Ball test 2

The second animatic that I carried out with the bouncing ball, turned out much better than the first one. The ball moves much more smoothly and stays the same size. This is the effect that I would like to achieve in my animation.

Ball test 1

To try and improve on the movement of the characters I made a test animation of a ball bouncing. This test did not go as well as planned. The ball in the second part of the video moves far too slowly and changes shape quite obviously. Also when the ball hits the floor it sticks for too long, where it should bounce up again quickly. To improve on this I need to make the movements larger to make the ball appear to moves more quickly. I also need to make sure that when tracing though the ball, it remains the same shape and size. The video does appear to have a pinkish tint to it. This is because it was recorded without the light being switched on. It did not appear as pink as this until after I had exported it. I need to make sure that when I am recording my final piece that the light is on, to prevent the coloured tint.

Health and safety checks

Whilst carrying out the production of my animation, I need to make sure that the environment that I am working in is safe. One of the issues that I need to look out for is that the lamp used gets very hot very quickly. I need to make sure that I do not touch it when it is on, and that it needs to be left for at least 20 minutes to cool down completely. Another problem that I need to look out for is that there are a lot of wires connecting the camera to the computer, which need to be tucked under the desk so they can not be tripped over.

Colour test and opening sequence

When I coloured in the previous animation using coloured pencils I discovered that it was too faint for the camera to pick up, meaning that it looked almost like there was no colour. I went back to these drawings and coloured over the images in felt pen. This looked much brighter and bought the animation to life more. I also think that it adds a sort of style to the animation. I still don't think that the movement is quite right as the cats legs need to stretch out more. The other issue that came up from this animatic is that there may need to be more drawings per second or it needs to be sped up as it moves too slowly and not as smoothly as I would have liked.

How to set up the animation rig

Animation rig set up

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The process of setting up the equipment in order to create an animation, was something new to me which I learnt. I was shown how to set up the equipment by a technician, and decided it would be useful to create a presentation on how to set it up for future reference. This includes the functions of the camera, and briefly how to use the program istopmotion.

Story Board part 2

Story Board Part 1