Final Management Reflection

Final Management Reflection

Some of the management tools we used was a Gantt chart to distribute tasks equally through 3 months time we had to develop the project. The work plan was to divide the process in three stages: the first one, assets production. In this stage we create the models of the characters, environment, textures, rigging. This part was the most extensive of the project and in this way it was planned. The second one, animation, lighting and render. In this stage we introduced all the assets into the actual development process. The third stage, post-production we made the composition, sound and edition. We also have a fourth stage that is not complete yet which is the distribution of the short-film. We are planning to participate in different festivals that can give recognition to the film and to the directors, Daniel and I.

A management issue which was difficult to manage was the times of the project for accomplishing this stages. At the beginning we planned that the first stage, assets production only take us 1 month. However, the reality was that it took us 2 months of 3, which was the total time we had. The initial idea was 1 month for assets production, 1 month for animation and the third month for post-production. The timing issue left us short time for animating that we strongly needed that result also in shortening the time for post-production. This last stage we wanted to have enough time because we got external financial and expert support for music and sound effects. As a result, we could accomplish the short film in time but the music is incomplete. Somethings to improve in this area is have a backup plan, we should looked for a theme song that we can use freely and without any copy right meanwhile we can finish our final music. In this stage we also had to work with other artists like the composers, we tried to be on time for him to have the music, short time but it was there, however the composer got sick and he couldn't performance his job to the submission deadline. We are going to finish this issue in the coming weeks with the objective to have a very quality film short for the festival awards.

Some management issues as a group was the balance of ideas. we were only two people making all the short and we had to take a lot of decision. It was hard to take the decisions mainly because some times we disagree and couldn't reach consensus. In this way, it would be better to have another person in the group to define in number the decision. A management issue that could improve was the constant feedback in all stages. It's not enough with tutors and team matte opinions, It's essential during the process to identify the mistakes, shortcoming and hits of the project in order to improve the result.