Presentations/Overall Reflection

The presentations commenced today. I really enjoyed seeing other peoples. I thought everyone did an excellent job. It was interesting to see how most groups animation styles were quite different, however our was also unique, being of mixed media, and I cannot compare it to anyone else's.

After having a break from looking and thinking about the animation constantly, I did find faults in the animation. If I was to change anything, I would have less annotations and less music changes (however I did think most of music portrayed the scenes well.) I would also have small changes to the animation, for example perfecting the walk cycle or speeding/slowing down certain parts. However, with the time restrains I am very pleased with the outcome.

This course would have to be one of the most enjoyable I have experienced so far. I was surprised to have my idea picked to be animated, and now seeing the final production cannot believe how far I've come. Flash was very fun to work with and I have learnt and remembered a lot. I will use a many aspects from this course to help me in my future studies. Poster design will definitely come in handy, and you never know when other aspects may. Still definitely considering doing digital media next semester, it interests me greatly and brings out the creativity. I have enjoyed this course and am looking forward to using my acquired skills.

Finished!!

We handed up the final product today. After a considerable amount of effort and time laid in to this project, I am overall pleased with it. We found some parts especially hard that we weren't expecting. For example, covering up the boxes in the video proved hard, even though a tripod was used.

For me the letter throwing scene was the most enjoyable to animate, as it was fun having a play around with the way letters fly and the way they flip as they fly. Some scenes I am more happy with then others, however I can say that for the time frame we had I tried my hardest, as I'm sure did Nella.

Scenes

Promotional Package for Final

Week 12

Almost there....

The promotional posters we kept as Nella's from the previous assignment, as we thought it fit the theme well. For the DVD cover, we kept Nella's layout, however used the characters that I made for my previous poster. I also added the barcode, small text and logos to the DVD cover.

Nella has been working on linking the Flash Folio. After talking to Josh, we changed the text and made some of the elements smaller. We kept sending it between each other to each make adjustments and we eventually got it how we wanted. We kept the design language similar to the promotional package and DVD cover.

We have almost finished the animation. I have done the scenes so far (as Nella has been working on the folio) however they need a bit of fixing up, especially the close ups and walk cycle and she will be doing that today. Also Nella is currently working on the last few scenes.

The songs we picked for the final product will depict the characters mood of the scene. eg for the fighting scene we will have dramatic music. The music should complement the romantic comedy theme.