Final Animation Evaluation

UNIT 24 - AO 6: ANIMATION EVALUATION

Evaluation of the production process and short film.
(On the blog – Write in full paragraphs using technical terms and illustrate your evaluation with images and screen-grabs)

Section 1 – Brief description of the product you have made:
Write a paragraph describing what your initial plan for the horror animation sequence was.
• References to the horror film to be re-made. 
• Parallax Scrolling 

Section 2 – Production process:
Outline and describe the production process.
Identify the range of techniques you used and give a clear explanation of their purpose. 

• Character design
• Photoshop character design / working with graphics tablets / Preston Blaire movement sequences
• Character animation using Photoshop / Animation using Photoshop
• Background design
• Photoshop background layers
• Parallax scrolling animation technique / layer movement timing
• Animation sequencing / character timings

Section 3 – Evaluate the technical quality
Is the animation precise? Does it flow well? Is the movement of the characters believable?

Section 4 – Evaluate the creative quality
Is the narrative easy to follow? Is there emotion in the animation? Is it entertaining/amusing?

Section 5 – Compare with professional animations
Look back the Walt Disney Multi-plane camera technique - how close is your approach and compare the final results. If you used Rotoscoping - look at the work of Ralph Bakshi - how does your approach and final product compare?

Section 6 – Evaluate the appeal to a target audience
Who would your animation appeal to? Where could it be used - part of larger animation, advert, web design? 

Section 7 – Evaluate the use of equipment/software
Discuss the ease of use, what problems you faced, what you would have done differently and what you would do if you had to repeat the process.