FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROPOSAL 1 – YEAR 2020

IEP 0722CRM

Academic Period: January 2020

Trade: Electrical Engineering Department

Title:

Lost in The Dark

TRAINEE NAME : MUHAMMAD ILYAS AL AKIF

(CRM19040156)
PROJECT SUPERVISOR : MIS NADIA
SUBMISSION DATE : 13 July 2020
Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................3
1.1 Project Overview.................................................................................................................3
1.1.1 Project Background.....................................................................................................3
1.1.2 Company Background................................................................................................4
1.1.3 Company Logo............................................................................................................4
1.2 Project Objective.................................................................................................................4
1.3 Target User..........................................................................................................................5
1.3.1 Demographic (Refer to Appendix A).........................................................................5
1.3.2 Psychographic (Refer to Appendix B)......................................................................5
1.4 Project Scope......................................................................................................................6
1.4.1 Ideation/Concept.........................................................................................................6
1.4.2 Scripting (Refer Appendix).........................................................................................6
1.4.3 Character Design (Refer Appendix)..........................................................................6
1.4.4 Storyboard (Refer Appendix).....................................................................................6
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.............................................................................................7
2.1 Software/Hardware used....................................................................................................7
Table 1: Software used..............................................................................................................7
Table 2: Hardware Specification...............................................................................................8
2.2 Techniques Used..............................................................................................................10
2.3 Effects and etc...................................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 3: ROJECT METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................11
3.1 Animation Production Process........................................................................................11
3.1.1 Pre-Production...........................................................................................................11
3.1.2 Production..................................................................................................................11
3.1.3 Post Production.........................................................................................................12
3.2 Contingency Plan..............................................................................................................12
Table 3: Contingency Plan.......................................................................................................12
3.3 Gantt Chart (Refer Appendix E)......................................................................................12
3.4 Project Costing..................................................................................................................13
3.4.1 Required Items..........................................................................................................13
3.4.2 Recycled Item............................................................................................................13
CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................15
CHAPTER 5: REFERENCES.........................................................................................................16
CHAPTER 6: APPENDIX................................................................................................................17
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Overview

As creative multimedia students, I am required to create an individual project work

on it as a final year project. To make the project, I have to propose the ideas, the
steps, the process, tools, and software that I will use during my FYP work. This
proposal will go through my supervisor as she will determine either my proposed
project feasible or not.

Animation is trending in world view right now. There are big companies in
Malaysia that are the backbone of this industry such as Les Copaque, Animonsta,
and WAU. Their product hit and reached the international market. Animation
creates the movement of a character and makes its sequence. It will appear alive
and have a story to tell. People love animation rather than reading. With
animation, it can boost up the ways of education and information sharing which
our brain triggers to memorize better than reading.

1.1.1 Project Background

Lost in the dark is an animation specially developed frame by frame animation

using Animation software. Lost in the dark tells a story about a young boy who
recently lost his father due to crime and violence. His father has responsibilities as
a police officer and died during his work. This young boy has its rough days after
days until a big factor changes his life. This story is for those who have lost
something important and have a lot of trouble moving on with their lives. Although
it is not many who suffer from this illness there are still people who need
encouragement from other people but unfortunately, no one knows. Hopefully, this
animation will remind people that some people need the motivation to move on
from tough spots.
Lost in The Dark used frame-by-frame animation as the main tool to ensure the
smoothness of the movement.

1.1.2 Company Background

The company’s name is KerisToon Production Sdn Bhd. The company name
takes after one of the symbols of Malaysian which is keris. This company was
established officially in February 2021. Our company's specialty is creating
animation. KerisToon Production envisions becoming the leading animation
developer in German-Malaysian Institute. We aim to provide more products and
services through animation with the purpose of education and awareness.

1.1.3 Company Logo

This logo's main signature is keris which

represents history and tradition. As
general as a weapon. On the tip of the
keris, there is a pen symbolizing the tool
of the animation. It represents that this
company uses animation as a
weapon/tool to spread awareness and
hopefully change the viewer's opinion.

1.2 Project Objective

1. To create frame by frame 2D animation short story.
2. To make a Universal video.
3. To design colorful theme 2D animation short story.
1.3 Target User

1.3.1 Demographic (Refer to Appendix A)

KerisToon Production’s main target audience for this animation is mostly kids
and young adults who are around 12-40 years old. It targets those young parents
who struggle in an early stage of marriage show one of many ways to trigger
happiness in our family by letting a little happiness run around the house. It can
be small matters to adults but it can be the world from the perspective of the
child. Many children lost their parents, siblings, family through this day from a lot
of factors. Crime and violence rates increase day by day, and the world can
become a dangerous place to some people. But that does not mean the end for
them. We as people need to help each other during tough times.

