Thursday, 15 November 2012

Shrek Animation and Evaluation.

In the process of making my product, at first i had to create the set for my animation to come to life.
I got a box, and various pieces of paper and drew on by hand, the backgrounds i needed. I printed out pictures of some characters from the Shrek film, and stuck them onto pieces of card to make them stronger. I also gathered some things from outside, like grass, stones and leaves. Everything was stuck together using glue and blue tac.
Inside the box, i used the blue tac to stick the backgrounds on, and i stood the characters up as well. The extra materials were scattered around the box to make it look more realistic.
I made it because Shrek is a great film to work with for this task, and it would help me explore the use of different materials and ways of filming.

When making the product, i used various different materials, both electronic and hands on material. This included stuff like, a box, paper for backgrounds, pencils and pens to colour it all in, card to stick the characters on, grass, stones, money, a camera, USB and a laptop, using the internet to download songs and voice-overs and Adobe Premier Pro to edit everything together.
The disadvantages i found of using the grass and stones, was that the weather wasn't good that much for me to go out and collect them. Also, the internet was a major problem in college, as it didn't work when i wanted to download songs. Therefore, i had to waste time and download them at home.
The advantages of using the grass, stones and money, was that it made the set look more realistic, and fun to watch in the final product. As well as that, the songs and voices i downloaded make the animation more easier to watch.

The thing that challenged me the most was having to edit it all together in time.
Because the internet in college wouldn't work for me, i couldn't download the suitable songs i needed for the animation, and i had to wait until after to download them at home, and overcome this problem.
The newest skill i have learned is how to edit more than one different piece of audio together on Adobe Premier Pro. I also learned how to change the volume levels on one and leave the other quiet.

My biggest achievement was having the final product finished to the best of my ability. The box looked exactly the way i wanted it to. I overcame the challenge of having no internet in college, which halted my progress to download the background songs i needed. Instead, i downloaded them at home and brought them in on a USB. I'm more or less happy with my final product.


I could, however, improve the final product. The one thing i would change is the amount of pictures o took, because when i editied the animation together, i had to loop it 3 times to make it long enough for the right time. The poorly executed decision i made was not taking enough photos. I concentrated too long on moving the characters and backgrounds around.

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