problem solving analysis

1. Problem
solving
By Jessie
Bourke

3. Home life
Equipment – _PT_
What I use
• pencils
• Pens
• Laptop/computer
• Rubber
• Ruler
• Sharpener
• Blender
(ill delve deeper into this)
Voice recordings – _TC_
Background noises such as
• Brother's music
• Appliances making a sound
• People using the toilets
• Me while I'm typing
Other sounds that could affect
• My breathing will
be prominent
• Mumbling / line mix ups
Editing – _TC_
• Drawing
• Editing
• Placing together
Ability - _PT _
• My drawing skills
• Photoshop image skill
• Photoshop animation skill
Techniques – _PT_
• Scanning / image transfer
• Redraw on computer
• Colour on computer as well
• 3d or 2d ??
• Drawing accuracy
Production time - _TC_
• Draw
• Photo/scan
• Colour
• Placements
Pandemic
Potential
problems

4. Equipment
What I use:
pencils
Pens
Laptop/computer
Rubber
Ruler
Sharpener
Blender
Digi drawing pad
I've said that equipment is a problem as I can easily run out of them however it
a problem easily solved but costs money. Creating this animation, I have had
look into how they would normally do this and drawing on tracing paper lay on
layer.
I am trying myself to recreate this method as it seems the most effective way
while im without resourses at college. Im using similarities to a rotoscope,
hopefully it works better than my original idea of using shapes instead.
This won't be my biggest concern, but I am still concerned on the aspects of
completing the production that the equipment I am using is the only equipment I
have access to currently due to the pandemic at large
Pandemic
This is a major problem factor in my projection time due to this pandemic
and needing to keep social distance and other aspects I don’t have
access to college equipment as much as well as this filming a movie
scene with people who aren't under the age of 16 would be difficult this
resulting in me creating an animation video instead.

5. Techniques
Scanning / image transfer
Redraw on computer
Colour on computer as well
3d or 2d ??
Drawing accurately
These techniques may become a problem as most of these rely
on the computer at college but if I can't get access to that I will
do with the laptop and taking photos instead this may become
difficult as I need te be able to see the lines and be able to
isolate sections to colour it in. If necessary, I'd have re-draw it
on the computer but the problem with this is it will take hours to
get one scene complete and if the wifi cuts out there is a chance
I havent saved it so it could get rid of the work I hadnt already
saved beforehand. This can also become difficult if I make a
simple mistake the entire scene can be jeoprodised if I don’t
notice it straight away.
Drawing 3d is quite difficult if there's nothing to reference as
profiles, however having it 2d isnt as entertainting I am going to
try keep the consistency throughout but with the shapes of
some of my characters there might be some changes to the
accuracy of execution. Drawing accurately will be a problem as I
will have to free hand the beginning of eacxh scene which may
result in the characters looking different a few times but not to
different that you'll notice.
Most of my techniques require my skill on drawing and ability to
execute the final colour this could become a problem as I may

6. Ability
My drawing skills
Photoshop image skill
Photoshop animation skills
Photography accuracy
The problems I may face with ability is that as much as I can
draw well enough, I can't draw some aspects that maybe
involved in the animation so I will have to adapt it. working
with softwares also is that theres a possibility of a malfuntion
if the program is overused as well as if the WIFI isn't working
properly.
Being able to create this animations I will come across a few
problems with ability like seeing the next movement or if the
actual show makes sense within the drawing. Though these
problems are easily solved they can become very occurring a
few times during this production stage.
Working with software can also have some issues. If the
software isn't up to date or if it freezes and having to reset,
there's possible work on there that may have not saved
meaning a restart and another couple of hours wasted to fix
the problem.
With is ability though everything is time scaled so time
management is a key and can become a problem is not

7. Voice
recordings
Background noises such
as:
Brother's music
Appliances making a sound
People using the toilets
Me while I'm typing.
Sibling when they are home
Other sounds that could
affect:
My breathing will be
prominent
Mumbling / line mix ups
The problems that are listed can be solved but it be difficult,
especially when your brother is staying home to classroom work.
My household is always loud so having to do recordings when its
quiet will be quite scarce as id have to wait till the house was empty
or if I was to record outside, I would have to ensure that the wind or
background sounds that I do not want in my recording is either at a
low frequency or I should find a way to recreate said sound using
foley.
Also, this is a problem it's self as while I record anything outside the
recording vicinity can cause chaos especially while I have two dogs
and a house full. If I am home alone for once and doing a recording
but the postman knocks on door the dogs are going to start barking
and that could be caught in the recording. All my family are home by
4 o'clock I have from 8:30am to 2pm of time to sort it out but I also
have my brother at home while he does his own school-work but he
blare his music in background. I may have to result in doing an
animation and using song with no speech so likes it’s a comic strip
that moves instead it will depend on that in the last week of
production.
Again, with the voice recording there's also the problem of myself.
When I'm not talking, I'm breathing very heavily to which I can't
really hear but everyone around hears what sounds like snoring, as

8. Editing
Drawing
Editing
Placing together
Production time
Draw
Photo/scan
Colour
Placements
Now the editing and the production time are quite similar in sight of
what's listed. The problem with editing and production time is that
during this time my time management has to be spot on and I need
to follow a specific schedule and anything not complete would be
rushed to get completed so that this piece of work fits and isn't like
my other mediocre projects from last year.
The drawing will be easily though I can still mess up I should be able
to get that done in a full week with no distractions, however the
photo scanning and the editing may take two or three week due to
what I need it to look like. What I mean is that I will need the images
to be able to go on photoshop and for me to be able to colour it in
and keep it accurately for each image to align up and not be a jumble
of images.
Placing this together will take a bit but I can use the photoshop
animation button or premier pro to get this accurate, my strong point
is the premier pro software so I may use that as the main software to
connect these images together
Home life
Home life is a tiny problem as my mother's rules stand that I need to
tidy the house while she's working, or I find a job and pay board, so I am
going for the tidying option bit also this means my attention isn't solely
on working on my project I also have a big house to clean with a mess
created by a big family that has two people who stay home all week
because ethe rest go to school or work.

9. Problem I found in my past projects is that I take the easy route and do little to minimum work the
only way I can improve this is if I focus and try my hardest to keep on top and add more
information. I also am easily distracted which is a major issue as I can start a doc but finish it
weeks later after disctractions. To be able to get this to be less of a problem I need to be able to
work with background sound and my work because I am aware that silence puts me of as well, so I
am to have a primary source and secondary source of sound such as typing as the secondary and
music as the primary. (primary meaning: I don’t switch or have control on it the secondary
meaning im the creater or controler of the sound)

10. what can I do to solve these
problems?
A lot of these problems are solvable, but it
takes planning determination and a constant
working at to be able to get this done. My
main problem is time frames and
management, so I'd have to come up with a
time-table as to how I can execute this project
effectively. My other problems would exist on
my capability on time scale for drawing and
finishing the rotoscoping style method to get
more accurate and fast results enough to
ensure
How can I do this?
(bullet pointed specifically)
• make a schedule covering all major project
concerns
• ask questions regarding tasks
• check 3 times over on research and other
tasks
• Spend a couple hours a day and not get
distracted
• Any document I produce should be checked
over by someone else to get their opinion