Overview
We provide a Comprehensive Production Analysis for your project development, focusing on the complexity, planned animation technique, target audience, artistic value, envisioned style, and team structure. This evaluation helps assess the feasibility of your plans, offering recommendations to adjust the production’s scope and scale, ensuring alignment with the creative vision, project goals, timeline, and budget.
Service Packages
Basic Service Pack:
By assessing the complexity and resource needs of the production plan, based on the available materials, we identify inefficiencies and provide tailored recommendations to optimize production volume and increase overall efficiency.
Extra Package 1:
Through expert guidance, we help clients implement essential changes, starting with reviewing and evaluating the proposed animation project. This package includes advising on strategy development based on project priorities, helping define roles and responsibilities, and supporting the establishment of clear guidelines and procedures for communication, feedback, and approval chains. We also assist in designing optimized workflow and pipeline structures, facilitating seamless collaboration, and maximizing productivity.
Extra Package 2:
We analyse story outlines to check if they align with the available or planned assets, such as backgrounds, characters, props, and effects. The goal is to verify that the story makes efficient use of existing assets and, where possible, minimizes the introduction of new assets—without compromising artistic quality—which could increase the budget. Additionally, when multiple writers are involved in creating stories for an animated series, we consult with clients to ensure consistency in style, length, and overall coherence across the scripts. If necessary, we collaborate with the client to develop guides for the writers, helping to maintain these standards throughout the production.
Extra Package 3:
Through careful analysis of scripts and storyboards, we point out potentially problematic elements, such as work-intensive scenes, and other issues that could pose risks, lead to overbudgeting, cause schedule delays, or create complications in later production phases if not addressed early on. We advise on technological optimization, ways to reduce working hours, and optimize asset and effect requirements. We also promote asset reuse and help build frameworks for it to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Overview
We provide expert insights into outsourcing solutions, helping you identify the most suitable subcontractors and cooperation partners for your projects. Our services include assessing potential partners, developing effective outsourcing and cooperation strategies, and creating clear communication and workflow structures. We also guide you in preparing design packages and essential creative and technical guides, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with project goals.
Service Elements:
Subcontractor and Cooperation Partners Selection and Assessment
We offer strategic guidance on outsourcing and other cooperation solutions, helping clients find the right subcontractors and cooperation partners for their projects, which is critical to maintaining quality, meeting deadlines, and staying within budget. We evaluate potential partners to make sure they align with the client's project goals and standards. Our comprehensive assessment services include thorough background checks, capacity analysis, examining whether they have the experience to meet both artistic and technical quality standards, ensuring our clients work with trustworthy and competent partners.
Outsourcing and Cooperation Strategy Development
We assist clients in developing a tailored cooperation and outsourcing strategy that aligns with their goals. This includes determining the most effective work split between cooperation partners, identifying processes to outsource, finding ways to reduce costs and manage risks related to third-party collaboration.
Collaboration Structures Establishment
Supporting the establishment of clear guidelines and procedures for communication, feedback, and approval chains. We advise on setting up optimized workflow and pipeline structures to help create a system that promotes seamless collaboration and maximizes productivity.
Design Package & Creative/Tech Guide Creation
In-depth guidance on how to prepare and create design packages, addressing the critical aspects of the process, including the 'what, when, and how.' Additionally, we advise on preparing guides and guide packages for both creative and technical processes.
Overview
We specialize in consulting for the successful setup of your production process, focusing on the development and preproduction phases to establish a solid foundation for your project. We help you optimize workflows, set both technical and creative standards, and prepare key project documentation. Our guidance ensures that the necessary frameworks are in place to streamline production from the start, creating clarity and alignment. With our expertise, you’ll be well-equipped to manage scope, resources, and quality expectations, ensuring a smooth transition into full production.
Service Elements:
Creative Standards and Documentation
Guiding clients in defining creative standards, preparing templates, and organizing project documentation helps establish a clear and structured production process. We provide advice on creating guides and setting naming conventions to ensure effective communication and seamless collaboration.
Technical Standards and Workflow Design
Our support in developing technical standards and workflows ensures efficiency in the production process. Working alongside the company’s supervisors and leads, we help define team structures, positions, and departments, keeping budget constraints in mind to support a smooth production setup.
Asset and VFX Breakdown
We provide guidance in script analysis and the creation of asset and VFX breakdowns. By collaborating with supervisors, leads, and directors, we ensure the scope of work is clearly defined and aligned with the creative vision.
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