Today I had my first interim crit where I had to present all my ideas and planning for 'The Classical Elements' brief to a group of people and get feedback.
Overall i think it went really well. I was able to say my points clearly despite being really nervous and get my treatment across. I was extremely worried about showing my character designs, but I seemed to get a good response which is a little bit comforting.
I also got a LOT of feedback, which I am grateful for. Firstly I had a dilemma about what audio I should have, diegetic or having both diegetic and non-diegetic in my animation, and my peers said to try out both and see which one I like best. I was told it is all about picking what you like and are comfortable with and I think this is such a useful piece of information. Why do something if you are really not liking it? A few people liked the idea of having a restaurant-esque backing track though whilst the two matchsticks are dining so I think I will have that.
Another feedback point I got was whether the animation has enough in it (going off the storyboard and animatic), which I can see why they would say that as I didn't put any time frames on each storyboard. But a lot of people agreed with me to add lots of fillers to emphasise the awkwardness between the two which I want to create. We also agreed that the characters going on fire will be the longest lasting sequence and also they suggested to add a bit more frames to the end of the animation, after the matchstick couple have extinguished to kind of show them after 'the shock' for awhile and then just end it after that abruptly to mirror the surprise of the matchsticks being on fire.
Overall I think the interim crit was extremely helpful and has given me even more ideas to develop my animation. I for once didn't mind the constructive criticism and actually liked all the input my peers where giving me which has made me really happy!
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