Evaluation of Animation Assignment

I felt I have done this assignment both correctly and incorrectly at different parts. I spent most of Term 3, not working to my fullest, which led me to having to spend many lessons on only a few scenes. This is incorrect, as I should be splitting my time equally between the 8 scenes I had to produce. I feel the first 6 scenes I had to create were correct, as I had the time to produce these scenes with accuracy and detail. This would make the whole film seem complete and realistic in a way, as the drawings would not have been rushed. The last two scenes, however did not receive enough time to complete with enough accuracy. With this, Scene 11 was not complete. Scene 9 was finished, but was rushed in the end and was therefore not completed in the desired way. I had to rush him magically having a tuxedo on, which gave the animation less good quality.

I have done this assignment correctly by completing the first six scenes thoroughly, by having many lessons and a lot of time to complete them with detail and perfection. The first two scenes were completed well, as we were able to have a friend take shots using IStopMotion, of Abbie and I holding a book. When the book opened and the picture became an animation, it made the whole animation seem more magical and realistic. I completed this task partially wrong as I did not post blogs as often as three times a week.

If I could do this assignment again there would be a number of things that I would do differently and improve on. Firstly, I would an equal amount of time in each section, by restricting myself to stop working on a scene once I have spend a suitable amount of time on it, and move onto a new scene. This would ensure that all scenes would be done, or mostly done on time, and would mean that I would not have to rush to finish the project before it's due. If I could re-do this task, I would also make sure that three blogs were posted each week, to make sure all my blogs are in date. This would also allow for me to become more organised in my school work, as it would force me to do my work (blogs) without being asked. Lastly, I would improve the quality of all my scenes, especially scenes nine and ten. This would have made the final product seem more complete, and with more quality.

Overall, I am happy with the work my partner and I have accomplished with this Animation-Ish, but there could be a few improvements if I had the opportunity to redo this assignment.

Scene 1 and 2

Scene 1 and 2 were made by using IStopMotion. The content was quite simple to produce, as all that was needed was to have shots zooming in on my partner, Abbie and I holding a book. The book was then opened, to reveal a picture of the first scene in the play. We had a picture of this, as it would seem as though real people were reading the book, and that the story was true. This also made it look like the picture was coming alive, and that the story is basically the contents of the books put into motion.

Scene 14

Scene 14 was completed by firstly drawing the face of Scarlett - A main character. After this was completed, the slide was duplicated to the next slide. Next, a slight blue dot in Scarlett's eye. This continued to develop throughout the scenes, until tears began to flow out of her eyes, making it seem as though the character was crying. When the crying section was complete, the first and last scenes were made key slides of the scene. The move tool was then put on, and the last slide was dragged close. This made Scarlett's face gradually zoom in, throughout the scene. Finally the last scene was duplicated around three times to give a dramatic tension in the audience.

Scene 16

Scene 16, which is the last scene was completed by firstly creating the two characters, which you can only see the back of. The background was then created. Once the first slide was complete, it was copied to another slide. In the next slide, the characters were slightly moved to one side. This slide was then copied and then again moved slightly to the other side. These three slides were then copied and pasted various of times. This made the characters look like they were walking in one spot, as they seemed to be going up and down on either sides. The first slide was then made a key slide, as well as the last slide. The move tool was used to make the characters in the last scene seem small and further up the screen. This made the characters seem as though they were slowly walking up a footpath.

Two Scenes to Go!

All scenes are done, except for scene 10 and 11! These scenes are the most difficult to animate, as it is when both Scarlett and Nathan magically turn into a fancy dress and tuxedo. I will post up the remaining scenes that I have completed and I'll explain how each were completed.