Summative Assessment

Well.... I got my grade back. 64% which is 5% off a 1st. Not bad. It just means I'm going to have to nail this animation lark and do a top job on the final film to get that 1st.



We were told that this blog is going to be part of our mark for "Client Orientation and Professional Practice" and that it should be kept formal... so far, this is not. As you would know if you are reading this, I have been treating it more like a diary, and this has really helped me. I type out reams of waffle, but these are the internal debates I'm going through, that would consume me if I didn't post on here. I think its important that I include everything, otherwise my decisions would seem to come out of nowhere, and the blog would be lacking.



So, until I get told off, I'm going to keep it as it is.



As for the comments the tutors made...



Simon pointed out that once Chimi got to his space world, there would be no gravity. A fair comment. I hadn't even considered that! I've just got him landing on this invisible plane among the stars. BUT, if I changed it so he "floated" into his world, then he would surely have never known gravity, and would therefore be completely freaked out by the gravity in the rest of the film. The door changes the gravity around it, so it can mess Chimi about, thats one of the main themes (the spyglass is the other), Chimi then learns from this and is able to use it to his advantage. Would he come from a world that has no gravity and be able to understand what was happening? No gravity would mean no up or down (or even left and right). I think I'm going to leave that as it is.



I noticed that, as we were watching the animatics, my film got laughs! This was certainly not intended. The audience is supposed to feel uneasy and disorientated, but instead they laughed at the "slapstick" humour... What? When I showed people the animatic before Christmas, they said they felt sorry for him, but NOBODY laughed. I had no idea...

Paul told me to change the character, to make him less "cartoony", mainly by changing the eyes and making them smaller, but this just makes him look evil, and I think the audience would find it harder to connect with him - the "Simpsons" eyes give him an innocent look, wide eyed, naive, and above all, likeable. I am going to stick with them, but I wish people had been honest with me from the start.



Sean wants me to put in the original ending - the Extended Edition if you like. This would have been cool, but I dont think I'm going to have enough time. It has been suggested that I cut out some bits from earlier on in the film, but I'm too close to see what can go.