Final Storyboard

After some deliberation and deciding using the hand drawn digital technique, I came up with this storyboard:

I kept the first page of my storyboard the same as my original idea, because I think it flows well and introduces my story appropriately. 

I think this storyboard works better, because it outlines the highlights and struggles throughout my year in smooth (hopefully interesting) transactions. 

Storyboard - Presentation

After deciding that I wanted to make a stop motion animation, I created this storyboard to present my years progress:

After reviewing it I have decided that it's too complicated to be a presentation; I also need to focus more on the questions asked and think about a simple yet entertaining way to answer them.

I will go back and change some parts of the story - I will keep the beginning sequence and some aspects of the ideas I've used, but I'd like to simplify it by using a looped walk cycle to represent myself moving forward through the year, and allow myself time to narrate over the top presenting it to my piers.

Reflect

The idea with my latest project 'Reflect' is to create a presentation of some sort to show my class how I think my year has gone.
There are lots of different ways I could co-operate this; a powerpoint, a series of images, storyboards, an animatic, character designs... But I decided the best way to show my progress through this year would be to make an animation!
After reviewing my year [in my previous blog post], I have sketched a series of thumbnails which I could explore further in this presentation:

There are a few ideas here which I can see flowing together and making a decent storyline!

PPP Presentation - First Year Progress

These are the points I have to consider when making a presentation:

What have you learned and also what do you want to learn? 
I have learnt how to use different software such as Photoshop and After Effects; as well as using a graphics tablet with it. I have been developing my animation skills and using reference to develop the quality of my work.
I would like to explore other techniques such as 3D (which we are doing next year!), and to carry on drawing and designing to develop my skills in that area.

What have you enjoyed during the year and why, also what have you disliked and why? 
I have enjoyed the process of animating, and drawing out the steps on Photoshop with the graphics tablet. I have preferred the specific animating tasks over the others, because that's the area I enjoy the most (not that the other projects were bad!) 
I have disliked completing the writing tasks involving research - I can never think of how to phrase what I want to say! I thought the essay would be difficult but after I started it, it became easier and more enjoyable. I find it hard to draw some things, so I found that frustrating at times.

What mistakes have you made (in and out of college) and how have you learned from them? 
My biggest mistake throughout the year was not starting my briefs straight away. For most of my projects, I left the majority of the blogging until a few weeks before the deadline - which isn't fun when you have more then one deadline! 

Has this made you consider how you do thing or will approach things in the future?
I will try to motivate myself to start my work sooner, so I can fit in more research and develop my work better, so I might actually get better outcomes at the end!

What are your strengths and how will you develop them further and begin to apply them? 
I would like to apply more photography to my animations, since that is my general hobby anyway, it would be good to incorporate my particular interests into my work. The best way to do this would be through stop motion, which I have done a bit of before, so I am looking forward to using that in the future.

What are your weaknesses and how do you intend to address them? 
My weakness is my presentation-giving skills. I'm very shy, so talking in front of people makes me nervous. Next year we will be set more presentation-orientated tasks, so hopefully giving more presentations will help develop my confidence and preparation in what I'm saying.
I need to improve my drawing skills, so constantly practicing will help; this will allow me to develop my designing skills and making my work look better.

What did you want to get from the year? Have you achieved this?
I didn't have any particular goals for the end of this year, except to try out as much as I can and not to be afraid of using new techniques. I think I could have experimented further with different software, rather then just sticking to Photoshop.