Animation Review

Animation Review:

                                                                      *NOTICE*
...All of the opinions were given me by the viewers via comments on the video or by the questionnaire that I gave them to write their opinion on the video...The one below is an example of the questionnaires that I gave out.

The animation worked well on its own, everything was in the correct order and timed in my opinion very well.

The images and music worked with each other well and had no problems like sudden graphical loss for example it was 360p then suddenly turned 240p.

Good:

The audience likes the animation; the music was appropriate and it a good variety of shots.

The animation was said by one of the viewers to be aimed at 16-24 year olds which is actually what I was aiming at.

Bad:

The animation however has been said to not have enough or any camera angles at all, which could be improved if we have an actual character that you follow but it would mean ripping the animation from its roots.

There was also a comment about the background of the college being uneven and flat, which can also be fixed if identified.

Improvement:

There are plenty of places where improvements can be made. For example, the doors at 1:08 and 1:29 can be animated to open and close at certain moments.

The little arrow head at 0:52 can be animate to look like its moving towards the entrance.

The staff member at 1:14 can also be animated to move a bit like waving his or hers arm, leg or head.

I would be able to do so if I had edited the background a bit more.

Reason for such an animation:

The reason was that I wanted the viewer to feel like they are the ones who are the one applying for the college course, I also did it like this because the background of the animation would be hard to replicate and would take time, as well as the staff member uniforms would also need to be replicated.

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Any Feedback will be welcome as long as its appropriate.

Update 3 for animation

I have finished editing the advert in Photoshop and now have moved it to Final Cut Pro to be finalised and to add some more official things like a beggining and end credits.

The image above currently shows my progress and its currently almost finished and performs rather well in my opinion and has no specific faults.
I have made some cuts as seen in the screenshot to some of the scenes since they were too long in my oppinion so I cut some parts down.

NOTE: Dont add fade outs in photoshop if your going to add them later in final cut or other program, really makes things dificult.

Update 2 for animation

I have currently began the editing process and it is currently in a bit of a alpha stage by what I can describe and its still far from completion.

The first thing I did is arrange all the images and text bubles so that they are in their correct possitions and dont overlap eachother which would cause big problems for me later. I also added a bit of a fade out using the white background that I made using a rectangle tool.

Progress update for animation

I have currently started working on another scene, at the moment it looks like this:

its fairly in good condition and with a few more refinemtents it will look great and can be soon used in the animation.

Planing of TOWH

Animation:

1.  By week 5 I will need at least half of the backgrounds done or animated so that on week 6 I will be able to start finalizing it.

2.  The animation will be made make you feel as if your the character in the animation, this is to make the audience feel as if its actually them.

Imagine something like this image up top, a first person prospective.

The animation will be more time consuming on its backgrounds so it’s going to be mostly making the backgrounds as accurate as possible and describable.

Most of the dialogue will be like pop-ups.
The character design won’t be as important since its you who is the character.

The rest such as staff or surroundings will be made as accurate as possible to the real thing.

By week 5 I will need at least half of the backgrounds done or animated so that on week 6 I will be able to start finalizing it.

All or most of its work will be done in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, any music will be borrowed from YouTube.

3.  The budget should not be too big something like £100 since I am only going to be using computers and the budget may be used in case something else is needed.

4.  We won’t need any personal requirements since this is a one-man job.

5.  A computer like a IMac is need with the Photoshop and Final Cut Pro software.

6.  Contingencies will be simple; a couple of flash cards in case the files get corrupted.

7.  Health and safety isn’t really needed as the person will be working on a computer, maybe a fire extinguisher just in case it gets on fire.

The music and U WOT M8 animation are all free to use:

TOWH represantation

Working Title	Representation of TOWH
Format	VIDEO
Type of animation	DRAWN/SKETCH
Purpose (describe in detail)	To show what TOWH has to offer
Target audience (describe in detail)	Teenagers or future students.
Animation software	Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro
Total running time (15 seconds +)	30+ seconds
Dimensions	1280x720 Hi-Def
Planned approach	Male all of the backgrounds, then proceed to make the charecter(ers).  Make all of the dialogue work in perfect order and without glitches.
Proposed action/storyline	Your at your house and you sport a leaflet from TOWH college, you take interest and decide to attend one ofthe open days to see if there is anything you like. You take interest and join the college, it then fades to the fraze "Tower Hamlets college... The one place for you..."