Animation Skills Evaluation of Module

I have found this module enlightening. I have enjoyed learning about the basic principles of animation and some basic techniques to experiment with. Starting with the first brief, although Storyboarding is not new to me I found it refreshing to deepen my understanding of a storyboard and go into more detail with the camera shots. I was surprised to be one of the only ones to go town with the presentation of it. I really love the thought that a storyboard should be a work of art. Being the first project I was probably overly enthusiastic about it in hindsight I wished I’d of spread this enthusiasm like peanut butter throughout the entirety of the module so that each bit had perfect storyboards. However I was able to take Mike’s criticism and improve my storyboarding for apply as it was a bit dreak by that stage. I also enjoyed creating the flip books and understanding squash and stretch. I really like working traditionally so doing this activity and the pendulum swing was a comforting way to work, and I found I work through these tasks swiftly and effectively. However saying that, I did enjoy learning how to create an animation via photoshop and went back to it in my own time, to create a walk cycle. I believe this is shown through the apply brief with the combination of hand drawn and then coloured in on the computer. One part of the module that I really struggled to get into however was the pixilation, I would say that I’m not fond of using the camera I really enjoyed the photography inductions, and I enjoy doing stop motions with models, I just really struggled to find the motivation to do it. Therefore I think this is why it’s the weakest part of my submission because I procrastinated for it so much and ended up doing it last minute. This leads in nicely to my Time management, on the whole (excluding the pixilation) I don’t think my time management was too bad. In future I would like to keep on top of all of the modules though and not let any slip away because I fear the deadline week for this module may of left me with a bit to catch up on in Visual Language. My Final brief was Apply and although this is my proudest piece of work for this module if I was to repeat this exercise I would like to have worked more into the background and made it rain more, I would of also like to have added sound. I think this is a crucial element I shall have to consider in future and make sure I leave enough time to include sound as it should not be overlooked. Finally I would like to mention my blogging although I feel I kept on top of it I realise that more work needs to go into my blogs and the only way to improve my vocabulary is to read more, and also I would like to design my own header in time for future submissions. I really enjoy looking at works in the industry and can’t wait till someone looks in awe at mine.