🌸 Week 5: Sequence

At the start I made a storyboard to plan what I wanted my sequence to be like instead of using a couple of thumbnails as I felt like those wouldn't be detailed enough. I made sure to try and include everything that was mentioned on the task description such as invisible elements, perspective, ect alongside other things which we did this semester but which weren't neccesary for the sequence like a bouncing ball. I did have some trouble coming up with a way that I wanted it to end however decided to make it change back to a white screen so that the video could be looped.

To make the sequence a bit more interesting I decided to split it into two parts. The first part would be made traditionally and the 2nd would be digital.

Originally I was aiming for around 120 traditional frames however I ended up going way over. To start I made a guide on a spare frame of the layout so that I could have it under each frame while animating. I wanted to include invisible elements such as the wall on the left side and I also wanted to add some perspective at the start of the sequence with the ball bouncing towards the screen from a distance so I drew the lines to show where the ball would bounce.

When I had finished animating the traditional part of the sequence I had 218 frames. I added some loops by dublicating frames which brought the number up to 250 frames. Before I could start working on the digital part of the sequence I had to individually edit every traditional frame to remove the frame lines which were visible. After I edited the brightness and contrast in order to make the transition between traditional and digital less noticable and to make the "characters" easier to see.

(Prior to editing ⬇️)

After I started working on the digital part of my sequence using Clip Studio Paint. This part took a lot less time to make and it ended up being 173 frames (including loops).

Overall I'm quite happy with the final result however I do think that I could have done a lot more with the digital part of the sequence if I had more time. I also think that a few more loops would have made the digital part better.