Overall Reflection

I think I have benefited quite a bit from Digital Media III. When I first began the course I didn't think I would be capable of creating an animation, but as the tutorials went on I found that it wasn't as scary as it first seemed. It was actually fun working on Toilet Love and giving our characters personalities.

On Thursday I was actually scared to present our film in front of the class, but once it was done, I must say, I was quite proud of our efforts, as we were able to make people laugh, and that is one of our companies objectives.

Reflecting back on the semester, I would have to say I truly learnt a lot in Digital Media III. In particular working in Photoshop and Flash. I think if I further my studies in Digital Media I would lean towards graphic design, as I really enjoyed that aspect of the course.

I feel really satisified with this course as I think there were a lot of things I was able to take away and apply to my future studies.

Week 13... Finished!

Yesterday we finalised the editing on our film and submitted it to Josh. It's hard to believe we're finished... seems slightly unreal. I keep having dreams that involve adobe flash, which is a little scary, but I'm hoping they will go away after we present at the film festival this Thursday.

I think the movie turned out alright, it's a definite improvement from the initial animatic, in that it depicts the facial features and thus the personalities of our characters. It lets the audience engage in the movie more, and allows them to understand the characters better.

I also think that the music we used gives the film a dynamic quality. Each scene gives off a certain vibe and allows the viewer to comprehend the story to a further degree.

The new and improved main menu:

Week 12: Nearly there...

This week, we have finished the flash folio, after Josh gave us a few tips on what to edit, presentation wise. We have also done most of the animation and are just working on a few extra scenes at present. Tomorrow we plan on putting the whole film together, and begin the sound editing process.

Week 11 Update...

This week I've been hard at work creating the flash folio for the final assignment. I used the same design language for the flash folio as my promotional posters and Victoria and I created a few designs before we settled on the one I've uploaded below. We have also settled on a DVD cover design for the final hand in which I have also attached before. Progress with our animation is going well, we have been mainly working on her perfecting the walking cycle and facial features of the mail and female toilet signs. We also plan on figuring out a soundtrack for the film tomorrow which should be interesting.

Week 10... Layers!

Today's tutorial was about creating a website. I was worried about having to do layers and linking pages together, however I found it to be fairly easy after it was exaplained to us in class. Today I've begun work on our Flash Folio for toilet love and so far, it's going well.

In regards to our movie , Victoria and I have basically finished filming. We plan on officially starting and finishing the animation of our characters in a few scenes by next week.

Week 9: Movie Posters

Today we handed up our movie posters for the promotional package. I stayed true to my initial idea of using a basic colour scheme, which consisted of blue, black, pink and white. The idea incorporates the use of negative space, and a main shot of each character, by themselves and together.