Moving Pictures - Final Response

OUIL504 Final Animated Sting from Naomi Smith on Vimeo.

Evaluation

Strengths

• I think that the music fits well with the animation and is representative of the time Christie was writing - I think piano is an appropriate instrument for the time period and the social status of most of her characters. It also fits with the tone of voice of the sting by creating mystery and the increase in volume builds up tension which fits with the sequence of things becoming more intense before fading out. 
• I am pleased I managed to use so many printed elements within a digital outcome
• fits well with my prints 
• I think it is good that I have kept the movements simple and not made things too hard for myself like I usually manage to do. The sequence is not packed full of high drama events and I think this works well to mimic the tone and pace of Christie's books. 

Weaknesses and Improvements

• I think the level of detail in the components could have been better and I think this is a result of not enough planning. I planned by storyboard so I could see in my head what was going to happen but I didn't spend very long designing the actual components which I think is the downfall of the animation. If the components had more interesting things to look at on them I think the animation would be much more intriguing and the simplicity of the actual movements might be masked a bit. 
• One of the main struggles I had was trying to create a narrative with something that I could see working fine as a still image. I felt like the movements had to contribute something to it so thats one of the reasons why I tried to make the chess pieces look like they were falling because this would have been harder to do with a still image. 

Overall comment

• I admit that the sting was left on the back burner for most of this project. My prints always had priority for me, I suppose this is the format I am most interested in working with but that doesn't justify prioritising one part over another. Because of this, I was trying to make my sting work around the development of my prints almost like an afterthought. Maybe if I had approached it as its own thing I could have thought of a stronger concept and thought more creatively about how to tie them together as a set. 
• AfterEffects is not something I have enjoyed using and I can't see myself wanting to return to it, although if I do feel the need to, at least I will not know how to use it.