Create and justify a planned animation (P5, P6)
P5: Create the content for the animation
Backplates
The underneath images show the backplates I will use within my final animation. These are 'real world' images as this will help the audience further relate to the promotional video by recognising the settings within the final video. Furthermore, the promotional video could act as an instructional video to lead audiences to the march by showing all the necessary places you must go to in order to reach the march. Additionally, the video relates to the storyboard created during pre-production by featuring some of the settings drawn out, allowing the vision to come to life and reach the screen/ audiences.
images of directing personnel:
Here you are able to see evidence of me directing the personnel who assisted me on this project. I was able to explain my storyline by presenting the storyboard to them and therefore ultimately attain the desired result for my final animation. Additionally, I was able to explain to voice actors the sounds required to bring the characters portrayed in the animation, to life.
How the material follows the storyboard
The final animation will follow the storyboard very closely as this will make the production process far easier however this will of course change slightly if elements on the storyboard are unattainable or unrealistic for the final product. For instance, the close-up shot of the zombie turning up the radio would be too difficult to actually film using the stop-motion style as the camera would not be able to zoom in enough to capture this level of detail. Therefore, this scene has been deleted from the final animation and consequently replaced by a small transition in conjunction with a change in sound to indicate the radio being turned on. The planning process for the animation has been very helpful in guiding me and my team to create an entertaining animation for the target audience. Furthermore, the storyboard and other planning materials were able to help guide me in understanding what would as well as what wouldn't work for the final product, these materials allowed me to edit scenes in and out of the final product. For instance, the voiceover was added later despite not being specified in the original planning documents, this benefited the target audience by adding further information to the promotional animation.
Gantt chart
In this updated Gantt chart you are able to see the progress the project has made and indicates to audiences which stage of the process they're currently working within. This Gantt chart shows that we are ahead of the deadline which means we are able to spend more time and care during the creation of the final animation. An alternative is to bring the release date forward for the promotion of the event to further generate audience attention. The Gantt chart was able to help the team meet deadlines as the chart helped clearly state the task which needs completing as well as when it should be achieved by. The pressure of deadlines pushes the production team to work faster in order to complete the work.
P6: Complete and edit the animation in line with the plan
Log sheet
In the following log sheet document only 11 shots can be seen, this is due to the stop-motion style I chose to use for the animation. If I had included each individual shot there would be over 500 shots included, many being multiples. Therefore I decided to separate the shots by the scene setting and where it took place in order to make the log sheet more manageable to create.
Offline edit:
When viewing the offline edit below you will be able to notice the links to my initial storyboard for the animation. The storyboard was an essential tool used when creating the stop-motion animation and majorly guided my production process when carrying out the setup and filming of the final product. Interestingly, you can see the similarities in the timings used for each scene this was kept as close as possible to the originally planned times to ensure it fits the brief and would maintain audience attention when launched. Furthermore, the overall storyline was kept the same as this was approved by the project manager and further team who all felt it would capture audience's attention and therefore was fit for promotional purposes. However, one thing which is depicted throughout the storyboard but cannot be seen in the offline edit is the 'zombified' world the characters enter early on in the animation. This will therefore need to be added to a later version during editing in which we can use filters and music to imply the 'zombified' world through the animated video. The next version of the animation must also include greenscreen background images to help bring context to the video, allowing viewers to understand and relate. Furthermore, I will need to create and add a text shot into the animation to make it better fit for purpose by detailing the information about the march for audiences.
Version two:
The second version of my animation was edited to incorporate more elements and better match the storyboard created in the pre-production stages of the animation. For instance, I was able to use the 'keying' tool to add a greenscreen image in the background of various scenes, this added context for the scene and therefore helps the target audience further relate and understand the story being portrayed and promoted through the animation. However, we did experience some slight issues with the greenscreen as the green paper used for the backplate wasn't large enough to fill out the entire background and therefore made the animation look a little unprofessional. The greenscreen keyer tool also didn't fully allow the background image to be seen clearly as the Lego men used as zombies were yellow and therefore confused the software with which areas were the background, resulting in undifferentiated images. Furthermore, I was able to add a text shot at the end of the animation to provide extra details about the Zombie Fest march such as when and where it will take place, I did this using the 'text screen' tool on final cut pro. Finally, I included a customised pre-set for the scenes depicted throughout to help audiences notice the transition from regular to 'zombie' world which takes place early on in the animated story.
While these elements helped improve my final animated product I will still need to add sound and transitions in order to fully convey the plot and better promote the march to audiences. I will do so using transitions and sounds to really engage audiences and ensure the animation remains memorable.
Version three:
This version of my animation has been majorly improved as the visual effects have been incorporated and therefore allow the final product to appear more engaging. The third version of my zombie animation was edited to add dialogue and sounds/ music to the video, helping increase audience engagement. I was able to use microphone equipment to record the dialogue from personnel, they made the sounds instructed to give off a zombie effect and further communicate the message toward the audience. Interestingly, I could instil the zombie theme into the video animation through the use of song choice which added a sense of unease for the horror enthusiast audience. Finally, I was able to add transitions using the effects tool and therefore better communicated the plot of my animation. Interestingly, I was also able to use a moving image for one of the greenscreen backgrounds and this added a further optimisation to the video and helped it remain more engaging for audiences.
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