Day 18- Interim 2

[Pardon me for not managing to update my blog every now and then. I was really busy struggling to do my animation 2 and my animatics at the same time.]

Woot! Finally manage to 'complete' my animatics after a sleepless night in Hanis's house.

This is my animatics:
Hmm..The file size too big i guess

It took me ages just doing the 'animation' frames in Photoshop.

Even before I presented, I was really thinking whether my message could be brought across; will the audience sleep watching my advertisement? I was really paying attention to the every details in how it can make my advertisement a better piece.

So there is was, as I presented; I was rather disheartened of the reaction of my audience. I really wanted the audience to feel hype up and maybe feel eager to purchase the GPS phone, but maybe as my animatics is incomplete, it wasn't able to show it clearly.

Alan commented that i could think of a better catch phrase at the ending. He said my catch phrase at the end was way too lengthy which explains why my ending seems abit flat. He suggested "Know where you are with GPS" / "Never be lost again with GPS". He also suggested that I change my title to balloon priest instead of adding the 'Halo' in front.

Other comments also include me of finalising my voice actors as soon as possible, my voice for the narration didn't suit at all. Also, the ending was just too abrupt and flat. The scenes showing the priest panic was way too fast and should include scene where the Priest is seen being happy flying over the mountains and skies.

After hearing this comments, I was really frantic as to how to improve on it. I also got to ask feed backs from the 'floor'- Ting Yu, Adeline, Yi Chuin, Shermin and Alan once more.

Ting Yu's Comment
-Andrea Lek's voice would be suitable for the narration
-The scene when the river could be scene was way too fast; the audience couldn't absorb the information
-Hold back longer the scene where the Priest is praying and slowly getting further from the screen.

Yi Chuin's Comment
-Ending was too abrupt ( There is some confusion when it comes to the sea part)

Adeline's Comment
-The helicopter is causing the end to be abrupt

Shermin's Comment
-After the end, the screen goes nearing showing full view of the GPS phone (Hope you get what I mean)

Alan's Comment X2
-The beginning, should make the title floats instead; not the words these days GPS phones come in handy
-Or just start from the banner which pans downs
-Design of banner should change, words on it should be Guinness World Records Attempt
-Sam should say;" Take care father" instead of "Take care priest"
-Priest can say :" Here I go"
-Priest gets a call when he is flying;" WOw! I'm flying quickly,"
-Shows that the priest didn't know that the wind is changing
-In fact, most dialogues are redundant, can cut the dialogues at the front part where Sam just hugs the priest
-Should build up the happiness the priest has when he is flying
-Balloon floats up with the GPS phone attached at the bottom

Bearing this feed backs in mind, I will correct my storyboards once more.

Oh.. Not forgetting, Alan mentioned that as our roles as animators, we have to show what the characters are thinking to make the audience believe they are a real life character. I would want to feel the character. Being the character himself and see how he reacts and that is how I will be animating the priest, he will be me.

So personally, after doing the animatics I really learnt that it is the vital part of producing a good animation. It really helps us to see whether the pacing is correct, whether our story is clear. Now I am just wondering should I do the animation in flash or in photoshop. Most probably flash for characters and photoshop for the backgrounds. Oh, I will be making my balloons in maya so that I can take it as reference. Hope it works.

-Brain still malfunction-
Can't think properly for now.

Restless Vivien