Discuss your feelings about the production task:
Are you satisfied with the final result?
Yes.
Did the animation process require more or less time than you originally thought?
It took more time than I expected, as I
thought that the scenes would be completed quite quickly, and
originally thought that I would be able to get more than one scene
done per lesson. I also didn't expect the process of editing the
animation on photoshop to take as long as it did.
Would like to change any aspects of your final project (style of animation, the concept etc.)?
I am quite pleased with the outcome of my
project, but I would tweak the story line to make it a bit scarier.
If you could start the project again what would you do differently?
If
I could start the project again, I wouldn't change much. I would make
the intro and credits animated and keep the last frame of the
animation last for longer to add effect. But other than that, I
wouldn't really change anything.
Respond to each of the following dot points (using complete sentences or paragraphs). You should include as much detail as possible in your responses.
- Discuss whether your final animation has turned out the way you imagined?
The final animation ended up better than
I expected. I originally thought that the animation would look out of
place, and seem too cheerful, with the lighting and style, but the
way the characters ended up helped as due to my inability to move
their legs, it made them seem as if they were gliding instead of
doing that awkward penguin walk that most characters do in these
animations. Also, I wasn't sure how the last scene would work out as
I wasn't sure about how the 'creepy smile' would work out, but it did
and that was a relief.
Discuss whether you had to modify any elements of your original concept and planning to create your project;
I had to change multiple camera angles
and also tweak what happened in some scenes in the project, changing
the end product.
Explain how your animation skills developed during the project (i.e. did you become more efficient?; did the quality of your animation improve?; did you have to use a variety of animation techniques? Etc);
As
the term progressed, I got used to the camera, dolls and sets, and
their flaws, making the animation process easier, as I was able to
set up quicker, make the animation smoother and pack up before the
bell, making a lot of things easier.
Describe any problems or difficulties you encountered during the animation process. (These may include; technical difficulties, corrupt or missing files, difficulty using the editing software, problems exporting etc.)
There weren't too many problems along the
way, there was the occasional file that was exported incorrectly and
some trouble when I was filming and someone had messed with the
settings in stop motion, making the image a different colour or
saturation.
Explain if you made effective use of storyboards and scene planning/breakdown?
I didn't really use the storyboards, but
the shot list helped a lot as I had broken it down a lot and also I
had an idea of exactly how I was going to go through with filming a
scene before the lesson began.
Describe whether your planning assisted or helped you to focus during the animation process;
The planning kept me on track, without it
the animation would probably be everywhere as I would me coming up
with a whole new story line every lesson, or otherwise forget what I
was planning to do before the next lesson. Without the plan my
animation would probably end up having an evil vampire bunny trying
to steal Narnia's bubblegum supply and end up being beaten by a blue
monkey...
Describe any time-management issues you or your group came across during the project and describe the steps you took to improve in this area;
The filming was fine, but I didn't expect
the editing to take as long as it did, and I was editing in the last
week and downloaded photoshop elements so that I could work on it at
home so that I would be done before the due date.
Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection throughout your project. Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs/journals and think about whether it looks like a whole term worth of work);
I don't think that I kept my blog up to
date enough, throughout the term. I should have updated it a lot more
as it was updated just before the due date and I should probably
write more detailed blog entries but I prefer to show what I've done
through images.
List any other software skills, animation techniques, tricks or shortcuts you have learned during the project.
I learnt how to use actions on photoshop
and how to create a lightning bolt in photoshop and a realistic
lightning strike in i-stop motion.
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