It's a game trailer which is about a little boy who survived the Chernobyl accident. He has the ability to lock the soul in the photo. In order to save the girl, the little boy locked the little girl in the photo. The girl's memory was erased and she had to look for clues in the photos to escape from the place.
The production of game trailer is divided into 8 steps:
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Concept design
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Characters design
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Background design
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Prop design
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Draw characters
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Characters colouring
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Drawing background
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Background colouring
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post-production (camera movement, lighting, editing, sound effects)
My Duties
I'm responsible for background design, drawing & colouring, post-production.
Stage I
Because we didn't really make this VR game, it's very difficult and abstract to skip making the game to make a trailer directly.Therefore, I need to find different research to draw the scene of our game according to the director's script and design concept.After the general meeting and discussion, we have the direction.First, I'll draw the game scene.
Use the panoramic method to draw the frame of the whole room in Photoshop. During this period, I discussed with the director and changed the draft twice.
When the draft was finalized, I began to draw the gray-scale and add details to the scene.Check that there is no leakage, and then start colouring. The overall colour is dark, old and worn-out, in order to make 80s European interior style.
Stage II
Except the game scene, our trailer also needs to explain the story, so there will be some animation to tell the story. I'm still in charge of the background part of the animation.There are 18 scenes with different room angles. The scene is mainly ruins, laboratory and room. It took about two weeks to draw.
Stage III
After the character animatic and background are finished, I start to do the first stage of post-production. This time I mainly do the editing part. I classify and splice all the materials to be used.
Reflect
In this team cooperation, due to our accumulated experience last time, the team cooperation is better this time. The team’s communication and time management significantly improve.
My role in the team this time is supervision. The purpose is to improve the work efficiency of the team and always continuous attention to the status of our team. Therefore, I made the schedule of the team and stipulated and organized the time of each meeting to ensure our work progress and complete the work on time.
This success proves that our past cooperation lacked communication and time management. After effective communication and time planning, our project progress and completion have been further improved. This is why I feel happy.
I learned a lot on this project, including the improvement of technology. The most important thing is to understand that prior preparation and planning are particularly important for the project, otherwise the whole project will become very difficult. Drawing on this experience, I believe I will implement the plan more seriously and communicate effectively in my future work.