Evaluation

 
Above are all my evaluation questions, presented as voice recordings. I am happy with the level of detail I answered my evaluation questions to and I feel that I presented them in an interesting way, with the mix of text-to-speech and my own voice. This was relatively easy to make and I believe a great way to finish my coursework.

Final Music video

Above is the final music video. I am happy with the end result, even though it is not perfect. I feel that I created a perfectly amateur music video that ties in well with what I envisioned the artist to be like, alongside the ancillary tasks. I enjoyed editing the music video and am pleased with the editing entirely.

Final Digipak and Poster

These are my final digipak and poster products. After receiving feedback that my ancillary texts seemed too childish, I used real life backgrounds and the simple white outline like what is seen in the video. This was the only major change I needed to make on my poster, apart from changing the Daily Mail to a more suitable newspaper for my artist and adding copyrights at the bottom. Some of the panels on my digipak had to be changed as they did not fit in, alongside putting all the panels in the right order and including the barcode with copyright. 

Overall, I'm happy with the professional end result I have achieved with my digipak and poster. I feel that whilst they are not completely conventional, they are realistic and could be seen in the real world. I enjoyed creating these and feel confident that they tie in with my music video well. 

Animation step-by-step

Within this blog post, I am going to explain the step by step process for my animation work, which is seen frequently throughout my video. By using only flash animate, I would map out my animations from simple sketches, as shown below:



I would draw all frames required in this basic skeleton form. I would also draw certain things on different layers and draw them on separate layers, as I wish to focus on these elements in detail. For animations where feathers are thrown, this is the technique I used. All lip-syncing was drawn on a different layer also, so it was easy to move around with the animation.





Many of the animations I drew, I followed frameworks found online. For example, the running animation was followed from an animation chart. For other animations, I used my own movement by copying myself in a mirror to see how the animation should behave in certain angles. For lip syncing I also followed an animation chart, but drew my own in-between frames to make it flow much smoother.



Overall, I am happy with how most of the animation turned out. Whilst I may have liked more time to tween my results, I still am very satisfied with the end result and feel they work well within my video. 

Working alone vs. Group work

This audio clip features me talking about the positives and negatives of working alone. Overall, I found the experience of working alone to be positive and easily manageable, but there were complications that I encountered whilst making the project.

Original ideas and how they changed

Original ideas and how they changed from maddieh1

This is a PowerPoint I made showing the original ideas that didn't work, and what I did to change them. I felt that this blog post was a good idea as it shows a constant development throughout my music video to make the best end result possible. 

Review and Week 14

Last week was productive, but however not completely to plan as the weather stopped me capturing the drone shot that I needed. My animation is also still not fully complete, but very close to being so. I mostly stuck to plan.

This week is the final week are able to work on our music videos, so I want to ensure that everything looks perfect. Over the easter holidays if I need to I will polish up my blog so I can give it a good chance of getting a higher grade.