Final Film and Evaluation

Link to Evaluation
Animation Production Evaluation

Final Film

The Gramophone from Jack Vanes on Vimeo.

Report and CV Update

Here is the link to the Professional Development Report:
Professional Development Report Link

CV Update
I have now made the entire CV suitable for A4. I have even printed the CV out in black and white to check. It looks not much different in black and white since my CV is mostly those colours anyway.

Presentation

Report
My report is about my interest in becoming an animator. I have discussed the various types of animators in the industry (E.g. Freelance, Animation Director etc.), how they are different, what their job role is and if I feel that the job would be suitable for me. I have included the skills that animators are required to have such as presentation, communication, programs etc.

 I have chosen OWF (Once Were Farmers) for my case study. There are examples of their creative works varying from VFX, 3D and 2D and why I find their work interesting. Frank Quietly is also mentioned with his story Nothing To Declare, which OWF assisted with creating it into a film. There is a 5 year plan at the end of the report, explaining (With specific months and year) the plan of action I intend on taking in order to rise up as an animator.

Website
https://jackvanes.wixsite.com/animations

Showreel

Jack Vanes Animation Showreel from Jack Vanes on Vimeo.


CV

Business Card

Show Space Plan

Progress

After 70+ hours of rendering, I managed to get half of the film complete. If I keep at it, then the film should be completely rendered for presentation in May.
I have sped up some of the note sequences because I thought some of them moved slowly such as the background notes in the scene after they exit the gramophone. The ending has also changed. The camera zooms in on the University of Wolverhampton Easter egg on the gramophone. This is because I'm planning to have the credits at the end rather than the beginning.
Third Playblast from Jack Vanes on Vimeo.

Update on CV and Business Card

Update on CV
I've taken out the stars in the software skills as they can just be told about during an interview. All the pebble headings are the same size and I've even added another dog down in the lower right corner by the "references" panel.

Business Card
Although a very minor change but still a change nonetheless. Having the word "Animator" on both sides of the business card was unnecessary thus I removed it.

Second Playblast

I managed to get some rendering done but only with the first scene as I've only been focusing mainly editing the animation and getting more sounds for the project. Although there are still plenty of sounds that I feel that are missing. I also didn't want to render too much of it without any realization that it would be fine first.

I created the angry stomping sound effect in the soundbooth room.

Second Playblast from Jack Vanes on Vimeo.

Back to the soundbooth

The sound of a bikehorn would act as an old car horn from the 1940s. I made the sound from a distance from the microphone, resulting in a far way sound effect.

The musical notes would need to make a thud sound effect for when they interact with the scenery. I took a tennis ball and used it for this. I hit the tennis ball against the table, chair and even the floor to get the sound effect that covers all surfaces of the scene.