For the first attempt, I followed the animatic extremely closely, but the lecturers felt the movement looked wrong, as they described it as a "dragging" motion. For this attempt, I tried to give the desk more of a role so that the bonnet appeared grounded.
I tried to incorporate more follow through in this attempt however it was difficult. I can't even tell if it looks better or not, as the action was difficult to capture and the angle is just awkward. I will let the director choose which shot she prefers.
I think I struggled so much because the action is very mundane and the style is very simplistic. I'm more familiar with complicated shots and my style is much more detailed, so it was difficult to wrap my head around this movement. If I had more time, I would refine this further by making the action more fluid. I think the timing should also be slower however, I'm not the director, and the animatic only allowed for a couple of seconds.
I tried to get the colouring done this week too so that I don't have any animation tasks to do in the final week building to the deadline. My classmate was struggling with the software so, I decided to add the background myself. Next week if there's time, I will go back over all my scenes and add the backgrounds to each one that haven't been done yet.
I then got back to work on 'Kingdom of Masks' as I needed to colour the final shot. However, I ran into several issues throughout this process, as the software kept crashing every time I tried to add a colour layer under the vector lines. In the end, I messaged the team asking if someone could close the gaps and add the colour layer, as I wasn't getting anywhere with it. My teammates struggled just as much as I did in getting this file to work without their laptop/software crashing.
Eventually, I reverted back to TVPaint as while this process would take much longer, Toon Boom crashed with nearly every command I gave it.
I've had a few issues throughout the week regarding production, as a few people in each team don't communicate as regularly as others.
Usually when finished with a shot, not only would I alert the group however, I would also send over my progress to the rest of the team for feedback and critiques. Some teammates haven't been sending their work over, and also refuse to say anything when they do complete their shots. This often results in confusion, as there are other members waiting to progress with production and are unaware of the progress until the question is raised in a group chat.
This week, I've needed to message the members from both 'The Nightly Care I Give My Hair' and 'Aviation Aggravation' as these groups were missing the most scenes. Eventually, we tracked the scenes down so post-production can resume as planned.
I'm officially at the stage where I'm waking up in the middle of the night, solely to suffer from a panic attack regarding submission, before going back to sleep. I'm not alone however. Most of my teammates, especially those who have been working incredibly hard, have shared similar stories.
I'm also now worried about my showreel, as there are a few scenes in 'Kingdom of Masks' which the director has tampered with. As a key-framer, it's important I understand timing however, despite following the animatic to a T, a few of my scenes have since been slowed down considerably; scene 25 being the most recent.
I raised my concerns with the director, explaining that the timing readjustment was incredibly noticeable, and any imperfections in the frames that were once viewed in motion are now much more likely to be found due to the speed being reduced by nearly half.
I also explained how a lecturer had commented on this scene through Instagram, which is the closest thing to feedback we can receive over these three weeks off for Easter, giving me the impression my timing was fine before. So, there was no need to reduce the frame rate by such a noticeable amount. The impact frames have also lost their impact. Hopefully we can resolve this next week.
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