White board

Bow and Arrow

After reading up on the 12 Principles of animation I decided to attempt a relatively simple white board animation to incorporate what I had learnt http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.html
I researched an artist called Johnny Lawrence who's work can be found in the Mark Maker post to follow.

By beginning with the bow up close I  hoped it would focus the audiences eye in preparation for the coming action, creating a form of anticipation. I added the dashes/marks in order to enhance movement- punctuate the action. I also attempted squash and stretch through the flight of the arrow though I feel the arrow needed a longer path to affect this. I also used follow through when the arrow hits the target in the form of the up and down movement of the arrows fletchings. The lighting is poor in that again I didn't use artificial light and  exclude natural light - I was shooting in front of a window and as the sun came and went behind clouds the light level changes. Also I think I could have done 2 pictures per image in the first part close up part of the animation. I feel I could really slow down alot of my animations to give the audience more time to take it in. I think because I am familiar with the images I am not realizing how long it may take a new viewer to be able to take it in. As I look closely at my animation I also see that , possibly because of my lighting set up, I have unintentionally managed to capture the reflection of my hand and camera in the lower right 1/4 of the screen. I think because of  Johnnys consideration in his lighting his imagery is much cleaner than mine with no unwanted reflections. 

Story Board

I created this story board to follow, it was really useful but now I realize I could have done with even more detailed instruction, particularly regarding the initial frames as I give the impression of panning out, I havn't managed to zoom out smoothly. The quality of the drawing is very scratchy and there isn't really any appeal to the animation. I am still pleased with the result as I have learn many things in the process of making it, which will be transferable to other House styles. I don't feel that I want to pursue this style at present