It's finally over.. . .. ... ..SUBMISSION!

*SUBMISSION TODAY!*

Wow!

Still can't believe the course has ended today. . .. .. so weird!

Jessica got most of the renders and the effects completed - even though there were still some things to do such as some changes of the soundtrack - the important thing is to hand in the whole story of the animation for submission today. At least Jess still have 2 more weeks to get some things finished for the Degree Show.


*Personal thoughts about the course*
After 3 long years - its finally over. It was a shame that my project group got canceled - but in a way it was a good thing. The reason is because I was able to work/experiment on different areas with other people's projects. For example, I got good feedback on the use of colours for the backgrounds which I really enjoyed working on; I got to work on animating - I realised that animating was more complicated than I thought. And finally, I never thought I get to work on Sound Designing - I did enjoyed that and glad that I made good progress with it.

After working/experimenting on different areas during this course and I would say I want to specialise in modeling - I find animating quite difficult so I'm planning to stick with the modeling and designing areas. I still need to work hard on my skills if I want an animation career, I would say my skills are intermediate level, but I'm not satisfied with it. I still need practice!!!


*What's next?*
For the time being, I'm going to enjoy my summer holiday and then I'll work on a new project for myself - one reason is to brush up my skills and the other to show something as my portfolio if I were to look for work experiences/ jobs.

I'm defiantly will miss the people from my BA Class.. .. .. *sniff*. LOL - but I'm sure we'll still be able to see/contact each other (most people uses Facebook anyways!) and who knows, we may be working in the same company!

Well for the people in my BA Animation Course:

"I wish everyone best of luck for the future! -
Hope we'll still be able to see each other or even work at
the same company some day!"

*HUGS*! ^_^

Soundtrack found!! Just some adjustments!

Jessica decided on using Soundtrack 18.

Just some small adjustments:

1. Original sound - the violin plays just when the camera focuses on the little girl on the window.
2. Changes - move the sound a bit earlier so the violin starts early.

1. Original sound 2 - there's a 'eeeep' noise which starts just before the moon falls down.
2. Changes - the 'eeeep' noise is moved forward to when the moon falls down.

^_^

Soundtrack FOUND???

Other than helping Jessica with some rendering for the past 2 days or so - I made 2 new soundtracks:

Soundtrack 17

Soundtrack 18

Jessica liked Soundtrack 18 and it looks like we'll be using it for the animation! The title of the music I've used seem to fit quite well with Jessica's animation (well to me anyways ^_^):

• NAME: (二泉映月) Moon Reflected on the Erh-Chuan (Also know as: The Moon Mirrored in the Spring)
  
• ARTIST: 俞丽拿
• ALBUM: 小提琴协奏曲梁山伯与祝英台及中国小品 (The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Chinese Pieces)
• GENRE: Classical

Still rendering + more echo effect

I am currently still rendering!

Made another echo effect on one part of the animatic - here's the sample (used soundtrack 5):

Rendering, rendering, rendering... ...And soundeffects! :P

Going to try to experiment as much soundtracks for Jess's animation as soon as possible.

I am currently helping her to render out some scenes (taken quite some time - at least 3 hours or more or each scene!) so on the safe side, I will not work on anyone else's group project.

Rendering.. .. .. Rendering.. .. .. !

Here's edit soundtrack 5 with some echo effects: