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Final Major Project

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 Final Major Project -  Week 1 - Rough Animation  For the first week of production I aimed to start working on the rough animation of the film. With reference to my storyboard I started with the beginning of the story. I prefer to work frame to frame and for some scenes I went straight in without a rough - Like the bubbles for example, but for stuff like character animation it required a lot more planning. Week 2 - Rough Animation  For some of the animation I did the colour immediately after, with short shots like these I didn't see a point in leaving it for later. I also made changes to some scenes to make things easier for myself as I needed to be more conscious what is realistic to achieve within one term. I also started working on what the cracks in the island were going to look like - I started on the small cracks above to get a grasp on the movement so I would be better prepared for the finales with the island splitting. For the animations that require quick or harsh movement

Professional Sequential Practices - Final Film

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 Idea Development and Research Over the summer we were tasked with coming up with two ideas for our final film. The first idea that I will be going through is the option I chose not to pursue.  Idea 1 - I wanted to have two different ideas for narrative – This idea still follows the theme of a fantasy world, but the story focuses more on the magic of the world as the two characters are searching for an ancient artifact. A rogue witch and a wealthy young sorceress come together for the search – The two have their differences but it is lighthearted. The genre I would describe this idea would be more ‘Slice of Life’ This idea allows for me to focus more on visuals than anything else as the relationship between the two characters isn’t a major focus. Mood Board -  As I was thinking of this idea from a visual stand-point I was very interested in aquatic fantasy elements. I looked at many images of environments that would suit the atmosphere of the film, I thought that the characters would b