Introduction:

AIR Animations is a group of innovative and creative Purdue

students who strive to be technically and artistically challenged.

Our members’ experience in various technical fields including

animation, VFX, communication, and web design means that we
strive to create unique and interesting creative projects.
 Project
Create a 15-minute-long drone show made of 12
individual formations and 300 drones

The client will identify an overarching narrative

and designated formations they wish to see.

Designed formations need to be original,

innovative, and breathtaking

Deliverable:
12 Individual Drone Formation C4D Files
3 Brick Drone C4D Files
 Client

Hobbes from Detroit, MI

Hobbes is a team of animators and

problem solvers focused on furthering
Motion as a design discipline and applying
its principles to digital products and
emerging technologies.

Works with Google and Firefly Drone

Shows
 Client Work:
Gain valuable experience and relationships with clients.

Problem Solving:
Group Goals Solve intriguing and complicated problems.

Multi-Medium Storytelling:
Tell stories and share art through a variety of mediums.

Technical Constraints:
Work efficiently under technical constraints.
 Client Work:
AIR Animations will be working with a well-established motion graphics company to create a
Drone show. This project will allow us to gain valuable experience working within the industry.

How Project
Problem Solving:
and Will be working to solve the most efficient transition between formations, stay within time
restraints, and create interesting formations while staying within physical constraints.

Group Goals
Align Multi-Medium Storytelling:
The drone show will allow for the exploration of 2D to 3D design with a unique way of
communicating a story through lights and movement.

Technical Constraints:
Limited resources and constraints, such as speed limit, drone counts, and battery time, cause
adjustments to designs to be made.
Qualifications
3D Animation and VFX Students

Team members possess a diverse

range of experience in various
software applications and projects

Coding and Basic Technical

Experience

Lead Producer has experience

working on multiple professional and
industry standard shows
 Allison Furnish Samuel Reusze Riona Vaghchhipawala
Lead Producer Junior Producer Junior Producer

Major: Animation/VFX Major: Animation; Media & Mass Major: Web Programming &
Graduation Year: 2024 Communication Design
Art Focuses: Drone Shows, 3D Graduation Year: 2024 Graduation Year: 2024
Sculpting and Digital Painting Art Focuses: Animation, Digital Illustration, Art Focuses: DIgital Illustration,
Fun Fact: Loves to Editing, and Videography UI/UX Design
climb/boulder Fun Fact: Plays piano, euphonium, trombone, Fun Fact: Loves miniature arts
& ukulele and crafts
 Jia Jie Saw (JJ)
Creative Lead
Major: Animation/VFX
Graduation Year: 2024
Art Focuses: 3D Modeling, 2D
animation, UX Design
Fun Fact: Understand 6 languages
(English, Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese,
Hokkien, Vietnamese)
Jared Geyer Rae Fu
Creative Lead Animator
Major: Animation Major: Animation/VFX
Graduation Year: 2024 Graduation Year: 2025
Art Focuses: 3D Modeling, Art Focuses: 3D Modeling, painting
Animation and Themed Fun Fact: I appeared on a Chinese
Entertainment TV show for 2 seconds
Fun Fact: I know way too much
about roller coasters
Mahala Fullbright Jaeyong Lee Woosang 'Leo' Nam
Animator Animator Animator

Major: Animation/Chinese Major: Animation/VFX Major: Animation/VFX

Graduation Year: 2024
Art Focuses: 3D/2D Animation,
3D Modeling, Digital Illustration
Fun Fact: I can speak Chinese
but my parents can’t
Graduation Year: 2024
Art Focuses: Visual Effects, 3D
Animation
Fun Fact: I cook good food
Graduation Year: 2024
Art Focuses: 3D modeling, 3D
Animation, Visual Effects
Fun Fact: Worked as a lifeguard
at Boiler Aquatic Center
 Creative:
Team is made of creative and passionate Purdue students that want to
create original and breathtaking art.

Innovative:
Team strives to add something to the drone industry and create
Team Strengths something that hasn’t been explored before.

Quick Learners:
Team is made of college students that have been trained to learn new
softwares and techniques effectively.

3D Modeling:
All team members have a background in 3D modeling and program.
 Getting a Client:
Client will request a theme for a show, settle a budget, claim a flight area, and establish drone
count.

Storyboarding:
How a Drone Artist will create 2D drawings of formations in Adobe Illustrator, interactions will be made on
client critique.

Show is made.
Animating:
Splines from Adobe Illustrator will be imported into Cinema 4D or a 3D mesh will be modeled.
Drones will be attached to the surfaces and then animated, checked for collisions and colored.

Delivery & Flight:

C4D files will be exported and information will be imported into the drones.
How will we solve the problem?

- Research:
- Will research what is happening in the drone world.
- What is innovative?
- What hasn’t been done?
- Learn:
- Team will learn proper techniques to make drone formations and more.
- Learn the ins and outs of the drone/mixed media industry.
- Execute:
- Create an innovative and breathtaking drone show.
 Formation Quality Final Quality
Building Checking Checks
Rendering
Storyboarding Animating Brick Building &
Final Delivery

Color
Rigging Coloring
Correcting

Project Timeline
 January 9th February 26th: April 22nd:
Start Production and Start Combining Finished Production Ends and
Storyboarding Formations into Bricks Last Quality Checks

January 22nd: March 11th: April 26th:

Start Rig Start Coloring and Delivery Day
Building/Animating Quality Checking
Formations

Schedule
 Estimated Budget

TASK COST
Production (Planning project, creating contracts, forming team) $10,800.00

Storyboarding (Creating designs, splines, and adjusting ideas) $3,600.00

Animating (Creating rigs, attaching drones and adding motion) $14,400.00

Coloring (Adding color to finish formations) $3,600.00

Brick Building (Combining all of the formations into multiple bricks with efficient transitions.) $6,400.00

Estimated Cost: $38,800

Client Cost: $0.00

Contract Overview: Scope of Work

- “AIR Animations will develop drone formation animations that comply with
the requirements and specifications detailed in Hobbes’ creative deck
along with other project-related requested outside the scope of the creative
deck.”
- 12 Individual Drone Formations made of 300 drones
- 3 Drone Bricks at 15 Minutes Long
- Formations will be original, innovative, and awe-inspiring
- Ownership, Limitation of Liability, Term Termination, and a General Clause
are all included within the commitment documentation.
What we need…

- Contract
- Includes: Charter with deliverables, an acceptance test to see if we follow through on deliverables and production
schedule (Written by Student Team)
- Signed and submitted by November 1st, 2023
- Show Theme
- Deck with desired storyline/formations by January 9th, 2024
- Ideas: Greek Legends, Organic Beings, Alien/Supernatural, Horror Story, Medieval
- NDA
- Client delivered contract for team members to sign to protect drone workflow by October 31st, 2023
- Bi-Weekly Meetings
- Short, 30-Minute critique/progress meetings starting after January 9th
- Time & Days flexible
Current Creative Direction

- Exploration of over-arching - Really pushing for an overarching

narratives following these theme
themes: - Having an ‘awe’ factor with all of the
- Fairy Tales formations within the show
- Fantastical (Dragons/Phoenix) - Large, organic formations with a
- History of Transportation touch of humanity
- Ocean/Sea Creatures
- Pixel/Arcade Games

- Hobbes will have final say with creative direction, delivering a deck by January 13th