Tuesday 14th January 2014

Reshooting

Today I acted on the feedback I had received and reshot the outdoors scene and also shot an ending scene. I also used this opportunity to reshoot some shots of the text message as in one scene the text is taking up the entire screen.

The outdoor scene was being reshot due to the fact it would have been just as effective to shoot as live action, so in this reshoot my actor instead slid across the floor instead of walking. The actor also spins around when the wind blows him backwards. This was inspired by cartoons when something moving at high speed goes by the character on screen. The character then spins around frantically. My actor, however, did not portray this very well so I don't think it'll come out as well as I had hoped. But I might be wrong when it comes to editing the footage into the movie.

Just as I did when I did my final shoot, I used the exact same settings on the camera. Mainly the landscape setting as it still provided a good colour balance. The unfortunate occurrence though, is that the weather was not as generous as last time and I was unable to maintain a consistent lighting due to clouds constantly blocking the sun. The lighting doesn't change greatly but the shadow of the character disappears on occasions.

As I mentioned, I shot a conclusive scene to add some form of ending to my animation. The character returned to the beginning room and received a text message alerting them that they have completed both tasks and thus are able to return home. It is not a very good ending considering the theme is 'lost and found'. Rather than finding his way home the character is granted it. But it is better than having no ending so it should hopefully suffice.