The document outlines a 12 week plan for creating an animated music video. In the first few weeks the group selected a song, developed characters and story, and chose stop motion animation using paper. They later switched to using whiteboards and then Photoshop/Microsoft Paint for easier production. Over weeks 7-10 each group member animated different scenes. In weeks 11-12 they edited the clips together, syncing to music, and resolved issues with inconsistent file sizes.

1. Plan

2. • Week one
during week one for this project my group (me
ben and Jonjo) came together to search for a
song we could use for our music video
production. After a while we uncovered the song
raincloud vs. sunshine, by the unsigned band lion
O’Brien. The song is in the pop genre and
features happy lyrics and an upbeat tempo. As
our production was going to be an animation, the
lyrics had a cartoon vibe to them and could be
represented clearly and easily

3. • Week 2
• Week 2 was primarily used for pre production it
allowed us to devise a storyline that was in the same
theme of the music. It was obvious from this moment
that a story about love would be appropriate, as
raincloud vs. sunshine is a love song. It is also a song
about opposites. This can be deducted from lines such
as ‘you are sad frown, and I am a smile’. We also
started design on our characters for this video, and
developed them in relation to the story. We decided on
having 2 protagonists, a man and woman. From this we
developed the general plot into a love story.

4. • Week 3
• In week 3 we chose which style of animation to
use. We settled on using stop motion animation
(in a similar style to Wallace and gromit and
chicken run). We would be doing this animation
on paper. We would do this by drawing a
frame, and then drawing another where the
image has moved slightly. Lots of these frames
put together would result in the image ‘moving’.

5. • Week 4
• Week 4 consisted of storyboard production.
This is where we finalised on our set design, as
well as our narrative and locations. We also
developed the characters more, as well as
finalising their appearance

6. • Week 5
• Week five presented us with the first of many
problems we would uncover. After starting our
animation, we realised that doing it on paper
would take far too long, and we wouldn’t
finish on time. To overcome this, we decided
to make our animation on whiteboards. We
assume that this would be quicker and easier
than using paper, so we proceeded to do so.

7. • Week 6
• However, a week after changing from a paper format to
whiteboards, we encountered another problem. Despite
being a lot quicker than paper, using whiteboards still
wasn’t quick enough. Furthermore, it became apparent
that no one in our group could draw to the standard we
required. To overcome this problem we once again changed
the format that we were going to produce our animation
on. As a group we decided to use Microsoft paint and
adobe Photoshop. It made for an easier less time
consuming experience. It also allowed each member of the
group to create specific scenes at the same time. This made
the entire animation process a great deal easier for
everyone involved

8. • Week 7
• Week 7 consisted solely of breaking up our
plan into 3 sections. Wesley would work on
the opening shot in the house, Jonjo would
focus on the shots that take place on the
hill, and I would focus on the opening credits
and the ending scenes. By doing this we will
be able to finish our project quicker.

9. • Week 8
• We have finally started to make our video. All
of the backgrounds for the scenes have been
fully completed, and animation on the
characters has begun. In each frame I will
move the characters slightly, until all of the
frames played quickly in order will result in
what appears to be motion.

10. • Week 9
• Week 9 consisted solely of everyone in the
group continuing to animate. At this point
Wesley and Jonjo were over half way to
finishing their frames. I was around
halfway, but I have finished the opening titles.

11. • Week 10
• Wesley had managed to finish all of his frames in week 10. Jonjo
was almost finished as well. Also this week Wesley has added some
scenes which link his frames and jonjos frames together. I have
almost finished my frames, and have started adding content into
premier pro to start editing
• Week 11
• Everyone's frames are now finished (excluding mine) and have been
given to me to begin editing. The first thing I will do is put all of the
clips onto the timeline in chronological order. One this is finished I
will begin syncing the images with the music. This process will take
a lot of time, and will be ongoing.

12. • Week 12
• This week we found a major problem.
Everyone's work was at different sizes and
resolutions. As I had made the most
slides, everyone agreed to change their slides
to the same resolution of 1084 x900. This took
everyone a few hours, but was easy to add the
new frames back into the editing timeline.