FINAL ANIMATION (Print to Pixel)

thoughts for the future..

Throughout the duration of this project i have learnt alot. including how to use such software as after affect and iStop motion etc.
Straight from he start of the briefing as soon as i found out it was animation i intended on doing cell animation. I believe this is due to the fact i love drawing and creating characters. Although it is an extremily lengthy process, it's when it all comes together when you really appreciate what you have created.

good points :

• the storey 
• the way i have captured Pedro's emotions through his eyes and body movement
• the way i have made it look as though the camera pans out and how i have made it look as though the ball bounces of the screen.
• i believe the hammer at the beginning is effective as it is the cue for the music and it sets the scene well for Pedro.

improvements that could be made:

• more cells in order to make it run smoother.
• add colour to enhance the mood
• stronger, darker lines

if i had the opportunity again i would do the above however this brief has been a massive learning curve for me and it has opened my eyes and made me realise in fact how difficult and time consuming animation truly is.

best get recycling !

With me doing cell animation it was inevitable that i would be utilising a lot of paper...

setting the scene....

After watching my animation over and over again. i couldn't help my self but think there was something missing. i was happy with the animation however the background around the paper was bare. Therefore i set out to look for interesting objects that i could lay out to create an authentic look so that it appears that the paper has come alive...

I also noted that the lines on the animation weren't shaded enough and they weren't as clear as i had hoped. to fix this i then went over parts that needed the final touch and also added a spot light facing the paper to bring out the white paper in contrast to the black lines...
Here are some images that i took whilst in the process of filming...

the way in which i captured my animation was through my cam on my macbook. i did this because i wanted to make it look as though the paper came alive and the angle that it is captured is at a slant so it doesn't look all formal and perfect. i wanted a realistic and believable look and i think that i have pulled this off.

adding those final touchess

A big decision of mine was whether or not i was going to introduce the music right at the start or as soon as the hammer slams down. Therefore i created both options and judged them on with one would have more of a dramatic effect..
these are the two options ...





personally i believe the second creates more of a dramatic effect because the music is triggered by the hammer which all sends him to his cell.

Hammer time..

judgement day

Whilst having a brief idea as to what my final animation will look like ... (post below). i decided on a new idea to open the sequence. i needed a strong opening that relates to being locked away and the first thing that came into my head was a court room. i then began thinking how i could animate an aspect of a court room to link to Pedro sitting in his cell. these are images that immediatly popped into my head.

after researching into such things as displayed above, i decided that the object that would have the best impact and meaning behind it would be the judges hammer.

Using the images above i began to quickly draw up what  i had interpreted to be a judges hammer slamming down. Here are some of those images...