This is my film submission, but I have not finished my film and so I will be continuing to work on it until the degree show which is my deadline for finishing it.
I know I could of organised my time better through this semester with the work experience but it was new to me working on a project for a client and I am happy that I was able to do. I do not mind if that has affected this project as I will finish my film no matter what before the degree show.
I have animated all of it, taking on the advice from Emily, but I was unable to animate the feet again in the memories section and the credits, but this will be done in the next week. I have also put in place holder bubbles, which will be coloured similar to my poster and place holder ink, when the tentacle appears which will also look similar to the poster. I also need to added the dates on the grave and make the grave more rounded like the others.
I am overall extremely happy with my project and feel it has really come along from the very beginning and hope it will continue to until the end.
I did not manage to add the sound effects as the ones I had recorded did not work and I didn't want to rush looking online for them. They will be added later.
'Sinking' Submission from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Evaluation -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mitnlq11sfbfqap/Summer%20Davies-Newton%20Evaluation%20Final.docx?dl=0
Monday 15 May 2017
Friday 12 May 2017
Animation Production - Week 14 - Final Film Progress and Poster
This week we had a deadline for, which I then later found out I could still get them printed after the deadline.
It was not a waste of time though as after I created the poster I was able to use it below in the scene where she is floating up in the bubble.
Below is the link for the background paper texture I used and will be using in my final film.
https:
Below is some links to the videos I used to create the poster and help with lighting and effects.
The first video is how to add particles as I wanted to add it as the particles you see in the ocean, but I didn't want it to be too much and so it is not as noticable in the image below.
https:
The second link is how to add underwater lighting on photoshop, this was extrememly helpful as I wanted there to be light at the top going down to the drakness at the beottom where the tenatcale is.
https:
Final Film Poster 'Sinking'
I also carried on with the animation changes Emily said about, this week.
I started with the tentacle at the end on top of the woman, Emily had suggested to make this more forceful and have the tentacle really push her down. Also to add more weight to it and her flopping to the floor and more power when she pushes the tentacle off.
46 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I also needed to add more weight when she stood up and the push someone would have when trying to stand.
48 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Below is the end scenes together.
Camera pan from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I needed to add a few frames from when she got up and how she would get into the bubble. I didn't feel that the audience needed to see her exactly get into the bubble so I added her looking at the bubbles before she runs away from the tentacle moving as this would suggest her running towards the bubbles and getting into them.
I also changed the way she was in the bubble in the end, making her more squished into the bubble as she goes off.
I struggled with what to do in the end and asked my mum for advice. I had thought about repeating the foot and jumping up at the beginning, but after talking with my mum she suggested not too as it would give off the wrong perspective of depressions and this is something I definitely didn't want to do.
52 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I next went onto the animating of the panning of her going up in the bubble, I was able to use the poster I had made and this made this easier.
55 - end scenes from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo. rough - camera pan from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Adding the camera pan
This is the animation added all together, I still have some parts of the animation left to do but should hopefully be able to finish them in the next couple of days.
59 - final film progress from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
It was not a waste of time though as after I created the poster I was able to use it below in the scene where she is floating up in the bubble.
Below is the link for the background paper texture I used and will be using in my final film.
https:
Below is some links to the videos I used to create the poster and help with lighting and effects.
The first video is how to add particles as I wanted to add it as the particles you see in the ocean, but I didn't want it to be too much and so it is not as noticable in the image below.
https:
The second link is how to add underwater lighting on photoshop, this was extrememly helpful as I wanted there to be light at the top going down to the drakness at the beottom where the tenatcale is.
https:
Final Film Poster 'Sinking'
I started with the tentacle at the end on top of the woman, Emily had suggested to make this more forceful and have the tentacle really push her down. Also to add more weight to it and her flopping to the floor and more power when she pushes the tentacle off.
46 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I also needed to add more weight when she stood up and the push someone would have when trying to stand.
48 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Below is the end scenes together.
Camera pan from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I needed to add a few frames from when she got up and how she would get into the bubble. I didn't feel that the audience needed to see her exactly get into the bubble so I added her looking at the bubbles before she runs away from the tentacle moving as this would suggest her running towards the bubbles and getting into them.
I also changed the way she was in the bubble in the end, making her more squished into the bubble as she goes off.
I struggled with what to do in the end and asked my mum for advice. I had thought about repeating the foot and jumping up at the beginning, but after talking with my mum she suggested not too as it would give off the wrong perspective of depressions and this is something I definitely didn't want to do.
52 - changing the woman at the end from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I next went onto the animating of the panning of her going up in the bubble, I was able to use the poster I had made and this made this easier.
55 - end scenes from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo. rough - camera pan from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Adding the camera pan
This is the animation added all together, I still have some parts of the animation left to do but should hopefully be able to finish them in the next couple of days.
59 - final film progress from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Monday 1 May 2017
Animation Production - Week 13 - Final Film Progress
This week I finished off my evaluation so it is ready to be submitted next week.
Emily's Feedback -
Emily went through scene by scene and told me exactly everything I need to fix. One of the overall fixes was that I needed to make sure I kept to my own character design, which is something I have also ways found difficult to do and really need to work on. There was a big list of everything I need to change, some were small and some I needed to reanimated a lot, something that I didn't think I needed to do but i'm glad I am doing as I don't want a film I am not proud of.
I also took the animation advice from Emily last week and started to put in into my animation. Below I have made the pull down faster to make it more dramatic and i feel it makes it flow better, I also added a better bounce when she is smacked on the floor. I made it so her arm doesn't go through the floor and I feel It looks a lot better already from last week and they were not major changes.
34 - changing the slam from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
34 - changing the tentacle reaching from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I also went onto change the memory section again. I have had so much trouble with this section, but after an idea Emily gave me last week I feel it has finally got there. It is much better from the beginning and even though i wanted to give up on this section sometimes, I'm glad the changes each week has finally paid off and I am very happy with it.
I think the fact she is desperate comes across.
I showed it to my mum and she seemed happy with it and the feedback Sam suggested below.
34 - changing the memories from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Sam saw the new memory section and felt it looked a lot better than before, but she felt it would be more realistic if the grave of Dido (Ukrainian for grandad) had dates on it and was a similar shape to the rest of the grave stones. I think this is a good idea as it make it easier for the audience to understand and connect with that section, even if they don't know what Dido means.
Emily's Feedback -
Emily went through scene by scene and told me exactly everything I need to fix. One of the overall fixes was that I needed to make sure I kept to my own character design, which is something I have also ways found difficult to do and really need to work on. There was a big list of everything I need to change, some were small and some I needed to reanimated a lot, something that I didn't think I needed to do but i'm glad I am doing as I don't want a film I am not proud of.
I also took the animation advice from Emily last week and started to put in into my animation. Below I have made the pull down faster to make it more dramatic and i feel it makes it flow better, I also added a better bounce when she is smacked on the floor. I made it so her arm doesn't go through the floor and I feel It looks a lot better already from last week and they were not major changes.
34 - changing the slam from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
34 - changing the tentacle reaching from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I also went onto change the memory section again. I have had so much trouble with this section, but after an idea Emily gave me last week I feel it has finally got there. It is much better from the beginning and even though i wanted to give up on this section sometimes, I'm glad the changes each week has finally paid off and I am very happy with it.
I think the fact she is desperate comes across.
I showed it to my mum and she seemed happy with it and the feedback Sam suggested below.
34 - changing the memories from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Sam saw the new memory section and felt it looked a lot better than before, but she felt it would be more realistic if the grave of Dido (Ukrainian for grandad) had dates on it and was a similar shape to the rest of the grave stones. I think this is a good idea as it make it easier for the audience to understand and connect with that section, even if they don't know what Dido means.
Monday 24 April 2017
Animation Production - Week 12 - Final Film Progress and Easter
Below is animating I did over Easter. I also managed to finish my work experience project for the client and they have signed it off so I am fully on my final film now. I do think I wont be able to finish it for the deadline but I am okay with this as I have had the other project and i have gained a lot of experience thanks to that project.
Over the Easter I wanted to inbetween most if not all of the film. I went scene by scene trying to make the animation as smooth as possible and fixing any of the changes that Sam and Emily had given me as feedback.
I added more frames into the foot scene to make it flow better as I thought the toes jerked slightly before.
foot scene from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
tentacle reaching and pulling down from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
The tentacle I felt before didn't move like a real tentacle, so I went back to the reference footage I had gathered from the sea life centre and watched it over and over again until I knew how I wanted to animate it. I feel it looks loads better from before and is more realistic in the way it moves.
I also thought about how snakes move, my parents own 3 snakes and so I thought about how they strike and they usually make an 's' shape and coil up and then spring forward, which is something I also tried to create below as the tentacle reaches forward to grab her.
beginning scene from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
tentacle reaching from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I then wanted to make her being pulled down smooth, before I had drawn it, it didn't really work with the fact that she is in water and wouldn't look that jerky and flick from side to side. As her character design was that you wouldn't see all the detail of her at every moment, I played on this and morphing her slightly so shes is a curved shape times. I feel it looks a lot better than the previous one.
beginning scene animated from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I next went onto the end scenes and inbetweening it.
ending scene 2 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Final Film all together - with sound
I added the some of the sound effects from before Easter when I recorded them but some of them are very quite and so I will have to fix them for the deadline.
I have not finished all of the animating, I did not do the memory section and her floating off into the bubble in the beginning.
week 12 - final film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback
The feedback I got this week was that I definitely was not done with the animation, which is a knock back as I really wanted to start outlining after I had animated the memories section, but I understand that I shouldn't start animating until the animation is better and I need to just push forward.
I realise that I really wont be finished for the deadline after today and that my new deadline is for the degree show and making sure I have a film I am proud of and not rushed.
Emily has said she will sit with me and go through my animation telling me everything I need to fix, which will really help me at this point.
Over the Easter I wanted to inbetween most if not all of the film. I went scene by scene trying to make the animation as smooth as possible and fixing any of the changes that Sam and Emily had given me as feedback.
I added more frames into the foot scene to make it flow better as I thought the toes jerked slightly before.
foot scene from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
tentacle reaching and pulling down from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
The tentacle I felt before didn't move like a real tentacle, so I went back to the reference footage I had gathered from the sea life centre and watched it over and over again until I knew how I wanted to animate it. I feel it looks loads better from before and is more realistic in the way it moves.
I also thought about how snakes move, my parents own 3 snakes and so I thought about how they strike and they usually make an 's' shape and coil up and then spring forward, which is something I also tried to create below as the tentacle reaches forward to grab her.
beginning scene from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
tentacle reaching from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I then wanted to make her being pulled down smooth, before I had drawn it, it didn't really work with the fact that she is in water and wouldn't look that jerky and flick from side to side. As her character design was that you wouldn't see all the detail of her at every moment, I played on this and morphing her slightly so shes is a curved shape times. I feel it looks a lot better than the previous one.
beginning scene animated from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I next went onto the end scenes and inbetweening it.
ending scene 2 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Final Film all together - with sound
I added the some of the sound effects from before Easter when I recorded them but some of them are very quite and so I will have to fix them for the deadline.
I have not finished all of the animating, I did not do the memory section and her floating off into the bubble in the beginning.
week 12 - final film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback
The feedback I got this week was that I definitely was not done with the animation, which is a knock back as I really wanted to start outlining after I had animated the memories section, but I understand that I shouldn't start animating until the animation is better and I need to just push forward.
I realise that I really wont be finished for the deadline after today and that my new deadline is for the degree show and making sure I have a film I am proud of and not rushed.
Emily has said she will sit with me and go through my animation telling me everything I need to fix, which will really help me at this point.
