#2minutefilm

Chromatic Aberration effect over the shadow of a hand.

I thick I need to start working with some better animation programs in order to obtain some better resulta and push myself further

2 min film - storyboard

2 Minute film (incomplete)

Character/ Elements

The 2-minute film went reasonably well I found. As something that was an experiment, I found it really interesting experimenting and trying a completely different way of constructing a piece of animation than what I’m used to. I found the method very difficult there were lots of parts to the animation and method that I strongly disliked. I found the style of the cutouts was really good it allowed for my drawings to be shown in a way that actually resembles them in a way that I want them to, but the movement of each individual entity didn’t really turn out how I wanted it to. Granted, I’m sure there are lots of things that I could've done differently throughout the process but I still feel like the film had character and people seemed to enjoy it anyway. If I was to change anything about the film I’d maybe do it with a keyboard and mouse and an actual computer rather than a laptop, and with time I would work a lot more on some of the movements that just didn't work, I found lots of cool ways to get around difficulties that I encountered which I could even use when I possibly try to make a film using the same kind of method. I think with a lot more practice and better technology it would be a quick way to produce a piece of animation that I’m proud of. All in all, creating the film was actually really fun (kind of), the end product I'm proud of but the way to get there could be worked on. I think the combination of real-life sketches that have been photographed works really nicely when animated in a piece of software like after effects. There are lots of parts that I would do differently but as an experimental sort of piece, I think it definitely came out the way I wanted it to. I feel like it does have that element of old school theatre in it with the small movements that build a scene using layering e.g. the waves. But yeah I’m proud of how it turned out and may use a method like this again, with possibly some other aspects of animation introduced.