The document discusses the student's experience learning animation techniques. They created two animations - one of daisies from a sequencing class using Photoshop, which they felt was fluent, and one on the street from an animation class using iMovie, which they liked less due to the software. They realized they need to practice more with iMovie and be careful to keep levels and curves consistent between photos. The experience inspired an idea for their project to create an animation showing the application of makeup on a face from blank to the final look.

1. Work Diary – Animation
Evaluation:
Another technique that I have had to learn is animation. I liked learning how to the animation as it
allows you as a photo to show more than one photo as a final piece and perhaps by doing so get
across a message in or change the feel of the overall final piece through a combination of photos. I
did two different shoots to get the animation pieces that I made (one from a shoot I did during the
animation class and then I used some of the photos I took in the sequencing class). Admittedly I
didn’t like shooting animation as much, but I think this is because I felt uninspired by what I was
asked to shoot – limited in a way. I think that I would have enjoyed it much more had I been
shooting something more of my style/interest.
Here are two examples of my work; the daisy one is from the sequencing class and the one in the
street is from the animation class.
I like the daisy animation that I did as I think it is fluent and I like the idea behind it. Though it is
simple I think it is a good demonstration of the technique animation. I made this animation in
Photoshop just like when I did the sequencing – I really like using Photoshop for this as I find it
simple and logical to use. On the other hand though, I made the other animation of the street in
iMovie. I don’t like this animation as much but I think my opinion of it is highly influenced by the
software I made it on – I don’t like iMovie at all! I also think that this animation is not as fluent as
the other one that I made, but I think this is simply due to the fact that there wasn’t as much
movement in the street as I had liked. I think the software I used for this could also be to blame and
it is something that I will need to sit down and practice using, just like I did when I first started using
Photoshop last year. One thing that I think I need to be extremely careful with in the future is when
I am individually editing the photos is ensuring that all the levels and curves etc. that I change
remain the same on each photo for continuity reasons. I think I could have been more accurate with
this in some of my shots.
Idea Development:
In terms of inspiring me, this technique most certainly has – again for my proposed project! I think I
would like to look at the application of makeup perhaps, and how I could turn this into an animation.
A photographer that has particularly inspired me is Danielle Tustall – I found on Youtube an
electronic portfolio of her work. Tunstall likes to combine graphic design with here photography and
in some sections of the video shows the stages of the photo slowly having the graphics effects added
onto until you see the final piece. I thought it might be a nice idea to do something where I start
with a blank face and then slowly add the makeup through the animation. I think this would work
particularly well with surreal or fantasy makeup as the change would be more dramatic and there
would be a greater opportunity for more photos, making my work more detailed and complex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHgGM2JT4c