Monday 3 April 2017
Animation Production - Week 11 - Final Film
This week I tried to make the memory section flow better and get across a uncomfortable feeling across to the audience. I took the feedback I had been given a couple of weeks ago and thought about having a rush of bubbles coming towards he with the memories in them. The memories are personal to my mum's experience but death is something that a lot of people can relate too and although they are supposed to be army boots the fact they are being weighted down is something people with depression could feel similar about.
I also wanted to add a horror/ nightmare feel to it with the quick flashes of memories, but I don't know if this has worked or not.
I also added a lift to when she hit the floor so she bounced back up from the force of the hit and that she is in water and so be floaty.
added her lift off when she hit the floor
I am hoping to start to inbetween next week. I am off schedule but I hope to catch up a bit over the Easter period.
Week 10 final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
In the next week I plan to go into the sound bootha dn record some sound affects with Bethany and Raj and hopefully have some of them in the animation for after Easter.
feedback
the walk in the memory section needs to be heavier
memory section needs to be not on time with the voice over because it looks like they are connected and not in a good way , also needs to be slowed down
the open end - may want to add the bubble and tentacle in the credits section so it doesnt end to abrupt
I will take all of this feedback o for the Easter and hope to have a lot of the animation done for when I get back.
I also got feedback from the Evaluation draft I put in, I didn't get huge changes so they will be able to be fixed easily and then it's just a case of finishing.
I also wanted to add a horror/ nightmare feel to it with the quick flashes of memories, but I don't know if this has worked or not.
I also added a lift to when she hit the floor so she bounced back up from the force of the hit and that she is in water and so be floaty.
added her lift off when she hit the floor
I am hoping to start to inbetween next week. I am off schedule but I hope to catch up a bit over the Easter period.
Week 10 final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
In the next week I plan to go into the sound bootha dn record some sound affects with Bethany and Raj and hopefully have some of them in the animation for after Easter.
feedback
the walk in the memory section needs to be heavier
memory section needs to be not on time with the voice over because it looks like they are connected and not in a good way , also needs to be slowed down
the open end - may want to add the bubble and tentacle in the credits section so it doesnt end to abrupt
I will take all of this feedback o for the Easter and hope to have a lot of the animation done for when I get back.
I also got feedback from the Evaluation draft I put in, I didn't get huge changes so they will be able to be fixed easily and then it's just a case of finishing.
Monday 27 March 2017
Animation Production - Week 10 - Final Film
This week I focused on the end of my film, I knew I wanted it to end with a cliff hanger of whether or not the depression was going to get her again. So I tried to create that but also adding another scene with the tentacle in it (pushing her down). I also added her sticking to the floor when she runs away, because throughout the film I want to add it so the depression is something that sticks to things and consumes them and inky so gets everywhere and once i add it to the rest of the animation too the sudden sticking to the floor would make sense.
I feel my animation is coming along but a lot slower than i expected as I am struggling to get the details into my animation and the right flow.
Week 9 - Final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback
This week the feedback was to look at the film 'Get out' specially the hypnosis film as it might help with the feel I want to get across in my animation.
I also handed in my evaluation draft, I didn't finish it all but handed what I had in to see if I was going in the right direction.
I feel my animation is coming along but a lot slower than i expected as I am struggling to get the details into my animation and the right flow.
Week 9 - Final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback
This week the feedback was to look at the film 'Get out' specially the hypnosis film as it might help with the feel I want to get across in my animation.
I also handed in my evaluation draft, I didn't finish it all but handed what I had in to see if I was going in the right direction.
Monday 20 March 2017
Animation Production - Week 9 - Final Film
This week I continued to work on the final, but it was a slow week as I concentrated more time on my project for a client and so I could not get as much as I wanted done for this week.
5-week 8 Final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback -
To keep going and making the changes from the feedback of previous weeks.
I also continued to work on my evaluation ready for the draft next week.
5-week 8 Final Film from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Feedback -
To keep going and making the changes from the feedback of previous weeks.
I also continued to work on my evaluation ready for the draft next week.
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