I am very proud of my final animation. I felt a little short on time near then end, however, I finished it with enough time to make corrections where needed, which was the most important thing to me. To create the headmistress’s poses, I made the poses myself in the mirror and watched how my arm and hand moved and was then able to create that same movement on screen. I am also happy with the movement of the zombie. Watching the walking dead zombie school definitely helped me achieve this.
Animating with more than two people in the shot was definitely challenging. I much preferred animating the first two shots, however, I am happy I included the final two shots as it made me practice something I wasn’t comfortable with.
In my first final animation draft, I had music playing, as well as the other sound clips I received from freesound.org. However, I felt as though it took away from the sound effects a little, so in my final animation I took out the music audio.
Like Cloe and Eimear, I included Cloe’s portrait of the headmaster in my animation in the background of shot one. I love her design and feel like it brings our scenes together.
Draft before tones and backgrounds:
Final Animation:
Shot 1:
Shot 2:
Shot 3:
Shot 4: