What to expect from a visualisation brief?

[cerpnjak]

Hi people,

I'm a huge fan of this site and of all you talented souls who regularly post stuff here. I haven't had much experience in the architectural viz field but obviously am very keen to learn and develop my skills within this area. I would love to know what sort of brief is usually given by clients to you guys who are working professionally in the industry. I know every brief is going to be different but generally what is usually supplied, ie floor plans, elevation drawings, materials list etc....

One day I hope to land a job doing this and it would just be great for a heads up of what to expect. Also I'm very keen to have a go at a "mock brief" if you like, so if anyone could supply something that may constitute a brief that would be great. I'm not sure if this is a strange request or not but I haven't seen a post like this yet and you guys are the best people to ask

Hopefully someone can shed some more light

Ta

Cerpnjak

[chuck]

I typically get floor plans, elevations and a site plan to start off. I'll start modeling and get some materials on there, generic brick/glass/metal panel, whatever the client wants. I'll then send them a rendering and they'll come back with tweaks to materials and sometimes issues with the modeling. This can go back and forth a few times until the final is done. Some times the floorplans will be updated and the elevations will be a month old so things might not make sense.

 

I wish I could share some files but It's probably not a good idea. Clients might get a little mad about that one.

 

Chuck

[notamondayfan]

also its best to find out what the final peice is actually going to be, wether it be stills, animation, vr, etc etc. dont start a project without an end in sight.

[acidmaster]

Hi cerpnjak vbmenu_register("postmenu_132453", true);

 

Be very patient , it will take some time before you land a contract.

their is a lot of competition in this area, people who have mastered

their skill.

 

I'm almost tempted to say that your first contract will most likely be

overflow .

 

basically don't get dissapointed when you don't get work for a long time.

 

Just trying to help

[mahorela]

In my experience, most clients will want to get some idea of what they can get for what price, I usually have some generic packages made up to show examples of this. From there they usually talk about how they want to go about their marketing strategy and how your images/animations fit into that and how they may want to customise your packages etc. Most of the time, the initial brief is mainly focused on the marketing manager and/or other stakeholders such as web designers and graphic designers etc, and after this correspondence begins between yourself, the architect and the interior designer. It is only once all cad files (floorplans, elevations) and finish schedules as well as image, animation and multimedia requirements are finalised that I make the final quote.

 

I have seen quite a few variations to this though, sometimes I have dealt directly with marketing managers, sometimes with architects or developers or have been hired through multimedia companies who have outsourced the 3d work.