Hi there,
so Dennis got me interested in this topic. First of all, thanx a lot for the compliments but also for any sort of productive criticism in here. Any project feeds on feedback.
@DaFoll: As a member of the sound team I do really appreciate your opinion concerning the audio quality. I'm sure that our actors will do exactly the same, since they did a great job in particular. First of all, i do believe that it is quite possible to get these actors (again) or other ones. There are many gifted voices, since there is the earlier mentioned artist school. For them and for us it is a chance to work on projects like this one. Furthermore, as long these people are students it is in their best interest to participate. Besides time, this position does not really involve money. But as Dennis mentioned earlier, too, the problem for us lies within the studio surroundings and their usage. As students we have full access to the studios and the equipment as long it is connected to a certain course or a seminar etc. Without this connection it could get quite tough to access the studios, most of all since other assessed classes have the right of usage in first place. Nevertheless there are chances to get together in one or another way (an if it's only the exchange of precious contacts). So, what i wanted to say is, if you do have a specific project, fell free to contact personally. Dennis will surely forward anything and having a nice talk doesn't cost money either!
@Der Tor: Ebenfalls Danke für Dein Lob und die Kritik. Ich gebe Dir völlig recht, dass unsere Chinesen nicht als Japaner durchgehen. Aber die Zeit rannte davon und echte Japaner aufzutreiben erwies sich als schwieriger, wie anfänglich vermutet. Es war dennoch eine für uns alle akzeptable Lösung, mit Chinesen zu arbeiten. Allerdings sollte hier nicht der Anschein entstehen, dass Felix mal so nebenbei gemacht ist. Ehrlich gesagt hat es mich im Laufe des Projekts schockiert, wie schnell der Aufwand explodieren kann. Ein typischer Film (als Hochschulprojekt) hat bspw. eine Dauer von bis zu 10min. Und trotz der Tatsache, dass unsere VN nur mit statischen Bildern arbeit, fielen doch die gleichen Aufgaben an. Casting, Requisite, ca. 20 3D-Kulissen, ca. 45min Audio etc etc. Mit der regulären / planerischen Seminarzeit, die ja bewertet wird, hat das nichts mehr zu tun. Vielmehr geht es hier um sehr lange Nächte und um die Vernachlässigung anderer Aufgaben
@Adorya: Certainly we do get marks for our project. In this case, there were two courses involved (still with some marks pending
) But the marks don't really compensate the amont of work you put in. I do also believe, that in our case the motivation is not getting a mark, but working on a fun project, where everyone gets a chance on working with what he / she does best and of course the learning progress behind all of this . My personal motivation on projects like this one is also seeing and enjoying the final result. Having a product, getting to know each detail of it and working up to point, where everybody is satisfied. Wheather it is the story, the picture, the sound and so on. It's what I like doing and therefore I do - hopefully always highly motivated, even without marks or money (of course money is something, which can be highly motivating from time to time, too
) And concerning the university environment ... well, we do have classes where we can feel free to produce any media product that we please (film, audio, animation, web etc., depending on your personal focus). In this case Dennis came up with the idea, which i personally liked pretty much since in never did a VN before (didn't even hear about it
).