Girls Scene Draft 2!

After I had created the first incomplete draft, I left animating this scene for a couple of days whilst I edited the first few scenes.So when I came back to finish the animation off I realised that the actual animation was to fast and when it would come to adding in the edits, it would look to fast. As a result of this I went back through the animation and slowed it down by adding in longer shots and longer pauses. 

After I had done that it was time to finish off animating it. My aims from this scene were to make it look like Bernard is hitting on the girls and then gets rejected. So for this scene I drew Bernard some red checks to give him the impression of blushing when he gets all embarrassed. This scene went extremely well for me as what I wanted to get across to the audience was a difficult topic, but I think I managed to do that. This is because I got across that Bernard was nervous but at the same time he thought the girls were very attractive. Then I added I the slight edging towards the girls to suggest that he was going to try something. Then Bernard does the yawn and does the move on the girl before getting rejected by her. This scene was by far the most complicated to animate as there is so much stuff going on in it.  

Bernard Scene One, Two & Three With Editing - Complete Draft 2

So this is the second draft of the video bellow. The difference between the videos is there is an extra 21 seconds. I did this by going back into Flash and re-animated the scene this was not a quick job as i had to extend all of the pauses in the animation making all the face expressions out of time, meaning i had to just about start again. 
The scene now looks a lot better and the edits are not rushed and it fits in with the rest of the scenes. The only problem with this scene now is the clounds need sorting out as they move in the wrong place but other then that there isnt much wrong with this scene, so i will be keeping it the same untill i get more feedback.   

Bernard Scene One & Two & Three With Editing Complete Draft 1!

Now i have the finished the third scene with the jocks, i was ready to edit it in Adobe After Effects. As this was second scene of the narrative i could do a straight jump cut to the next scene as you saw the bird leave the scene and come in at the same point so it looks as if he has flown from one location to another.

The editing in the scene was good and went as planned when i created it in Adobe Flash. But i had one slight problem. This was when i rendered with video i had created in After Effects and watched it back. The problem was i has been watching it in a slower time when editing it so when i watched it in real time the editins were way to fast and it looked like it was in fast froward. This was a big problem as it meant that the animation was two fast as well. So to solve this problem i had to go back into Flash and re-animated the scene. 

What I Did/ Didn't Do During My Christmas Holiday!

It has been about a month since my last post, however i have actually been doing work. Instead of advancing with my project, i decided to go back to my previous work and refine that until i was happy enough with it. There is still a lot of work to go back to and make better but i will be gradually doing this over the next couple of months left. For now with the majority of my time i will be finishing off my animated film and be experimenting with sounds to add on to the animation. The shortly after that is completed i shall start on my poster and magazine review.