Overview
Project Background and Description
Suicide amongst men has greatly increased over the years with many of them choosing the option that seems easiest at the time by taking away their lives. The Government has laid out an elaborate strategy to address the suicide mortality problem amongst men and its high negative impacts on society.
I feel that creating content that speaks to this prevalent problem is one of the ways that can be used to create awareness. It’s in this view that I propose a short animation that brings the message closer to home, encouraging men that they can start all over again and don’t need to give up. Animation is an Interactive Media Design branch that has not been completely utilized as a creating awareness tool apart from it being used for advertisements and short children's stories which are still countable. The cost of producing a live video is quite expensive compared to animations.
The target is the ages between 12-35 years. 12 because this is the age at which men start the transition to adolescence and up to 35 as within this age gap is the percentage of youth., as the idea is to reach out to as many men as possible.
• Schedule - The set date for the animation release is June 2023, to be able to have enough time to implement the idea from pre-production to production and then finally post-production.
• Budget - I would like to keep the budget low since it’s my school project which I’m self-financing.
• Resources availability and skills - I will use my own design and production skills.
• Software and other technology to be reused or purchased - I would like to keep my costs as low as possible and so I’ll maximize the available resources like using software that I already have and only purchase new ones if necessary.
• Limitations associated with product boundaries – The limitations here would be the failure to finish the animation within the given deadlines.
• The objective is to create more awareness about mental health and encourage men to speak out and seek for help.
The animation must include the following: -
· Production management.
· Development.
· Pre-production.
· Production.
· Post-production.
· Distribution.
To have a digital prototype, minimum viable product, document the journey, and finally have the final animation.
All parts of the project will not be rolled out at once but will be incremental. They are as below in the order of priority: -
a) Pre-production
b) Production
c) Post-production
2. Products
· Short essay
· Logline
· Synopsis
· Script
· Storyboard
· Animatic
· Animation
3. Risks and constraints
· Software – The plan is to try and keep the costs of production as low as possible since this is a self-funded project.
· Time – Time management will be key to ensuring the success of this project. All timelines based on the work schedule should be met.
4. Project strategy
· Work schedule
· Gantt chart
· Work breakdown structure
5. Budget
- The software required for this project are already available.
6. Backup plan
- Have a backup computer and software to ensure work does not stall if the computer or software fails.
- Have backup storage and backup documents daily to avoid loss of documents in case a computer crashes.
7. Project documentation – This will be done in Term 3 in a magazine format.