2D Animation Evaluation

My 2D Animation Evaluation

 

 

For my 2D animation i created a Nickelodeon bumper, to advertise Nickelodeon; the purpose of this was so I could put this Nickelodeon sting before a programme actually starts. What I did to make my 2D animation was that I  printed off lots of different sea creatures, I made them swim in the way that they would in real life. I printed the pictures of all the sea creatures out, copied them onto a different piece of paper and coloured them in orange because this was  the theme colour in the main logo and I felt this colour needed to be in the animation.  I also added the character "SpongeBob SquarePants", this is so that it isn't just a bumper with different sea animals, I included this character from a show that was already on Nickelodeon which is why I included it in the bumper. The 2D animation was meant to be 15 - 30 seconds long and my animation was 24 seconds long.

 

I think that my animation could be improved because I felt like I rushed it, however my animation looked reasonably well and it actually looked like a nickelodeon sting in the completed version. I could of  improve my animation by making a little bit longer and looked less rushed, even though the sea animals looked like they were moving, if I had taken more shots it would of looked and ran a lot smoother. I feel the background colour was used really well in my animation, it looked like what the sea would actually looked like. Also throughout the animation i made the fishes eyes to make them look like they were actually blinking, and this made the fish looked alive and made the this a lot more effective.

 

The choice of sound effects I used were really good, I researched an old nickelodeon bumper and used the sound effects from that and put it in my own. I took out the sound effects that didn't fit the animation and it sounded much better. I did this on a piece of software called Final Cut Express. I have used this software before so I knew exactly what I needed to do. My job was to make the sound fit with my animation perfectly and I feel i tackled this challenge well. By  the end of the bumper, characters sing/chant "Nickelodeon" all at the same time, and when this happens the words Nickelodeon appear as the characters are singing. I managed to pick the perfect soundtrack to fit my animation and the length of the animation was surprisingly on point with the music; which I was really happy about.

 

Overall, what I liked most about my animation was when I pieced it all together in Final Cut Express. The music and the animation itself fit together perfectly. I could improve my animation by making it run a bit smoother, not rushing and making adding more characters to it. I chose to make a cut out animation because I couldn't really draw my animation out with the idea I had in mind. By cutting out characters and making them my own looked a lot better than what I think it would of looked like if I would of drew them. What was great about my 2D animation was that it fit all its requirements, the length and sound matched the criteria and the creativity and effectiveness and the time to make it look good, all came together to create my final completed version of the Nickelodeon bumper.

3D Animation Evaluation

For my 3D animation i created a an advertisement  advertising "Anti bullying week" and I made a clay animation. I created two butterflies they were twin like, and i also created another butterfly that looked different to the other butterflies. This one wanted to be like everyone else, even though he looked different he was still a butterfly but the twin like butterflies fly away and don't want anything to do with him. In the end a new butterflies towards him and he smiles and flies away with the butterfly and makes friends. The 3D animation was meant to be 15 - 30 seconds long and my animation was 24 seconds long so i reached and went over the minium time scale for my animation.

I think that my animation could be improved but i feel did the animation well, however i could of made the animation longer and less jumpy. The use of colour could of been used better on the background of my animation for example, when i put clouds into my animation some of the clouds got clay on them and this made them look dirty which made the animation looked of rushed. The animation lacked sound effects and i only added and instrumental song into it; I could of changed these things but i had a deadline to reach and i was already behind with creating both of my animations.

However what i liked about my animation was the bit where the butterfly started crying, i thought that this was really effective  and created and by doing this it made my animation looked so much better.  The animation included a zoom when the butterfly was crying and eventually zoomed to see that he was happy again. I also made the clouds move about a centimetre every time i took a shot, the clouds looked like they were moving across the sky throughout my animation, which made the butterflies were actually flying in the sky and also to show time passing by. 

In summary, I feel i could of improved my animation by the choice of sound effects i used in final cut  and the colours and materials I used whilst creating it; However overall I made a good animation, I thought clearly about my advertisment and how i was going to advertise it. My animation included zooms and i thought about how my advertisment was going to be presented. It took a long time to create as to make an animation look realistic it does take a long period of time. For example one part that made my animation looked effective was that i made the butterflies eyes move; wherever one butterfly was going the main butterfly was following it. Overall i think that my advertisment did meet all its requirements including: length of animation, materials, creativity, effectiveness and good use of claymation.