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Will all of the completed productions be entered into the film festival
('Oxford International Film Festival')?
After all of the films have been completed, the College ('The Henley College') will
submit the top three productions created by everyone on the course. The best
three films, that are entered, will then have a chance of winning the 'Student
Film' Category at the festival.
6. During the filming stage discuss the issues you faced and
how you overcame them:
One the main issues that I came across when filming my production was
the amount of time that it took me to finish it, as I struggled to meet the
final deadline. Another problem that I came across was that the character
that I had created wasnt able to walk easily, as the legs that I had given
him were very thick and didnt have any knee joints. The consequence of
this was that, to make my character move across the set, I had to animate
him shuffling rather than bending his knees to make him walk. Had I
researched this aspect further, then I would have potentially come across
this problem earlier allowing me enough time to create a solution.
8. Analyse the sounds that you used, did they fit with your
production?
As I chose to create a Stop-Motion Animation, rather than a Short Film, I
therefore had to create/add all of the Foley Sounds and additional music
myself during the editing process. For instance, I decided to add a piece of
music to both the start and the end of my production during the opening
and closing of the animation. As the end of my production showed that the
character does not get to go on his picnic, I made sure that the section of
music that I placed there sounded slightly sadder than the part that I used
in the opening. Additionally, the majority of the sounds that I used were
downloaded online from a Sound Effects Website called: Freesound.
11. What new skills did you learn (filming / lighting / editing?)
The main new skill that I learnt during this project was animating with my
chosen material type: Plasticine. Previously, when I have completed
Stop-Motion Animation Projects, I have used a range of different
materials other than Plasticine to produce my productions (such as Lego
and other toy products that I easily to manipulate and move). As
animating with Plasticine was completely new to me, I had to quickly
learn new techniques and skills in order to maintain the quality of my
production to a similar level, or even higher, than that of my previous
productions.
12. Did you submit your work on time? Why not and what will
you do next time to make sure you do?
No, I did not. The main reason why I did not submit my work on time was
how much time I underestimated the creation of everything involved in the
production would take. For instance, it took a much longer time than I had
expected to simply build the set before I could even begin to start
animating my characters. In addition, the actual animating process took
much longer than expected as well, as I was also learning how to do it
using a material that was unfamiliar to me within this style of animation.
On the other hand, the one thing that I did complete on time during the
production process was all of the planning and pre-production stages
before I begun to start filming the actually production itself.