ᴡᴇᴇᴋ 17: ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴍᴇꜱᴛᴇʀ :ᴅ
1. This semester has been quite stressful, what with me having other larger projects from other courses as well. Although stressful, I’m grateful to have this opportunity to experience the process of creating a short Animation;; even if it doesn’t look good (if my friends ask, I said it looks decent;; but it’s really not ;x;).
I’ve really learned to figure out my priorities due to all these projects, and how to work efficiently with a set goal. Timing was also very important throughout this semester, it really helps to know when to push yourself to work and when to take breaks.
2. Some adjustments I would make towards the filmmaking process would be to actually follow the schedule I had set up for myself, that way I would be on time with everything rather than having to rush. Rushing led to my animation not meeting my own standards :(( which is kind of annoying but it’s nothing I can’t go back to.
Refining the designs of my characters and backgrounds before working on the actual animation should have been another important factor to me, if I had a set reference to begin with everything would be consistent. Similarly to the colors, I should have also put the time in to find some colors that would fit well with the animation and use brushes that kept the consistency going.
I definitely overworked myself whenever I did focus on my animation though, staying up to around 7 in the morning to complete scenes that are -- decent -- I suppose.
3. Make sure you have everything planned out before you start working on the final product, or at least satisfactory in your own terms. Without that set reference, you’ll just be constantly changing how things look or how the story is going to go. Just have that worked out before anything else, especially the story you want to tell. It’s going to seem like you’ll have a lot of time to complete the whole thing within a semester, but time goes by quickly so don’t procrastinate and set up goals for yourself. Work in increments if you have to, just to keep on track. Also, SAVE. I’ve lost a bunch of work throughout the semester and have had to stay up doing them over (not healthy, don’t pull all-nighters in a row).
And for those who just work and work and work;; although keeping up with your schedule is important, it’s also important to slow down and just -- breath. I’ve gone through this whole semester overworking myself, feeling anxious about practically everything. Additionally, I would forget to eat the whole day and just lock myself in my room. In the end, it was not a good feeling at all, and I know it’s affected the final product of my animation.
If you need time to yourself to just sit down and chill, then you should do it. Your mental health should be above everything else.
FINAL FILM: https://vimeo.com/543520549
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