A. I feel glad that I stuck to the idea when making the work as I had difficulty using the software, and I'm glad that the mapped out idea that came from the idea generation part of the assignment was displayed albeit simplistic. However I feel that the production of the animation in flash was extremely rushed as it took only 1 hour to animate, this is reflected in the simplistic flow of it and the overall duration of the work, I also feel that the work reflects my ability to animate as I know I rushed the production and I also know that the character designs were poor.
Here is a screen grab of the character designs that were used in the final piece, as you can see the poor quality of them reflects the rushed speed at which it was produced.
In conclusion I am disappointed in the work I produced, had I taken the time and the right amount of care I could of produced a lot better work so because of the speed of the production it was downright bad, and needs major improvement.
Q2. What is the audience feedback like?
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Here I agree with the criticism that the character movement was poor and could of been done a lot better, had I taken the right amount of time and consideration while producing it, it would of looked better.
I also agree that animating the legs separately to give the illusion of the character walking would of improved the overall flow and fluidity of the animation. I appreciate that the use of sound within the animation was sought as effective.
Again I agree with the fact that the overall production was downgraded by the use of simple animation for the movement of the characters legs, However I also think that the sound was effective
Q3. How Could You Improve?
I could obviously improve my work by actually taking the time to slowly animate the legs individually, this could of actually boosted my overall grade for the work, it would of also improved the animation tenfold as it would of flowed much smoother and the movement would of been fluid.
I also could of improved my work by setting out a tight schedule for working on the animation, this would of avoided putting harder thought into other assignments and not doing this one, as a result the work I could of produced would of been better.
Q4 Will you make these improvements?
No I will not be making these improvements to the animation, this is because actually still have lots of assignment work to be done, however I will take the feedback into account next time I am attempting to make an animation either for an assignment of in my own free time.