1.3.2 Psychographic (Refer to Appendix B)

In terms of psychographic, our company made this app for those who have an
interest that like art, and love animation. I am also expecting user that motivated
by thoughts of their family. Want their family to be happy. Next is the one who
attracted to animation and cartoon. Furthermore, people who tend to feel
depressed and getting anxiety.
1.
1.1
1.2
1.3

1.4 Project Scope

1.4.1 Ideation/Concept

The reason I would like to propose this idea is that I got inspired by the YouTube
animator in his video called the walk. In that series, the main character found his
soulmate because of his dog. They live happily together. Days after days the dog
grew older. Their lifespan is short so the dog says goodbye first. It is sad but his
spouse comforts him the best as she can. That is the way of life. We may lose
many people but new people can give as much love as the previous. We can’t
stay at one spot not moving on falling into the pit of failure.

1.4.2 Scripting (Refer Appendix)

1.4.3 Character Design (Refer Appendix)

1.4.4 Storyboard (Refer Appendix)

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Software/Hardware used

Table 1: Software used
Software Explanation
Adobe Photoshop Cc Adobe Photoshop CC is a photo, image,
and design editing software built for
professional designers, photographers, and
artists. The imaging and design app is a
part of Adobe Creative Cloud service, and
allows users to design websites, mobile
apps, posters, banners, and icons through
the aid of its easy-to-use templates and
intuitive tools. It also provides professional
photography tools which help create and
enhance pictures, transforming them into
amazing works of art.
Adobe Premiere Pro cc Premiere Pro is the industry-leading video
editing software for film, TV, and the web.
Creative tools, integration with other apps
and services, and the power of Adobe
Sensei help you craft footage into polished
films and videos. With Premiere Rush you
can create and edit new projects from any
device.

Toon boom Toon Boom is an innovative piece of

software that allows you to create animation
and storyboarding. Toon Boom's software
lets you design and create professional,
industry-grade graphics. With Toon boom
Harmony we can rig the character and
create animation. Very easy to use and
simple.
 Table 2: Hardware Specification
Hardware Specification
Laptop Lenovo Legion Y540  2 x 2 WiFi 802.11
ac + Bluetooth®4.2
 White backlit
keyboard
 OS: Windows 10
64-bit

Processor Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-9750H  Processor Speed:

2.40 GHz
 Processor Core:
Quad-core (4
Core™)

RAM  Kingston HyperX  Excellent Cooling

FURY DDR4 8GB and Stability
 Frequency Speeds:
2666MHz

Graphic NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060  Maximum

frequency:
 1680 MHz
 Memory Speed: 14
Gbps
Display  Screen size: 15.6”
 Standard Refresh
Rate: 144Hz
 Resolution:
HD (1920 x 1080)

Storage  SSD  SSD: 512GB PCIE

 HDD NVME SSD Drive
 HDD: TOSHIBA
1TB PC L200 2.5
INTERNAL HDD

Battery  Maximum Battery

Run Time: 5 hours
 Maximum Power
Supply Wattage:
52.5 W

Cintiq Wacom Cintiq 13HD Creative Pen  Screen size: 13.3

Display inch
 Weight: 1.2 kg
 Colour Gamut: 75%
Adobe RGB
 Resolution: 5080 lpi
2.2 Techniques Used

The technique used to animate this video is frame to frame using rigging.
Rigging is the way to create bone to our character which programming to the
movement and copy the way of movement that I want. Rigging use to create lock
movement like joint of the arm to make it can swing and move. I also use
keyframe to move the object. Keyframe is a location on a timeline which marks
the beginning or end of a transition. It holds special information that defines
where a transition should start or stop. The intermediate frames are interpolated
over time between those definitions to create the illusion of motion. The
combination of keyframe and rigging will make smooth animation.

2.3 Effects and etc.

In this video, I am focused on how the scenery will affect the viewer hearts and
mind. I want to make the scenery the key of vibe in this video. I used the effect of
sunlight and the moon and enhance the ambience of surrounding to make it
more feels. The sound effect of outdoors such as birds chirping, owls, and wolf
howling will be as the key to the video to make it more feel in the character. All
the method of effect that I used for the purposed watch the animation as if they
are the main character.
CHAPTER 3: ROJECT METHODOLOGY

3.1 Animation Production Process

3.1.1 Pre-Production

The pre-production process is the first stage of creating animations. During this stage, I
develop the story and writes the script of animation, designs the character, creates a
storyboard, chooses the color pallets, prepares the backgrounds, and record the voice-
over. This a preparation for the main process, so it needs to be properly done. I am
creating the characters, outlining backgrounds. It starts from simple sketches and
develop into detailed designs and images. Then it’s time to decide the color palettes of
the animation.

