ADVANCED ANIMATION - PROJECTS

01/10/21 - 06/12/21 (Week 6 - Week 15)

Farissa Eryna (0336814)

Advanced Animation

Project 1: Pre-Production 

Project 2: Production 

Project Final: Production 

INSTRUCTIONS

PROJECTS

Project 1: Pre - Production

For our first project which is the pre-production, we are to produce and manage an animation project

individually by using relevant programs and software that enable content, concept, audio and video design to execute tasks:

• Script writing

• (Storyboard - Characters, props and location design

Audio and SFX)

• Building Animatic (Displaying designs, color mood and

style – Sound breakdown)

We were told to model our own character and rig it for this project but Mr Kannan mentioned to us that we could use a pre-rigged character if we were unable to complete the modelling on time. He provided and recommended to us many good resources such as e-books to study character animation and the principles of animation.  

• Audio Clip

For this project, I decided to animate the potion making scene from Alice in Wonderland. It is a scene where the white queen is making a potion to turn back Alice to her normal size. The part i will be animating is only 30 seconds. Below is the audio clip and video:

Alice in Wonderland - Potion Making Scene

Feedback: Mr Kannan said this is fine and I could proceed with this.

• Character Design  

After getting the approval to animate this scene, I proceeded to create the storyboard, moodboard and character references (Proposal). First, I began with the character design. Here are my sketches and references. 

My idea was to sketch a simple female character that portrays a young adult with long hair and basic clothing. 

Fig 1.1 & 1.2 References/Inspirations for Character Design

I looked for female character designs that are sweet and simple.

Fig 1.3 References/Inspirations for Character Design

After gathering enough references and I got an idea on how I want to design my character, I started to sketch out the character design in Photoshop. I sketched three angles, which are the front, back and side. My character is very simple and sweet. 

Fig 1.4 Character Sketch (Front, Side and Back View)

Feedback: The character looks fine and alright try sketching a three quarter view. 

• Storyboard  

Moving on, I proceeded to the storyboard stage of this project. It was quite difficult for me as I was confused whether I should re-animate the movie or create my own animation. I decided to go for re-animating the whole chosen scene as I did not have enough time. Here is my storyboard for this project:

Fig 1.5 Storyboard (Page 1) Version 1- Draft

Fig 1.6 Storyboard (Page 2) Version 1 - Draft

After completing the first version of the storyboard, I showed Mr Kannan to get some feedbacks.

Feedback: Some of the scenes look flat and the angles could be better. Try to come up with new angles rather than just following the actual movie. 

After receiving the feedback, I made some changes to some scenes especially the angles. Here is my second and final version. 

Fig 1.7 Storyboard (Page 1) Version 2 - Final

Fig 1.8 Storyboard (Page 2) Version 2 - Final

•  Animatics 

After getting my storyboard approved, we are told to produce an animatic. I imported the scenes from Photoshop and compiled it in Adobe Premiere Pro. I added the audio clip as well. 

Fig 1.9 Animatic process 1

Fig 1.10 Animatic process 2

Fig 1.11 Animatic process 3

Animatic (Final)

Here is a PDF version of the proposal:

Project 2: Production

• Assets Preparation + Blocking 

Students are to execute the outcome of pre-production process from Task 1 by using relevant programs that enable animation creation process for: Layout, Animation, Clean up, Compositing, Render. For the background, I found a kitchen model set that fits my animation. 

Fig 2.1 Character rig

Fig 2.2 Blocking scene 2

Fig 2.3 Blocking Scene 1

Blocking: Scene 1

Blocking: Scene 2

Blocking: Scene 3

Blocking: Scene 4

Blocking: Scene 5

Blocking: Scene 6

Blocking scene: Scene 7

Feedback: I need to improve on the finger and hand movements. 

Final Project

• Final Editing 

Due to not having much time, I could not give my best for the final editing. This is my best attempt for the final project:

I started off by polishing all the scenes as best as I could. It was difficult for me and it took a lot of patience. I remember Mr Kannan's advice so I also made sure there's a mirror in front of me for reference for the lip sync and acting. 

Scene 1 (Final)

Scene 2 (Final)

Scene 3 (Final)

Scene 4 (Final)

Scene 5 (Final)

Scene 6 (Final)

Scene 7 (Final)

Scene 8 (Final)

Final Animation - Potion Making