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Anything prior to this date is from first year and SHOULD NOT be considered as part of second year marking.



Presentation in the first session on animated animals and the obstacles they face


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7n8vJWzDq8OVzJGcGZ2S3VRS28/view?usp=sharing


The group project that we did in the first session of the advanced character animation module was quite a stressful one. Eight of us where in a group together and had to complete seven tasks, forming them into a powerpoint presentation which we had to deliver at the end of the forty minute time slot. It was a task that let us work as part of a group, develop teamwork and critical thinking while also building on the information that we learned in first year. The sections that I was involved in were question 1, an outline of the video clip and the predicament that the character was in. In this case, it was Scrat from "Ice Age" who was struggling to bury a nut in the frozen ground. Following this, I wrote about the various animation principles that were present in the clip as requested in question 5. All of which can be found in the presentation, (link above).

As a group, we seemed to work well under the pressure and managed to create and deliver the presentation effectively. It was definitely a process that was difficult due to the time constraints but i enjoyed it all the same thanks to the group collaboration and the way that all of the members came together to create the final piece. It was a successful project and one that helped to develop understanding of the animation artform.