using animation programmes, for videos and idents,
never really had my name on the cards.
The module started getting tutorials, using the programme Adobe After Effects.
I was finding bits and bobs hard to understand more than others,
so they were the bits i focused on working on to get used to the programme.
But no matter how much help I got, how many notes I wrote, I could just never get them into my head,
something would always go wrong or something wouldn't go as I planned.
which leads us onto "Silent Movies".
Silent Movies, 4x 5seconds.
My whole intentions was to keep them simple, using just the basic skills we where shown in the tutorials. They where nothing special, but I was happy with the out comes.
I kept to a Black, White and Orange colour pallet.
Looking at others in the class, theres were hundred times better, but some have the skills to use them programmes, others don't.
Top 10, 30-50 Second Opening Credits.
Having two options, one long animation, or 5 shorter ones,
I chose the one long one, and focused on "Top Ten Haircuts"
My final resolution was pretty weak, if am going to be honest.
I did try, but I could just couldn't get it to run as smooth as the story boards I developed.
I think the timing was pretty poor, the first 7 numbers take up to long, I could have improved on that.
I feel the storyboards and layouts were a strong idea, and could work pretty well,
but I just lacked the After Effects Skills.
DVD Menu,
I left mine pretty late, and had to redo the menu numerous times,
so I decided to just have it plane and simple, hence the black and white layout.
With a last minute check, I feel this could also be better,
the menu would work perfect on a PC screen and mouse, but abit harder to use for a DVD Menu.
On the whole, I don't feel I have done very well during this module,
it was never gonna go in my favour a brief like we were given, I tried hard, but all the experimentation I done just didn't work out for me and my resolutions.
My resolutions were weak, and I would be first to raise my hand and admit that,
but as for my ideas and storyboards I feel they were strong.
The idea was there, the resolution just wasn't.
So in the future, if a client comes to me wanting some work along these lines,
I would happily get the ideas and storyboards together,
but beyond that point, I think I would pass the rest on to someone else to produce the resolution.
If I was to do this brief again, and do anything different,
would be spend alot more time on After Effects, Experiment more with it.
Give myself more time for my resolutions, so if I ain't happy with them, I could improve them or add to them, or even restart them.
