Animation evaluation worksheet:

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5 3:3.1. Analyse the effectiveness of solutions to an audio based problem in creative media production.

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Animation evaluation/reflection questions

Task 1/3: Reflect on your own research. (U2 3:3.2)

I used a combination of the designs I referenced for the sun and cloud, for the sun I used the
glow sun effect from adventure time to light up the sky and the spikes I used as reference
from the other sun I had sourced. Upon also looking at many different animations I decided to
try and use less saturated colors in hopes of making It more appealing to the eye. For the
cloud I used the dark colored stormy cloud reference while fusing it with the soft rounder
What did you use from your
cloud shape, I really liked how it turned out because while it still looked intimidating it fit the
research that helped you?
animation style I was going from. As well as that the background plating was also a skull that
helped when I was adding shadows to the bedroom in the first scene. Lastly before
production I looked into phonemes and created my own reference sheet for it to make the
process of frame by frame lip syncing easier as I knew exactly how the mouth should work for
each word.
For the most part I stuck to what I researched But at the beginning I discarded a few idea, my
first was to use the blurred movement effect to have the sun quickly pull out its hands and
squish the cloud, I thought of this as it was often used in many animated shows like tom and
What did you discard and why?
jerry but I never used it in the end due to not managing my time well enough so I had to
substitute it to using the blurred movement to a not as extreme extent by moving the clouds
hands to its hat and using his hat to make a quick runaway.
If I did it again I would look into researching squash and stretch more, I think if I was able to
What else would it have been
animate my sun with more squash and stretch as it moved around it would bring to the
more useful to know from your
character and it would add more movement and depth to the animation as well as being a
research if you did it again?
key but easy skill I could add to my animation while not over complicating things.
I would use secondary research to Watch YouTube videos and tutorials as to how I would
How would you find this out accomplish this and I would match real animations that have incorporated this still in hopes
(P/S/Q/Q)?* of getting inspiration and a understanding of how I could bring the movement together and
create fluidity.
*primary/secondary/qualitative/quantitative

Task 2/3: Reflect on your own design, practical skills and build. (U2 3:3.2)
This is about the practical skills you learnt each week. Feel free to go back over the Animation Teams channel if it
helps you remember. Answer each question, including any relevant screen grabs.

Tweening, tweening was a key part of my animation process that we were taught as it was a
What did you use from your
quick and effective way to bring movement and direction to the story and animation. From
practical skills lessons that helped
some background bits to whole character movements it was really impactful of a skill to know
you?
as it helped a lot by moving assets I needed without me having to frame by frame.
I didn’t use the lip syncing that we were taught during the “Hey everybody” skills lesson
because I wanted more fluidity and movement in the mouth instead of the same few mouths
What did you discard and why? for each specific syllable or letter. I did this because I noticed when speaking normally my
mouth doesn’t always move the same but relatively does do what the phonemes sheet said it
was so I made it more fluid in hopes of it not being as robotic.
I would include the skill we learnt In space ship two-shot as my Skies were very basic and it
would have added more to the story if I added more movement to the background by flipping
What would you now include and
it and changing it around when I tweeted the movement of the sun and cloud more often.
why?
Making the scene more interesting and detailed is a common though of where I would go
next if I had more time and I think it’s definitely something I need to learn to improve on.
 Perspective, I don’t think I’ve fully grasped the perspective and depth it creates as I tried to
What practical skills would you do it in a phew background but felt it was lacking. I would like to go over how to map
like to revisit if you did it again? perspective again because honestly the whole thing confused me a little so its definitely
something to revisit in the future to add to the background and scenes as a whole.
I would like to look into Roterscoping, As in a few animations I looked at (specifically amazing
world of gumball) roterscoping was very effective in having already make background and
Are there any new ones you think scenery while keeping the animation interesting to look at. The contrast of the cartoon style
would be useful for this project? and the real life background adds a bit of comedy and interest as it sort of breaks the forth
wall. I believe as the sun and cloud were real life things roterscoping would have been a
interesting skill to use in the project.
I feel my animation turned out well as it had a easy and cartoony style with good fluid
movement like shows such as adventure time and amazing world of gumball so I believe it
How does your final animation
was fit for purpose as well as being pleasant to watch in terms if colour pallet, appearance
compare to professional
and overall movement. Although that being said I would like in the future to focus on
examples? Give at least one
managing my time so I could add more details to background and movement. I wish to make
positive and one thing you would
more complicated and in-depth backgrounds as well as more complicated movements and
focus on improving.
background movements such as the squash and stretch but also tweening smaller details in
the back to add more to the movement and flow of the animation.

Task 3/3: Reflect on your audio ideas and work. (U5 3:3.1)
This is about the audio skills you learnt each week. Feel free to go back over the Animation Teams channel if it helps
you remember. Answer each question, including any relevant screen grabs.

I used audio cutting, originally a audio I had recorded was longer than needed so in premier I
What did you use from your
cut it down a few seconds when transferring to keep it the length I would prefer it to be, I feel
audio skills lessons that helped
this was very useful and I was glad I was taught as it would have been quite difficult if not
you?
shown.
I discarded audio editing because I was happy with how each audio originally sounded. I was
What did you discard and why? very specific in me research of how I wanted my audio to be so I had no need to edit when I
found and created audio perfect to what I wanted for my animation.
I would include more audio, even if it was just quiet ambiance and background scenery noises
What would you now include and like more pub noises I would, in hopes of creating more atmosphere for the scene and more
why? understanding of what was going on, I think this would be interesting to add as it would build
on the scenes and emphasis what is going on.
Audio editing, im very new to premier pro so using some of the tools was quite confusing to
What audio skills would you like me and I ended up messing up my audio as it didn’t turn out how I wanted, I was very
to revisit if you did it again? disappointed in the outcome so I would like to revisit it for future projects so I cant finalize
and improve on my audio editing skills.
Foley sound, I feel adding more background noises would be most effective with foley sound
as I could see how the animation already plays out so I would know what I would like the
Are there any new ones you think
sounds to be as well. I believe foley sounds help make a more natural sounding animation
would be useful for this project?
audio as it is easier to understand what things surrounding your scene should sound like by
how you drew it.
My final audio work turned out very good in my opinion compared to professional animations
How does your final audio such as Steven universe as most of the audio I used were emphasising background characters
compare to professional sounds and speech as it was intending to bring attention to all the different surroundings and
examples? Give at least one details as well as the stormy noises making dramatic tension from the weather. I feel next
positive and one thing you would time I could focus on changing the sound volume as I feel some of the audio was to loud and
focus on improving. drew to much attention to it for something supposedly for a background character but other
than that I feel proud of my work.