The Final Deadline - May 11th 2013

It is now the Saturday before the final deadline for my final major project, everything is ready to submit and I am feeling very calm and satisfied with what I am submitting. There will of course be more work to come, just polishing and perhaps re-doing a few sequences now that my animation skills have developed, but my film is in a complete state and which is what I wanted to submit. 

There have been a few exporting issues with frame size;

I have created all my film in the size 1050 x 576, which is correct, but I need to make sure that when placing them all together in Premiere the Sequence must be the correct settings!! Big Thank you to Stan and Charlie there!

Using After Effect was great, it went very smoothly and everything has been edited to a nice professional level. It is a shame that you can not add sound in here that easily, as it's a much more polished software. 

Another thing I wanted to blog a little about before submission was a scene where I used the skills I learnt at Happy Hour (work placement) to animated the shade lines on my character. I'm really happy with how it turned, and maybe before the Grad show I will add this shadow techniques to the last sequence.

So, I am here at the finish line, and all is well. 

My 1500 word critical analysis details the things I would change if I could back, and my successes as well as my problems.

'The Purple Lake' Online Production Log

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'The Purple Lake' 

Online Production Log Book

11/05/13

Rough Cut Critique

We have now had the Rough Cut presentation at 2 weeks to go till deadline!

Some issues were brought up that were a tad disheartening, regarding the loneliness of the character. However, after re-thinking and talking to a lot of people (peers, tutors, friends etc) I have made several changes to the Edit. I knew that I needed help with my edit, especially with my timing of shots,  but those problems have been ironed out now making a lot of difference.

It had also been suggested to me by one tutor that I needed to get rid of the close up shots... this was something that was a key aspect of my film in my very first treatment - far away, high shots. I felt that these were a key artistic choice to make her seem small, insignificant and alone. The close ups had been a previous request that I had added, and I find it funny that once again, my original idea was the best one. 

Now with a week left I am adding in 5 new scenes, 2 of which are stills, and 4 of which require new backgrounds. Lucky I work fast!! So far I have completed 1 of the additional animated scenes, 1 still and 3 of the backgrounds. I think I'll get it done. 

Another thing I have been working on since I last blogged was the dreaded 'Panoramic' Lighthouse stairs scene. 

I am really happy with this background but it was a difficult one to do!!

Here is a still from the Lighthouse beam rotating, I must say I am very taken with the sequence, as is everyone I show!

And here is my shot list now :) 

So, with only 3 more scenes to animated, I am feeling really good about getting this film completed to a high standard for the deadline! :) 

Debs