could it sound?
Ask the Audience what ideas they have. Which actions to put sound in. How could it sound?
Ask the Audience what ideas they have. Which actions to put sound in. How could it sound?