Morte Et Dabo (Poster 1)

This is the first poster that I have created for my stop motion; 'Morte Et Dabo'. It is a combination of three images from in my film.

Task 4: e-pub, commentary and poster self-reflection and evaluation

Part One: Discuss your feelings about the e-pub, poster and commentary task:

1.    Are you satisfied with the final result?

I am satisfied with the final result of the e-pub, even though I faced a few technical difficulties.

2.    Did the e-pub require more/less time than you originally thought?

It required less time than I originally estimated it would take.

3.    Would like to change any aspects of your final project (layout, links, images, video and audio content, colour scheme etc)?

If I could, I would add a video of each scene in each chapter, but when I was creating the e-pub, ibooks wouldn’t accept the format of the video.

4.    If you could start the project again what would you do differently?

Yes, I would go into more detail.

Part Two: Respond to each of the following dot points (using complete sentences or paragraphs). You should include as much detail as possible in your responses.

1.    Discuss whether your e-pub and poster have turned out the way you pictured them?

The poster turned out how I planned as I hoped for it too look creepy, and as the images wouldn’t originally blend together smoothly, I incorporated shadows to make the poster appear to be one image.

The e-pub worked out well and although I didn’t have the video of each separate scene, I added images of the scenes to the chapters so that the reader would be able to figure out which scene was which.

2.    Explain whether your e-pub and poster clearly depicts the style of your animation and describe some specific design principles that you have used to achieve this;

My e-pub and my poster both show that my animation is a ‘scary’ animation. I wouldn’t call it a horror animation as it isn’t that advanced. To achieve this, I made the poster have a darker lighting and also increased the contrast of the image.

3.    Did you have all of the necessary resources to complete your e-pub and poster or did you have to create new materials?

I didn’t have all of the necessary material needed to create this e-pub. I lost my original usb at the beginning of this term, causing me to lose all planning, then I had problems with a corrupted usb, causing me to lose all work from this term. In the end, I had to get images from the animation by taking screen shots of the scenes.

4.    List the steps you used to plan and develop your project;

I simply planned to split each scene into different chapters, and put the information about the scene into the chapter. I originally planned for all of the chapters to have a video of the scene, but that didn’t work out. After I put the information about the scene, I added an image from the scene and sent it to the back before enlarging the image to the size of the page and changing the opacity to either 70% or 80%, it depended on the image and how the colours clashed with the text.

5.    Clarify any time-management issues you encountered during the creative process and describe the steps you took to improve in this area;

Due to losing all of the data on my usb, I had to start all over again and had a shorter time frame to complete the project in. This caused the whole project to be of a lower standard than originally expected.

6.    Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection throughout your project. i.e. Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs and think about whether it looks like a whole terms worth of work);

I have not shown enough reflections or proof of work on my blog this term. This has caused quite a lot of problems for me as I barley posted this term and without back ups, or blog posts, I haven’t been able to do things to the best level.