Final movie

Snips - Final Touches

In the first snip I tried to put a trigger in. I wanted to do this in order for the 'beak' to rotate when the approaching 'beak' passed a certain point (as illustrated in the movie). However I found that I could achieve the same experience of riding the rotated 'beak' and triggering another beak by using calculated timing and distances with the cameras.

The top photo shows my final clip layout in windows movie maker.

Mid-Assignment Crisis

I found myself getting frustrated with the software - especially esperient creator. There have been many times when I've stumbled upon a problem, then studied the tutorials, looked online for help, asked those around me and asked my tutor but have found no solution and therefore started from the beginning again. I found this process very frustrating and I was spending weeks focusing on the little things that weren't going right. Finally after finding no way of altering my materials on my forms (as the ones below are not my desired material) or animating some backfaces, among many other problems, my tutor suggested that I stick with what I have and move on. I'm glad I did as I can now focus on what the animation looks like as a whole rather than put too much energy into trying to fix the little, relatively unimportant things.

Snips of Animation from Esperient Creator

These are some of my favourite snapshots from the animation process. They show the different viewpoints and angles that are explored in the placement of the cameras. The snips also portray the different animations, both of the entire rows as one entity and of the smaller details like the 'beak' and 'wing' movements.