Final Major Project: Final Film

This is my final film

For this project, we had to create a final piece of work of our own choosing based around a subject of our own choosing, using an animation medium of our own choosing.

Because of my preference for drawing, I really wanted to focus on the conceptual side of this piece. I created a multitude of costume designs for the characters. I also created several designs for the robot. As a result, I feel that I neglected the animation a little bit, which is why the overall piece feels unfinished. It would have been nice to witness the models fully textured. It was because of this that I chose not to render my main scene. Nonetheless, I am fully aware of the changes needed and intend to rectify them before the show in London.

However, I feel that the concept work shows in the two parallax sequences. While they could have been edited better, the artwork is still quite solid, and the second one is very colourful, as a superhero film should be (in most cases). 

The Robot was also a very successful venture. I modelled, rigged, and animated that thing from scratch, and even though I feel the scene could have had more added to it, it did at least look quite crisp.

However, I feel that my work was hindered somewhat by problems that I had with the rigs that I used. I was unable to get the textures working in time, and several times would the rig’s body customisation options show up all at once, which took time to sort out a solution for. I should have given myself more time to animate as well. The running scene was a huge problem by the end, because the main character’s skin had gone completely pitch black, and there was no way to fix it, even after looking through the rig’s Hypershade.  

Another issue that could have been handled better was the sound. Music could have been used, and I could made the news scene more dramatic by adding more explosions and screams. I could have made the voicework more professional as well. However, the three voices I got were good enough to carry the piece. I decided to use my own voice for the superhero’s inner voice because I honestly felt that this would show itself to be a personal piece of mine, which it is. Anxiety is a very serious issue for me and I wanted to get that across.