4 December 2009- Mini-Interim 1

Today, I showed the class the five shots I managed to animate (Shots 1, 4, 12, 23 and 29). Here is the criticism and comments I received:

For Shot 1 (Sun rising): The trees should be darker when the sun rises, not lighter. And that shot was way too bright so may need to add a thin outline to really separate them from the sun. They also said the sun should move faster.

Shot 4 (shadow coming off sign): The shadow should go down the sign, and instead of what it should say, so I better add one or two more letters to bring it across more clearly.

Shot 12 (cat looking down at hill): Perspective is very off, and the trees need more variety of green in order to be differentiated properly.

Shots 23 and 29 (profile shots of cat): They noticed that the outlines were inconsistent when the animation was playing, and they advised me to put animated elements in different layers when animating in Photoshop. Also, the forest in those shots looked more like a cave setting, so they told me to make the trees lighter to darker behind, and make more difference like adding branches and whatnot.

That was very much the critique I got. Now I have to be adding rain effects to my upcoming animated shots, as well as work on that final shot for this week.