Thursday quiz day

We started off today with the quiz. This weeks quiz was about a film called A Scanner Darkly. The technique used for this film was rotoscoping. I managed to get 4/10 in the end so it was not too good but Jordan managed to get 3/10 so once again I was saved from doing the quiz!

After that we moved onto our presentations. I was not as nervous as the presentations before hand so I can see that my confidence has improved. I also felt more confident when I was up there. Down below I will be answering some questions.

What score did you get for your presentation?
I managed to get 14/20.
Why?
I got 14/20 because it was well presented however I was reading off the board so that did bring my mark down.
How will you improve next time?
I will aim not to read off the board. I can do this by having notes to read from.

When all of the presentations were done, we moved onto task two. For this task we have to create a timeline and a document about different parts of animation in the past. There is quite a bit to do however it is quite simple. I have done about five of the parts and I will be finishing that off over the weekend.

Tuesday

We started off today with a little type test to help us improve our typing skills. I managed to get 62 words per minute so I am quite pleased with that as the average is 40 words per minute. This activity was quite interesting and it does help improve my typing skills.

After that we moved onto the next part of task one. This was about digital animation types. The two we had to cover were 2D bitmap and 2D vector. We had wrote about these before so it was not too hard to write about. We also learnt about the application software that can be used for creating animations. These two parts are quite straight forward and I should be able to finish them easily.

Then we moved onto task two of assignment one. We have to make a PowerPoint for this so I am a little bit nervous. I am not as nervous as before because we are doing more presentations and it does make me more confident. I also like how I am working with someone because I prefer doing presentations with someone. I only need to add a few more things onto the PowerPoint and we can present on Thursday.

Monday - New unit!

Today we started the new unit that is 2D animation. This is similar to the last unit as they are both to do with animation however they are quite different. We started off today with a little activity to match up the words with the images. This was quite an interesting activity as it was in Photoshop and we could move them around.

We also started work on assignment one task one. This is to write about key terms such as Flip books and Rotoscoping. We have to say what they are, what is involved in making the animation technique and the key features / uses. So far I have managed to write about four of them so I still have a way to go. Adam showed some examples of the different techniques and they were quite interesting to watch.

For most of the day we worked on assignment one task one. It is in for Monday so we do have quite a bit of time to learn the rest of the techniques and write about them. I made notes about it so I can easily refer back to them if I get stuck. I will be aiming to finish off task one tomorrow and hopefully start on task two as well.

Friday - Finished U39!

Todays main aim was to finish off unit 39. I was quite close to finishing so my goal for today was to finish it off and to submit it before I leave that I have managed to do (I have not submitted it yet as of writing this post). I will do a quick proof read before I submit it and I will make sure everything is attached.

We started off today with the quiz created by Ed. This quiz was about a short animation created by Pixar. I managed to get 4/7 because most of it was sight based and not fact based. Next week Alex is creating the quiz and Ashley won the dual monitors for this week. I enjoy the weekly quizzes as they are a nice little break in the week.

For the rest of today we were working assignment three. I had three more pictures to talk about on my design log for task one and for task two I needed send out a survey and evaluate the rest of my timescale. I had one day left about my timescale so it did not take too long. I got seven responses on my survey so it gave me a variety of answers I could use for the other part.

Yesterday we went to the Creative Futures event in the Forum and it was quite interesting. First off there was a talk from three different people and then we went onto two different work stations. The two work stations I had chosen were animation and games design. Down below are some questions that I will be answering.

What did you learn?
I learnt about how you might not get to your goal straight away and you might have to do different things to reach your goal. The three people in talk all had experienced this and it was quite interesting learning about how they got there. One person who was talking first off worked in writing magazines and then was a journalist and then finally moved into a writer and now she prints her own books. I found this talk quite interesting.

What did you like most?
I enjoyed the animation part the most as it was on stop motion and I find them quite fun to design.

Why should we let level 3's go again?
You should let the level 3's go again as they would benefit them learning about their futures and the directions they can take.

As I said, we are finishing assignment 39 today so here are some more questions that I have to answer.

What have you learnt from unit 39?
I have learnt about how to use Flash and using sounds in animation. Before when I used Flash I never used sounds and it does make a big difference.
How will you met my deadlines?
I will meet my deadlines by working on Sunday and checking the mark grid
From this unit, what would you do again?
I would create the animation again but with all of the changes.