The Visit Final Animation Project

 

Welp, we toughed it out this semester, and here is the final cut for my animation project, The Visit. Even though it might still need some work, I think I'm fairly proud of stopping and calling it a day where it is now. It seems solid enough to turn in as my final. If I were to work on it more, I would definitely color and retouch some of the scenes that lack color and absolutely add sound effects to further enhance clarity. (I know I have been promising Professor Richardson that I would include those sound effects but alas, I fell short there.) And I really surprised myself by using Premiere Pro to create all the finalized transitions and also feel content about my work! I'm also proud of myself for actually sticking to the new and improved Scene 11. The end credits were a last-minute addition and I'd say I nailed it? :D

This semester has been a really rough one and I've spent most of it stressing about this class in particular. This was an amazing learning experience to be able to spend an entire year creating an animatic and attempting to bring it alive. My original animatic was somewhat lengthy, coming close to around 5 minutes, give or take. And my final film isn't too bad in my opinion as well, around 3-ish minutes?

One thing I would tell future students in the Preproduction course is to definitely try to come up with a short yet concise piece that packs a punch in a short time. Dragging it out may be a pain when it comes to the production stage and one will have to cut out parts to make the workload doable. 

I do also want to say thanks to both my professors on this project and to my fellow classmates who've been there for emotional support. Thank you!

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