Feedback Review
and Report, Animation – Willy the Worm
For this project we had to create a 30 Second Animation,
either working in pairs or by ourselves, we could use any of the animation
techniques we had learnt, but have at least two techniques for a higher mark. I
was very proud of how our animation worked out, even though it was not to the
original story which we had intended and had changed from our original idea it
still turned out really good in my opinion. When it came to pre-production and
production itself I think we worked really well and separated each job out
individually, managing to get each piece of paperwork done in time for the
deadline.
When we decided to start making our set we had the idea that
he lived in a recycling bin, or some sort of recycling container so we decided
to use a cardboard box as this. I was really proud of how our set turned out
and how much detail we managed to put into it, I think it really added to the
feel of our animation and made it more so the audience could engage and believe
more in the story. Even though I did think we got a bit carried away with the
set design and probably didn’t need to spend as many weeks on it as we did,
because we did have less time to focus on things such as the sound and the actual
visuals, even we thought we did this I do believe it still turned out great and
I am really proud of what we created.
The filming didn’t take as long as I thought it would have
once we had our set idea as it was just moving our models around and making
sure they looked alright on camera. When it came to editing it didn’t take as
long as I thought it would as we had a solid idea about how we wanted it to
look, the way we wanted to give it an old rustic and make it match the setting
we had the cardboard look, I thought we timed some of our shots very well and
added to some of the comedy value that it had.
When it came to feedback we got a majority the same things
said about our animation, which were overall very good and I’m again very proud
about how it turned out. We had to give out a feedback sheet to with questions
on and we decided to put a comment box for any further comments, the questions
were:
- · Did you enjoy the animation?
- · Did you understand the animation?
- · Was the sound great on the animation?
- · Was the animation to fast?
Also the further comment box. We gave them out to all 14
people which were watching, but because we did it in pairs we decided to split
the feedback forms between so. Four of
my forms responded yes to the first 3 questions and no to the last one, we were
very happy with this feedback and glad they were able to understand what was
happening and we thought it was going to go a too fast and they were not going
to be able to understand, as because it was only 30 seconds we had to split it
into two parts because we had a 1 minute long animation and the brief said 30
seconds. We did get some responses which responded to all of them as yes, and
one comment said ‘great comedy timings’ which is great because that’s what we
were aiming for. One comment we did get was for the, did you understand the
animation? They ticked unsure as this is what we were worried about as we
thought about it going too fast and people missing parts of the animation which
were important.
When it came to just general comments, we got a very mixed
batch of comments, some of the comments we got off the feedback sheet were
generally all the same as they were all part of the same demographic, male and
female, aged 17-21, most comments included comments about our set and it was
well put together and the sound fit really well into what we were making, but
it being a room mostly full of college students we were bound to have some joke
like comments and some stupid comments which wouldn’t really help us at all. I also collected some survey monkey results which were very varied and when you can post it something on Facebook you can get very mixed answers, such as serious answers and stupid answers. You can see these results on my graph, along with other results.
When it came to any other comments, I got other people to
view such as friends and family, and they generally said they enjoyed it and
that you could tell we put lots of time and effort into the production, one
main comment I kept getting was that the set was really well put together and
really made the animation come alive. One big problem that they said especially
among the older demographic was they said it was too fast and this is a problem
which we have actually identified after making and we knew it might be problem.
Some of the things they specifically identified was the text coming up on
screen too fast and unable to read what was said. Which could be a problem and
it was a crucial part of the story and what his motivation was to build the
plane and fly away.
There were also
comments about some of the shots going too fast and unable to really focus, but
again this was said by an older audience.
In conclusion I am very proud of what we were able to create
and I really enjoyed this animation project and wouldn’t deny doing it again,
there were some problems when I think creating a story as I think we got a bit
carried away but overall I think it turned out great. When dealing with the
comments of it going too fast, was we had to fit everything in to 30 seconds,
hence splitting it into two parts for both of us to say we did each one. We
couldn’t do anything about the brief, we didn’t write it. Overall I wasn't too worried about the comments about it being too fast as it was aimed at a younger audience and they could understand it, which is what we were aiming for. If we ever did it again I would like to make the duration longer so we could develop the story more and experiment with different techniques and different types of animation. I would like to concentrate more on the story as a some of the feedback was for understanding the story was unsure and would spend more time fitting it together using text or voice over to make sure the point was being made.
