Work With Me
Looking to inject character and charm into your projects?
Wondering if animation could give your message the impact it deserves?
Get. In. Touch!
Animation has the power to move, amuse and inspire - and used correctly can have a massive impact on your audience. Animation can be fun, shareable and relatable, bringing the out-of-this-world to your messaging.
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I am obsessed with character. I am also really experienced! I am convinced we can communicate more with a perfectly timed eye-dart, than we can with pages and pages of words.
I understand the importance of tone and style, that’s how I’ve worked on projects as wide in scope as proper scientific research for a top-notch American University, to actual Grand Theft Auto!
The secret ingredient is Character. Get the character right, and the information flows.
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OK, I’m IN, How Can We Work Together!?
Let me light a lantern, and guide you through the Caves of Animation Commission*…
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*not an actual cave, you can keep your nice shoes on.
Step 1
Send me an email
You can send me an enquiry email or, if you like being super brilliant, fill out this form and send it to dani@daniabram.co.uk. At this stage, I don’t need anything except your initial contact and your willingness to have a call! Once you’ve made contact, we can have a good chat about what you’re looking for. I’ll be seeking answers to really important questions about message, duration, format, your style hopes and dreams. All so I can…
Step 2
The Quote
…Provide you with a really experienced and good estimate of costings and timeframes. Animation can be as simple or as complicated as we need it to be, and here is where we can iron all that out. Some really rough guides for you to be thinking about: animation is usually priced per Animated Minute (or Animated Second) - the more complex the minute, the longer it takes to make! As the medium of animation is infinite, it is impossible to give a ballpark figure without Step 1!
Step 3
Pre Production
Once we’ve agreed on the Quote and scope of the work, it is my genuine pleasure to begin work on your project! We always start with a Storyboard and Animatic - the storyboard will give us the shot instructions and the animatic (a timed out or ‘moving’ storyboard) will give us the timings! Here you will be asked to feedback as much as you need to, to get your story perfect. While you’re reviewing and feeding back, I’ll be designing anything that needs to be designed (characters, props, environments etc) Here is also where we will work with a temporary audio track. We call this Scratch Audio. Fancy.
Once we’re both happy with the Animatic, we can move forward to:
Step 4
The Production
The Real Deal. Animation will begin on your project the very second you sign off your Animatic. Yay. I say this at every bit, but THIS IS MY FAVOURITE BIT. From this Step until the end you will receive passes of your project with additional character animation added for you to feedback. It is really good to give feedback as much as possible in early stages, as the closer I can get to your vision, the better! This Step will be the bulk of the days I have quoted, and I know my speed. I will always endeavor to implement any extras here if there’s time and budget available.
Step 5
Reviews and Finals
We continue with Animation until you are HAPPY. I have had nothing but perfect words and reviews from the lovely studios and clients I have worked for, and I don’t intend for that to change any time soon. This is where coming to an experienced animator pays off. Everything should be perfect, within budget, and on time. Delicious.
I really hope you enjoyed your experience working with me, and the secret final step after shaking hands and toasting how great we are is: I will probably ask for a Testimonial! Hurray!
Get In Touch
If you have a project you'd like to bring to life, or a message for your audience that could be explained using animation, please get in touch! I am always happy to chat to you about your ideas and what can be achieved for a budget, under no obligation. Send an email to:
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dani@daniabram.co.uk