The Ladz: Week 6

Cracking on

This week I began animating roughs for the more difficult scenes. I animated this scene using a 3d animated reference of Moom falling. We also decided on the type of animation we were going for; slight rubberhose, with smears only when motion is really fast. We also decided we'd be using TVPaint as it is an industry standard animation software.

What went well:

• Using 3D reference that I animated in Maya helped me visualise tumbling through the ketchup void,
• There was quite a learning curve on TVPaint, but we helped each other learn techniques and keyboard shortcuts.

What could be improved:

• The type of animation should've been decided a bit earlier so some scenes wouldn't have to be redone.

The Ladz: Week 5

Beam there, Done that

This week I start assembling the stopmotion ketchup, and made a bunch of tests, while doing some 2d animation on the side. 

I also tweaked the colours to make the ketchup look more appealing and less like blood.
Halli also started rendering 3D backgrounds which I used for the tests.

I also added sounds to the animatic and wasn't surprised to see the animation become longer...

What went well:

• The ketchup tests can be used later onto the animaiton so having them as pre-made assets saves time,
• The placeholder sounds were recorded in a spreadsheet, making it easy to record them in foley later.

What could be improved:

• It might be a little early to be doing post, I could've focused the spare time on the animation.

The Ladz: Week 4

Gotta Ketch em' All

I quickly compiled the storyboard panels into an animatic (without sound) to see how long the animation would take so we can divide up the scenes.

We also began the ketchup stop-motion scenes;

I created a sort of blueprint for the ketchup stopmotion

What went well:

• The blueprint had precise frame lengths of the scenes which made it easy to animate,
• We divided up the stopmotion scenes between us to get it done faster, and within that, we assigned roles, like ketchup painter, ketchup cleaner and dragonframe navigator (switching roles periodically).

What could be improved:

• The animatic needs sound to help inform how long the animation will be,
• Movements in the animatic might be too fast, the final animation will probably be longer

The Ladz: Week 3

Life's a Pitch

The Pitch

What went well:

• Pitch was short, clear and precise (thanks to Director Morgan who emphasised this repeatedly),
• We worked well as a team and each contributed something essential,

What could be improved:

• Someone pointed out typo - don't put script in pitch,
• Converting the Google Slides presentation to Powerpoint meant some fonts looked off, we should've tested it before presenting,
• Don't give the 'client' design choices, only show what is going to happen.