Thereafter on continuing on with my project, I received more feedback for my progress from Mike instructing me to have another shot from another angle focusing on Character A then the first shot sequence to add more anticipation, staging and cinematography to the animation and characters to enhance the acting better. Even looking back at the references I’ve collected and searching the web, I’ve decided to record myself again to understand the positions and angle shots better for the characters. But that didn’t stop there as I needed more anticipation and movements with my characters like adding in an intro/leading scene for my project and with more reactions from Character B with so little exaggeration. So taking my time I started with the intro first with Character A walking in angry and frustrated at Character B for context of the scene by building up anticipation before Character A lifts and throws the plate to the ground smashing it with a slow in and out difference with both characters timings are different.  

 

After editing the audio and extending the intro by adding an interior design by adding a cabinet, I moved onto the second shot scene where Character A is centred on the over the shoulder shot from Character B once the plate smashes and Character A giggles and laughs and brings us to the first shot angle back till the end. I mainly focused on the timing and spacing of frames matching with the wavelength of the audio and experimenting with the new shot in one file and keeping the old version together following a strict timeline as I did like both versions of the animation however the new shot grew more impact with Character A then the first animation sequence.

Here is version 1 and version 2 of the animation videos to see the difference.

 

It was interesting enough once I had spare time to work on more frames to make it more rough but felt it drew back my time with adding the intro and the new shot in but nevertheless and I favour both versions of the animations all together and awaited more feedback before the week of making our presentations before we’re off for the Christmas break as I’m confident to make it to the end of this module. Recording myself had a few problems in terms of cinematography for the shots as I always tried to find the proper angle for the shot with my legs and over the shoulder shot by myself as my family was to busy.  But I was able to overcome this difficulty once I finally got all the angles using my phone at the correct position and shooting both characters one side/angle beside the other. After retaking shots it became stress free as I resumed my work.

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