Showing posts with label Unit 33 LO4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unit 33 LO4. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Online screening
For our groups online screening of the re-done animation piece for Crisis, we had two people (Alex Brown and Perry Dabbs) from RavensWood School go onto our blog posts and watch our final piece. The following information is what was given back to us after the individual online screenings were finished.
Alex Brown
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This was our first person that we chose to do an online screening of our animation with. He thoroughly enjoyed watching our second attempt of creating the piece, as our first try at this project had extremely poor camerawork, however he did understand the meaning of the charity and how the actual animation related to what the charity (Crisis) do. Our group wasn't pleased to hear this and immediately got back to filming a better animation that focused on the characters moving and not the camera moving. So when Alex decided that this camera work this time round was good, we were pleased to hear this.
Moving onto the next point that Alex made, he thought that the voice over in the previous piece was very good and so our group kept the same one in the second animation, however again he commented on how well it went with our camera work, and was the main backbone on helping the viewer understand what the charity does. Another point that Alex made about the sound of the piece was the backing track that we created for our animation, he noted that it was a very good tone to use as it was not happy but also was not sad, it was somewhere in-between that just makes the audience think about how they could help the homeless.
The final thing that Alex mentioned was the actual setting of the animation. He explained to us that he thought the setting seemed very real and was easy for a viewer to understand how it must be for a homeless person living on the street. Secondly he liked the transition where the Lego character put money in the cup of the homeless person and it transition from a Lego man to a real human hand placing money into a pot. He said that it made it clear of what action the Lego man was doing.
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There was only one issue that Alex spotted with this animation, which was also evident in the last, and this was the material that was used to hold the Lego characters up (Blu-Tac) he decided that it was visible from the characters feet to help them stand as they couldn't without it. However it didn't effect his feelings towards the cause of the advert, which we were pleased to hear. A possible option that could be used if this were to be done again would be glue (Pritt-Stick) as it shall not be visible.
Perry Dabbs
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Perry Was our second person who was apart of our individual online screening, he also agreed that it was much better than the first time the animation was done and seemed much more professional in terms of its camera work which our group was thrilled to hear.
The first point Perry liked within our animation was the transition of different mediums from Lego stop-motion to real live actions. He thought that it also made it clear as to what the Lego character was doing and almost gave off the sense that you could change a homeless persons day just by giving money to them or giving money to the Crisis charity.
The second thing that Perry thoroughly enjoyed from this piece was "The professional sounding voice-over" He thought that this made it seem like a real charity advert and gave the intentions of the charity out well as well as politely asking the audience to fight against homelessness. This also links in with his third point where he explained the message of the charity was explained very clearly and thought that if it were a real advert on the television it would make him want to partake with abolishing homelessness once and for all. The last comment that Perry gave us on our animation was the movement of our characters, he thought that we made the movements of our characters look professional and was 'fun' to watch whilst giving out the important message.
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Perry also gave us the same even better if as Alex did, as he noticed the small pieces of blu-tac attached to the characters feet, he also gave us the suggestion of if we were to create this again we could have used double sided cello tape as it is clear so the audience wouldn't be able to notice it, however he did also explain it wasn't a problem as the deep message in the advert was still taken in and the animation itself also looked professional.
Alex Brown
WWW
This was our first person that we chose to do an online screening of our animation with. He thoroughly enjoyed watching our second attempt of creating the piece, as our first try at this project had extremely poor camerawork, however he did understand the meaning of the charity and how the actual animation related to what the charity (Crisis) do. Our group wasn't pleased to hear this and immediately got back to filming a better animation that focused on the characters moving and not the camera moving. So when Alex decided that this camera work this time round was good, we were pleased to hear this.
Moving onto the next point that Alex made, he thought that the voice over in the previous piece was very good and so our group kept the same one in the second animation, however again he commented on how well it went with our camera work, and was the main backbone on helping the viewer understand what the charity does. Another point that Alex made about the sound of the piece was the backing track that we created for our animation, he noted that it was a very good tone to use as it was not happy but also was not sad, it was somewhere in-between that just makes the audience think about how they could help the homeless.
The final thing that Alex mentioned was the actual setting of the animation. He explained to us that he thought the setting seemed very real and was easy for a viewer to understand how it must be for a homeless person living on the street. Secondly he liked the transition where the Lego character put money in the cup of the homeless person and it transition from a Lego man to a real human hand placing money into a pot. He said that it made it clear of what action the Lego man was doing.
