Collaboration | Reflective Statement

The collaboration project was something I found enjoyable for the most part. I think that it allowed for a new and interesting working experience and allowed me to learn from my group mates. I found that it was difficult as well due to having to compromise and wait for other people's work. During the project one thing I felt went well was that we communicated with each other well and didn't argue over decisions regarding the work. We had discussions and found compromises well and this allowed us to get along with things easier. I think one thing we could have improved on is having a more stern approach in that we often tried to be nice to each other when we should have been a bit more stern in asking for things to be finished. I feel this is one reason we were unable to completely finish the animation.

If I were to redo the project I think the first thing I'd change about how I worked would be to work faster as I felt that I worked fairly slowly to begin with. Another change would be to have a more detail schedule to follow so that everything had time to be done. This was something that wasn't done during this project that I feel we would have benefitted from.

Overall I think the project went well as we managed to work together constructively however I feel that there are things that could have gone better. I think our ideas and designs were good and the way we communicated those at the start worked well but that we should have continued working at that pace instead of slowing down when we were uncertain. In conclusion I think that while there are many things about the project that could have gone better, we managed to arrive to a place that showed our intentions for the animation and conveyed our ideas.

Collaboration | Animation

endscene from Alexis on Vimeo.

The scene I animated and textured within the collaboration project.

Collaboration | Character Idea's

For the Collaboration project my group is working on 'when not to go swimming'. This requires a character to demonstrate each scenario. The character we chose is a Victorian Gentleman and so I have been working on formulating a visual idea of the character so as to get a better sense of the way he would act.

Initial Idea's - before deciding on Victorian Gentleman

Further Idea's - focused on Victorian Gentleman

Last Laugh Animations | My Roles

Within the Group I have taken on the following roles:

- Producer
- Editor
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Media Planner