I've had this idea for a while and I figure I'd wait until school's out to make it happen.
The idea:
-We, or at least a group of us, collaborate to create a one-shot, length to be decided, to be posted on the site, accessible for free.
These are the rules:
-There are two teams of at least 3 and at most 7 people each. One is a writing team, the other an art team. These teams would be made of people of any skill level. In these teams there would be designated responsibilities, such as keeping notes, scripting, editing, backgrounds, coloring, storyboarding, however the teams choose to divide the responsibilities.
-It would start off with a discussion involving both teams about the idea for the one-shot, possible visual approaches, and practical things such as schedule/deadlines as well as if the art team prefers the writers to do a storyboard or prefer to do it themselves. The art team would be involved in helping come up with the initial story idea and the writing team would be involved in discussing what kind of visual approach would work.
-Both teams, however, would have final say in their own areas. It might be worked out for instance that the writers have their story ready a while before the deadline and want to get the artists' opinions or the artists want the writers' opinion on character designs. Whatever these teams' opinion of the other's work, each team still has final say in their own area.
-The deadlines would be set in stone. Whatever the writing team have done, that must be sent to the art team no later than the deadline. Whatever the art team has done, it must be posted on the forum no later than the deadline. Whether these things are finished or not. Thus, these deadlines should be workable and manageable. Give yourself enough time to get everything done. This is not supposed to be stressful.
-Anybody who signs up has to commit. I don't expect it to be strenuous work or anything, but it's probably going to take a month or two. Team members will need to stick around and do their part.
– In all of the meetings, the ground rule is that no one can submit a full idea. This is not an opportunity for 1 or 2 of the writers to see their vision completed. Instead, I would ask everyone to contribute fractions of an idea, such as "one of the characters has the power to control time" or "this story takes place in an industrial dystopia." Of course some kind of democratic process would be necessary to filter out ideas, but given that we're not each proposing full ideas and just lots of small little ideas, no one person should be significantly more invested than another. We will work with each others ideas to make something bigger. And don't worry, this will give you plenty of opportunity to have your ideas in there, but this way, the premise and every part of the development is created collaboratively.
- Quality is secondary to participation. This is
about the process. We should make an effort to include everybody's ideas, and small pieces of story ideas, character designs, etc. from everybody should allow everyone to participate. If you don't like any of a person's ideas, they are still part of the team and their ideas pose a challenge for you to work outside of your comfort zone.
- If you are non-responsive for
two weeks (let me know if this time period is unreasonable), you are essentially out of the project. Not trying to be strict here, but it's much more efficient to make due with those that are active in the project. We will designate your role to somebody else and move on.
This is not to say that, if you are not done with your specific piece of the work in two weeks you are out of the project. As long as you are somewhat active in the discussions and showing that you're still here and showing progress, you are completely fine. In that case, however, refer to the deadline rule.
-You have until the end of
May 31 to sign up.
Why:
-It would be a stress-free and manageable exploration of collaboration for many.
-It would be beneficial for beginners to work amongst the slightly more experienced.
-It would introduce people to other approaches and thought processes.
-It might make people work outside their stylistic comfort zone.
So! The teams thus far:
Writing:
Paipis
ricksmt
AzimuthComics
Vacant
Art:
Manimal
Froggy
RaziKitsune
BobbyJoeX
Also, Manimal suggested I work on my presentation with vaguely related images. I'm sure the following is related somehow:
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