Evaluation

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

In this module i have learned how to plan and organise my work, as to me, this is the most important part of design for digital. I planned my story boards and timings before i went to the computer and i feel that this forward planning helped me achieve my designs as i had changed my idea towards the end of the project. If i hadn't planned the times and scenes then this process would have slowed me down and i might not have finished the changes i wanted to do. I have also learned how to use illustrator files effectively in After Effects. I think i have used my skills that i have developed quite effectively in the time provided and my subject matter. I think if i would have had a different subject matter that i feel related more to the E4 audience than i could have been a bit more experimental and extreme in my animation, but i feel that with my chosen subject matter i have used appropriate effects, transitions, timings, colours, fonts, imagery and music. I think i effectively carried over the visual language used in my animation to my website as i kept everything simple and clean while using appropriate fonts, colours, layout and imagery.

2. What approaches to generating work and solutions to problems have you developed and how have they helped?
When generating work i have looked towards visual imagery that is known to be mathematical, such as numbers, patterns, equations and fonts. I think this solid visual imagery has helped me to focus more on experimentation with my idea/concept instead of spending all my time thinking of what colour, font or image to use i can actually focus on transitions, timings and concept. When faced with problems such as my idea not conveying maths appropriately, i went back to story boarding and planning my idea before i went to experiment in After Effects. I think this helped focus my idea and organise my thoughts about what i want to achieve instead of playing in After Effects until i find something appropriate. I have also developed a more regimented approach to organising material, for instance when creating my website, i duplicated relevant material for each page which saves time and i prepared all my files for importing to iweb before i started my design of it.


3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
My strengths in my digital work are my organisation and planning, as these developed strengths are what has helped me to finish my project on time and to a good standard. I will capitalise on these strengths by taking them into other projects, not just digital projects. I think another strength would be the creation and presentation of iweb. I found it easy to navigate and control and


4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how could you exploit these more fully?
I think my weaknesses are my technical skills using After Effects. I think i had a good concept to convey my subject matter but i feel i didn't have the technical skills to carry out my idea as professionally as i wanted. I could use these weaknesses to help me develop my digital skills more by experimenting more with the programme, but personally i feel i know enough to get by, as i feel my skills and interests lie more in traditional tools and materials rather than digital media.


5. Identify five things that you will do different next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Stick to one idea and try to make it work so i wouldn't need to have a huge change and feel as though i was starting the project again from the beginning.

2. Not really work related but..... i wouldn't move house halfway through such a big project as it causes unnecessary stress!

3. I would start to look for music from the beginning instead of waiting to see what i think would fit my animation so i could gauge my timings more accurately, to fit my music.

4. I would choose a different subject matter that i feel would be more appropriate to E4's audience as i feel this would have let me be more experimental in After Effects and with my choice of music.

5. I would experiment more with what After Effects has to offer. I feel i used a limited amount of the programme and i would like to see what else i could produce.


6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas:

Attendance = 5
Punctuality = 5
Motivation = 4
Commitment = 4
Quantity of work produced = 3
Quality of work produced = 3
Contribution to the group = 3

Final Opening Sequence

Stranger than fiction opening titles.........again.

I know i have posted this about twice before for different reasons but i thought it was really appropriate for this project (for the opening sequence and for the maths type elements)

Here ya go...enjoy...again!

Cadbury Website

I might hate the adverts but i think the website is pretty interesting!

Here are some screen shots of it:









The page moves around with the mouse and when you hover over certain items text pops up and takes you to a different areas. If only iweb could do the same.

Adverts i hate but remember.....

I really don't like the advert below. It has nothing to do with the product but yet its so memorable. you will probably remember the Cadbury advert with the gorilla and another one with the trucks, but this advert brings a new weirdness...

(check out the Sunday night projects version here, its funnier!)


The trucks......are just as relevant as the other adverts



Another, not by cadbury though...

WIP Update 2

Think of a number

NUM3ERS

Black Violin

I wanted to look for music that had a classical element to it and had a bit of a twist. I thought that the classic element would relate to my subject of maths and the 'twist' element in the classical song would be something that would appeal more to an E4 audience. I found a group called black violin and they use classical music with an urban/hip hop twist twist. This video is what inspired me to want to use their music:

(the transition from the madame butterfly opera to the black violin music comes in at 44 seconds)



after looking through some of their songs i thought this song below would be ideal to edit for my final animation: (Black Violin - Dirty Orchestra)

Crit

After having a crit yesterday i received feedback saying i needed to make my animation more refined and interesting. Some people recommended using my Spirograph imagery more and making it more obvious and relevant to maths. Also people said my iweb needed to be tweaked a bit so that all the links work effectively and just to put more things on it. With all this feedback i got to work on my opening sequence and my iweb. I changed my idea for my sequence as i wasn't too pleased with the context and content of it. I decided to add more animation of my Spirograph images, more mathematical imagery and tweak the timings and speed of transitions. I also changed my iweb by incorporating my Spirograph's into my design more by using it as a button to click on to navigate through my visual and contextual research. Below is a video of my progress so far with my new sequence:



and another with slight changes (i have added some music to test it with time and to see if it is appropriate, also i have tried to change the transitions between things)

Title of Title Sequence

Screen Shots of iWeb Content

WIP Update 1 - Test experiments for E4 Opening sequence

iWeb Schematic

This was my initial idea for my iWeb schematic. This helped me to understand the order the pages and link would need to be in.