Project 1 Progress_Victoria Versteegh

 

I've just finished my first ten seconds of my video project. So far I have storyboarded the first 25 seconds of the video however I am struggling with action vs speed. It's difficult to have enough going on without it being overwhelming while also maintaining what is going on within the time frame. So far I have the ghost moving across the screen to the center where it pivots. While this happens the ghost is going back and forth between ~ 60 % opacity and the background is flashing between different images. 

This week I added music to my animated video and continued to add more images. I also finished my storyboard  this week and was able to figure out how to convert the timeline to be in seconds instead of frames. I am up to 45 seconds this week but I plan on cutting off the time later on and shrinking everything down. I've found that I struggle with timing as it is converted to an mp3 it seems to change speed and all of the elements in the animation slow down.

This week I focused on finishing the basis of the animation and I got to 58 seconds. I filled in the storyline that I previously outlined on my storyboard. Now that I don't have to worry about finishing in time it will allow me to go back into the animation and add details that I wasn't able to before. I will also be speeding everything up so that it is visually engaging.

This week I focused on condensing the animation that I already have so that it makes more sense as a viewer. This made the animation go by quicker and I realized that I had to add more content in order for it to fill the allotted time frame. That will be the main focus for the next two weeks. I storyboarded more of what I wanted within the 60 seconds this week as well and will be adding more next week.

This week I fixed some issues that I had with timing and with the character of the music video disappearing completely in certain places. I focused completely on editing for the duration of the week. I thought about taking my own pictures to add into the animation but after attempting it the lighting was weird in comparison to the rest of the collaged background. The timing has gotten a lot better and I changed the ending of the video so that it fits better with the beginning if it were to be played on a loop.