Practical Development

At the start of this week we had the chance to present our practical progress to the group to receive feedback on our ideas and the development we had made so far. However, I was still waiting for my book to arrive so I could finalise a treatment for me to start working with. So all I had to go with was my ideas and what I intended to do, but this worked surprisingly well, as I had a clear idea of where I wanted to take my practical and I was able to give the group lots of information.

Presentation Slides

The group appeared to feel that my ideas were an appropriate exploration of my research and would be interesting to carry out and the feedback I received was all positive. 

In terms of what I am testing there were a few points that were brought to my attention that I should consider when creating my practical. 

One of these things to consider was breaking down aesthetics in a practical sense to help me decide which elements of aesthetics I wanted to test. Such things as, quality of line, use of colour and character designs were brought up and it would be worth me making a point to identify which areas of aesthetics I will be focusing on and which ones I will be putting aside. For instance, it is well known that shot framing and camera angles affect how a scene or action is perceived, so I could put this aside and focus on areas such as quality of line instead, as there hasn't been much said about how this affects a scene or action. One of my peers also mentioned that I should choose an aesthetic for a purpose and not just because I can, and that I should prudent with my feedback and look outside of the animation circle when I come to show my animations. 

In terms of how many animations I will produce, it was suggested that I create 3 strong tests for my final practical, each the same clip, which will last approximately 10 seconds. However, I will have to do some tests beforehand in order to choose which areas of aesthetics I want to look into. 

Overall, I am really pleased with the feedback I have received and I feel that I am in a good position to begin my practical element.