Problems with the soundtrack

I had previously decided on an opening sequence and base track (playing in the background throughout the film) but had not really started looking properly for sound effects. The first few sound effects that I needed, I found quite quickly, however the further into the film I went the harder it was to try and find sound effects that are suitable. This meant that I will have to spend more time than anticipated finding these, and if I can't find any suitable, I may have to create them myself.

Working with Nadia for help and feedback

For the past few weeks I have been visited in my lessons by a student (Nadia) who is currently completiting a course in Multimedia at college. Nadia was also an ex-sixth form student from my school so knew the course that I am doing well as she had already been though it herself. Nadia has offered me help and advice on the best ways to edit and create a suitable soundtrack for my short animation. She has also given me feedback on my work on things that I could improve on which has been really useful. Her help has really been useful to me as I have learnt so many new skills in how I can produce my animation and also the best ways to edit my work.

Paw print designs

For both my ancillary products I decided that they would feature a simple paw print design running across the page. I believed this would give the products a unique and also a recognisable feature for my short film. The design which I decided to use was print 3 as I thought this would best suit the genre of the products and film but also because it is the most cartoon- like and simple. Print 1 and 2 both would have worked well however are a little to detailed as they feature the nail prints as well as the pads of the feet. Print 4 however would not be appropriate as it has too many toes to have come from a dog. 

Ancillary Product Development- Film Poster

Creation of film poster

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Drawing almost complete!

I have now almost finished the drawing for my short animated film! I have now drawn 594 drawings and only have the end sequence left to complete. The film is looking quite good from what I have been editing in FinalCut, and I am very pleased with the progress. I have now moved onto creating the soundtrack for my animation. I spent an hour on this today and feel that it will be a longer process than first aniticipated as it takes a lot of searching to find a sound effect that will really work well.