EBI
There was only one issue that Alex spotted with this animation, which was also evident in the last, and this was the material that was used to hold the Lego characters up (Blu-Tac) he decided that it was visible from the characters feet to help them stand as they couldn't without it. However it didn't effect his feelings towards the cause of the advert, which we were pleased to hear. A possible option that could be used if this were to be done again would be glue (Pritt-Stick) as it shall not be visible.
Perry Dabbs
WWW
Perry Was our second person who was apart of our individual online screening, he also agreed that it was much better than the first time the animation was done and seemed much more professional in terms of its camera work which our group was thrilled to hear.
The first point Perry liked within our animation was the transition of different mediums from Lego stop-motion to real live actions. He thought that it also made it clear as to what the Lego character was doing and almost gave off the sense that you could change a homeless persons day just by giving money to them or giving money to the Crisis charity.
The second thing that Perry thoroughly enjoyed from this piece was "The professional sounding voice-over" He thought that this made it seem like a real charity advert and gave the intentions of the charity out well as well as politely asking the audience to fight against homelessness. This also links in with his third point where he explained the message of the charity was explained very clearly and thought that if it were a real advert on the television it would make him want to partake with abolishing homelessness once and for all. The last comment that Perry gave us on our animation was the movement of our characters, he thought that we made the movements of our characters look professional and was 'fun' to watch whilst giving out the important message.
EBI
Perry also gave us the same even better if as Alex did, as he noticed the small pieces of blu-tac attached to the characters feet, he also gave us the suggestion of if we were to create this again we could have used double sided cello tape as it is clear so the audience wouldn't be able to notice it, however he did also explain it wasn't a problem as the deep message in the advert was still taken in and the animation itself also looked professional.
Monday, 17 June 2013
Evaluation: Presentation for Crisis Animation
The first segment of this piece will show Crisis's evaluation of my filmed charity animation and the second segment will show what went well and what could have been done better within my pitch with a class mate that was aimed towards the charity recently about our animation. The screenshots in the Last section are of our power point made presentation which we used to pitch to Crisis.
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Crisis overall gave positive feedback about my animation, they specifically liked the way I have used lots of different textures to create this advertisement, in this they mean that I have used a choice of backgrounds and then I have used lego for the characters and then other materials onto of that like plasticine and felt, and also the way that the animation transcended into a real life piece of stop motion. They enjoyed this a lot because it will appeal to a wide variety of people from children to adults.
They loved the story line of the animation as they all felt it represents what they do, and what they want to project to a audience. They liked how I have captured how easy it is to change a homeless persons life, and ultimately get them off the street. They felt the way I have made a transition between him on the street to him in a pleasant bedroom was a key to making this a success, because this is what Crisis aim to do with every homeless person, so by showing this it gives a valid reason why to donate to this charity.
Crisis felt the voice over in this animation piece was very strong as it gave a powerful message that they want as it gets the audience involved with the charity, using persuasive techniques such as rhetorical questions, these will hopefully engage with the listener and they will donate to the charity as Crisis have put out a positive and passionate message to help solve homelessness in the UK. Crisis loved the just the way the animation came across to them as a average audience, it reflected them as they desired, giving a professional 'corporate' look but with a drop of quirkiness added to it with the different textures which give it a homely feel with the use of lego which symbolizes youth and if a child was playing with lego it would be in a place where there is roof over their head, so parents might relate to this.
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Crisis didn't have much criticism for me, as they loved the concept and the physical animation piece. However they did say they would of possibly like a longer introduction that maybe shown the things the average homeless person has to deal with on a daily basis in london, for example the main things are: Hunger, Shelter and Protection. Making this animation I wanted to make it appeal to a younger audience as well because we want to prevent this problem, so if doing this 'longer intro', crisis would have liked it would of supported this a lot more. They suggested the idea of possibly having the homeless man as a teenager to show that people are not born homeless in a normal instance, and hopefully having an affect on a youth audience to show them that they don't want to get to the point of homelessness because its not pleasant. But in this I feel I have met Crisis's main requirements as its persuasive and powerful thus hopefully getting donations.
