Talk:Episodes/@comment-84.13.235.183-20160215200646/@comment-4010415-20160216013751

It takes a while, especially since there are things they need to do before they even start making the episodes.

Ruby, Jaune, Nora, and Ren are traveling to places we've never seen before, which means the RWBY crew will have to build and texture 3D models for new landscapes, buildings, and anything else that RNJR are gonna see on their travels. There are probably going to be new types of Grimm we've never seen before, so they'll have to build, texture, and rig those.

Before they even begin building and texturing the new 3D models, though, they need to draw concept art and figure out what they want that stuff to look like.

And there's a lot of work involved in making an episode. They have to write a script for what they want the characters to say and do. For every scene that gets made, they need to


 * Have the voice actors record lines (They record each line multiple times, so the crew can use whichever version sounds the best, and right now, they're only able to have one person record at a time)


 * Place the characters


 * Animate them moving and performing actions


 * Animate the characters' faces to do expressions and have their lips match the words they're saying


 * Make music to go in the background


 * Make and add sound effects for everything happening (foot steps, picking things up, putting things down, opening doors, etc etc)


 * Apply any lighting effects they want (sunlight, moonlight, light from a fire, light from a light bulb, light from anything else glowing like the green orbs in Ozpin's office, etc)


 * Probably other things, too

Once they finish making an episode, they have to have it render, which can take hours.