Over the winter break I took a lot of time off to sort of rest and recoup. I stayed on top of basic admin tasks as well as beginning my inductions to the New Earth team but generallt didn’t do much else. I sorely needed a break. Then when I returned to London, I immediately caught the horrible flu going around and I had to postpone my return to work by another week.
Monday Jan. 12th – I was still quite ill on Monday, so I slept though most of the day.
Tuesday Jan. 13th – I was still recovering on Tuesday, but in the evening we had a call with the ACTSA group to review what was needed for the animation. They provided us with a clearer list of references and beats for the film. We discussed the timeline and while we don’t have a set deadline, we have a tentative three weeks to work on this.
Wednesday Jan. 14th – Today, Leila, Maliha and I had a call to discuss our roles as producers on the Purr Point/Brick Lane project. We began work on a timeline spreadsheet, as well as discussed when we would have meetings with every department, we agreed that we needed to speak with each department to establish a more detailed Gantt style timeline, but we would have a document that is ready by next Friday to share with the whole team during our first monthly team meeting. Later on in the day I finally got around to getting on top of my tutorial points set by Maliha. I updated my CV and reformatted it to fit more of my roles, and I also re-did my showreel and replaced it on my portfolio site. I still however need to get back in the swing of applying to jobs, as well as get my contact sheet together since I don’t have that done yet. I also really need to get back on top of Sawtooth prep and talk to Amy, Sophia, and Alex T. about our SIPs pitch to creative conscience.
Thursday Jan. 15th – I was at work.
Friday Jan. 16th – I spent today thumbnailing and timing out some boards for the ACTSA animations as well as put together a moodboard.
I also got production training for New Earth which was exciting, but also took a while. Next week my tasks for that should begin so I am looking forward to be working on it too.
Saturday Jan. 17th – I was at work.
Sunday Jan. 18th – I was at work. Then at 8PM I had a meeting with the New Earth production gang.