Plans (Patreon)

With the scenebuild revamp more or less complete, it's time to go over the next step of Undercover ASSignment. Additionally, I want to go over the plans that go with that.

I'll need to implement the new scenebuild to all the old scenes and poses. I'll also need to implement the new Miranda model to those as well. That means some scenes might get changed a bit to suit the better model and new scenebuild. I also want to go through the audio and possibly restore some cut content to accommodate all the new parts of the club.

That leads in to the plans. I want to go all in on the movie... but I don't have the support required for it. I've tried many different avenues of content with posters, loops, blender, and movies. They all have one thing in common though. I've always tried to split the work between two different things. With the except of poster commissions (I'll keep doing those), I want to focus on one thing at a time. I'd like that to be the Undercover ASSignment, but I'm far from the support I need to comfortably work on that.

This lead me to think about what posts were most successive in gaining patrons. And they weren't really the movie scene teasers. They were the ZeroDiamonds loop animations. What I think that says is that people would appreciate even short and tangentially related content so long as it's fully finished with high quality. I'm hesitant to use the movie itself for teasers anyway. For one, I don't really want to "spoil" the movie though that might be silly. For two, I don't really want to tease unfinished works. And since the previous scene teasers weren't the most successful, I don't think that's a good strategy for the movie. 

Basically, I think the movie updates and teasers keep current patrons, but they don't drive new ones. I need finished content for that. Also, try to think of this as someone who isn't already a patron. This guy wants to build a huge movie... but hasn't done much more than a few posters and loops for a while. I haven't done a short movie in years. Undercover ASSignment was that "short" movie. I need to show people what I'm capable of with similar content.

Put all that together, and I think I want to create some short movies to build up support for Undercover ASSignment. And by short movies I mean actually short. 30-90 seconds max. With no distractions from other projects, I think I can do them in 2-4 weeks. I think it can actually build support by showing people similar, finished quality work. Perhaps I can sprinkle in some short Mass Effect loops like the ZeroDiamonds teaser for specific Mass Effect support. Otherwise, movies don't have to be Mass Effect related since the content itself would be similar to the movie. All movies and loops would be determined by polls.

The hope is that after just a few short movies, I can gain the support I need to then focus entirely on Undercover ASSignment. I'll admit, my expectations for success are tempered. I'd like at least $750-1000 a month to comfortably work on something full-time like Undercover ASSignment, but even that seems like a pipe dream considering my patreon has peaked at $300-400. We'll just have to see how it goes.

To start with though, I still have to get Undercover ASSignment squared away. I want to implement the new scenebuild and Miranda model before I work on other projects exclusively. I'll split the time there as I run polls and set up the other projects. When the movie is in a good state, I will focus on alternate projects one at a time to try to crank them out. With better support, the focus will then entirely be on Undercover ASSignment.

It's a rather bold plan, so I really appreciate your feedback.