Crisis enjoyed our pitch as we both have had experience in front of an audience pitching our ideas. They enjoyed how each of the presentation expressed a clear process of the design and production of our animation, how we developed it etc. They also appreciated how we done a lot on in-depth hard work into looking into Crisis and how we could promote them as an organisation to get more people dedicated towards their cause. Work I have previously done (on this blog) was also placed into the presentation, these pieces of work were the moodboard of the charity and what we thought the charity entailed with general research upon them. Crisis explained that we had placed a large amount of research work into the animation.
Crisis also liked how clear we were in terms of reaching our target, which was 'To generate a charity animation that appealed well to a young audience' I wanted Crisis to know I personally express that we had reached this goal from our feedback questionnaires that we obtained from a varied audience. Crisis then gave me their final evaluation and verdict on my animation. They explained me and my classmate were clear, confident in our presenting style and also that we reached our goal, which helped them understand as much of the development process as possible and also enjoyed our animation of course.
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Crisis overall gave positive feedback about my animation, they specifically liked the way I have used lots of different textures to create this advertisement, in this they mean that I have used a choice of backgrounds and then I have used lego for the characters and then other materials onto of that like plasticine and felt, and also the way that the animation transcended into a real life piece of stop motion. They enjoyed this a lot because it will appeal to a wide variety of people from children to adults.They loved the story line of the animation as they all felt it represents what they do, and what they want to project to a audience. They liked how I have captured how easy it is to change a homeless persons life, and ultimately get them off the street. They felt the way I have made a transition between him on the street to him in a pleasant bedroom was a key to making this a success, because this is what Crisis aim to do with every homeless person, so by showing this it gives a valid reason why to donate to this charity.
Crisis felt the voice over in this animation piece was very strong as it gave a powerful message that they want as it gets the audience involved with the charity, using persuasive techniques such as rhetorical questions, these will hopefully engage with the listener and they will donate to the charity as Crisis have put out a positive and passionate message to help solve homelessness in the UK. Crisis loved the just the way the animation came across to them as a average audience, it reflected them as they desired, giving a professional 'corporate' look but with a drop of quirkiness added to it with the different textures which give it a homely feel with the use of lego which symbolizes youth and if a child was playing with lego it would be in a place where there is roof over their head, so parents might relate to this.
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Crisis didn't have much criticism for me, as they loved the concept and the physical animation piece. However they did say they would of possibly like a longer introduction that maybe shown the things the average homeless person has to deal with on a daily basis in london, for example the main things are: Hunger, Shelter and Protection. Making this animation I wanted to make it appeal to a younger audience as well because we want to prevent this problem, so if doing this 'longer intro', crisis would have liked it would of supported this a lot more. They suggested the idea of possibly having the homeless man as a teenager to show that people are not born homeless in a normal instance, and hopefully having an affect on a youth audience to show them that they don't want to get to the point of homelessness because its not pleasant. But in this I feel I have met Crisis's main requirements as its persuasive and powerful thus hopefully getting donations.
Pitch Evaluation
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Crisis enjoyed our pitch as we both have had experience in front of an audience pitching our ideas. They enjoyed how each of the presentation expressed a clear process of the design and production of our animation, how we developed it etc. They also appreciated how we done a lot on in-depth hard work into looking into Crisis and how we could promote them as an organisation to get more people dedicated towards their cause. Work I have previously done (on this blog) was also placed into the presentation, these pieces of work were the moodboard of the charity and what we thought the charity entailed with general research upon them. Crisis explained that we had placed a large amount of research work into the animation.Crisis also liked how clear we were in terms of reaching our target, which was 'To generate a charity animation that appealed well to a young audience' I wanted Crisis to know I personally express that we had reached this goal from our feedback questionnaires that we obtained from a varied audience. Crisis then gave me their final evaluation and verdict on my animation. They explained me and my classmate were clear, confident in our presenting style and also that we reached our goal, which helped them understand as much of the development process as possible and also enjoyed our animation of course.
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Moving onto what we could have done better within this pitch, Crisis then again didn't have an entire lot to say about what could have been done better. The one thing they highlighted though, was where they said we could have brought in physical evidence for them to look closer at (hand outs). An example that they suggested were our storyboards, due to the storyboard ideas not being very clear on the powerpoint. They wished to analyse them further so that they could see the details and what I changed for the final idea and possibly ask us questions that we could improvise on to test our presentation skills further, such as 'Why were these changes made? or Do you want to develop these ideas further?'
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