3.1.2 Production

Production is the process of creating the animation by gathering all the created
materials together and producing the scenes. This includes painting the backgrounds,
creating the individual scenes and character activities, making the rough animation,
cleaning up the animation (tracing), inbetweening, coloring and painting the drawings
with the help of computer software, compositing, and export. To pull everything together,
I create an exposure sheet which includes all the instructions of how to make each
scene. The exposure sheet is divided into 5 parts:

 Actions and timing

 Dialogues and music
 Animation layers
 Backgrounds
 View perspective

Once the rough 2D animation is created, it needs to be cleaned up and polished. This
process is also called tracing and can be done in two ways: in a new layer or directly
over the same layer with different colors.
 3.1.3 Post Production

Post-production is the final editing process of 2D animation. During this phase, the
animation is enhanced with additional sound effects or recordings which increase the
emotional impact of the animation. Once the final version is ready, it’s rendered and
exported to different formats.

3.2 Contingency Plan

The project faces the issue, so it depends on how it approaches the issue itself.
Table 3 shows the outcome of how to deal with the issue.

Table 3: Contingency Plan

Problem Action
Software  Replace the software.
 Crash or missing the file  Backup the project files.
Hardware  Back up draw pad/ using mouse.
 Broken or problematic draw pad.  Save all project files and prepare
 Laptop problem. send it to technician.
Budget  Delete unnecessarily item and
 Not enough money to buy the item buy something important only.
 Required item been rejected  Backup quotation to fill the
budget.

3.3 Gantt Chart (Refer Appendix E)

3.4 Project Costing

Every student will receive RM1500 for the final year project. FJ Studio agreed to buy
items below:

3.4.1 Required Items

Table 4: Required Item

Item Quantity Price
Wacom Intuos S Pen tablet 1 RM337.99
Black
XP-PEN Professional Artist 1 RM45.00
Anti Fouling Lycra Glove
Seagate 2TB Hard Disk 1 RM119.00
Eksternal USB 3.0 Hardisk
Total RM501.99

3.4.2 Recycled Item

Table 5: Recycle Item
Hardware Specification
Laptop Lenovo Legion Y540  2 x 2 WiFi 802.11 ac
+ Bluetooth®4.2
 White backlit
keyboard
 OS: Windows 10
 64-bit
Processor Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-9750H  Processor Speed:
 2.40 GHz
 Processor Core:
Quad-core (4
Core™)

RAM  Kingston HyperX  Excellent Cooling

FURY DDR4 8GB and Stability
 Frequency Speeds:
2666MHz

Graphic NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060  Maximum frequency:

 1680 MHz
 Memory Speed: 14
Gbps

Display  Screen size: 15.6”

 Standard Refresh
Rate: 144Hz
 Resolution:
HD (1920 x 1080)

Storage  SSD  SSD: 512GB PCIE

 HDD NVME SSD Drive
 HDD: TOSHIBA 1TB
PC L200 2.5
INTERNAL HDD

Battery  Maximum Battery

Run Time: 5 hours
 Maximum Power
Supply Wattage:
52.5 W

Cintiq Wacom Cintiq 13HD  Screen size: 13.3

Creative Pen Display
 inch
 Weight: 1.2 kg
 Colour Gamut: 75%
Adobe RGB
 Resolution: 5080 lpi
CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION
Multimedia has a lot of course. 2D animation, 3D animation, Videography, Photography. And
each of them has their own uniqueness and their own style of work. Student multimedia
need to know all the basic stuff at this course but there is a minimum that we need to perfect
on of those. Animation is creating something out of sketches made it to make it life. Most
animator bring their imagination to reality. Mickey mouse, Aladdin, Agent Ali, all come from
someone mind. In order to do that. The basic of multimedia need to ensure it happen. The
audio and the editing are such keys to make the animation look awesome and complete.
From the beginning of the project, we need to make the objective clear and make that
happen. In conclusion, we hope this project will be success under the guidance of my
supervisor. I will do my best to run this project smoothly without any major problems that can
ruin the project. I hope that this project will attract more people to know more about
multimedia and gain their interest especially in animation.
CHAPTER 5: REFERENCES
CHAPTER 6: APPENDIX
Appendix A
Demographic
Appendix B
Psychographic
Appendix C
Character Design
Appendix D
Storyboard
Appendix E
Gantt Chart