Final Evaluation

The Brief was about exploring animation. I was looking through a lot of newspaper articles the initial attraction of my article was that it was such a heart-warming story and I love animal’s especially cats. To create my animation I used black and white card and cut out the shapes using a cutting knife.  To make sure my camera stayed in the same position I used a tripod. I got my idea from when i was doing the cut-out workshop what I really liked about this was how it created an effect almost like a shadow puppet. The animation technique inspired me to create a cut out just using the silhouettes of the Lions and objects. The app I used to create my animation was i-motion the problems I had would I could not get it to save to my phone cause I did not have enough space on my phone so I had to delete some stuff I did not need. The colours I used in my animation contrast with each other which creates a stand out effect. The imagery I used in my animation all linked to the animals habitat. The mood I wanted to create from my animation was a sad start when the lions our being captured then as progress further thought the story and they get rescued the mood I wanted to be created is joyful. What I think went well was that my animation flowed smoothly. The thing that I think could be improved is having words so that some bits were not confusing. What I learned from this project was wide range of techniques in animation that I had never even thought off for example chalk animation and object animation. Also I learned the different types of animation programs I can use to create animations. Using the blog to record my process was effective because I could add gifs and videos but I thought I was bit awkward to add things such mind maps and other hand drawn stuff.

Plan Thurs 24th- Wed 30th Deadline

Thurs 24th - Evaluate my Final Animation.

Fri 25th-Mon 28th - Add any work or evaluations to my blog, add some more artist research.

Peer Assessment of my blog

Peer 1

What worked well
She worked independently to meet all the assessment criteria.

What worked well
She has clear understanding of the work and has produced a high standard

Even Better If 
Add a few more post of how you got to each stage (Planning)

Peer 2

What worked well
Experimentation with  techniques

What worked well
Research into animators

Even Better If 
Planning


Peer 3

What worked well
Format of the blog

What worked well
The overall quality of each animation

Even Better If 
showed a little more planning and researched a few more animators.

Story Board

Interesting Newspaper Themes

Mind Map of Favorite Article 

Final Animation

The technique i decided on to create my final animation was the cutout technique. The reason i decided on this technique was because i thought i looked the most effective out of the different techniques i experimented. So i started out by cutting out the pieces i needed to create my animation. I cut out my pieces out of black card using a cutting knife and scissors the cutting knife was really good for cutting inside the cardboard to add detail. When i cutout all my pieces i stated filming my animation by placing the scenes onto the white card. I used my phone and tripod to film my animation using the tripod was very effective because it kept the camera in the same place. What i think was successful about my animation is way the lions moved fluidly across the scenery and my animation was not too long but it showed the key parts of the story. What i think could be improved is some parts were a bit confusing so in the future i could add writing to make the story let confusing.