Joe Caleno's Blog

  Reflective Statement  The Major project has been my favourite out of the three stages. I feel like I had much better time management. I didn’t feel rushed at any point, and I think that is because I had everything planned out and I knew what I had to get done by a certain point. I set myself personal deadlines on the way and made sure I stuck by them so I could complete everything I needed to complete in time. It was really satisfying seeing all the work I completed over the three stages come together as one big project.    I have learnt a lot of new skills during the Major project. Skills that I will take further. I am now much more confident in Maya and animating as a whole.     I am happy with the outcome of the project. I am pleased with my animation, and it has turned out better than I thought it would.   I am looking forward to taking things further with animation. 

Link to Art Of:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pn9v5b75hPCQkzh5q2CUVlPDmTSyCVXR/view?usp=share_link

Link to the animation: https://youtu.be/PvEfvMuvvg4

 Today, I finished editing the final animation in Premier Pro. I found the editing process to be really fun. It made me realise how important editing is, and how it can transform the work into something that looks professional and well put together. I didn't have any problems with editing, since Premier Pro is a program that I use a lot and know well. I used quite a few effects, effects that I haven't used before. I used cross fade a few times, to smoothly blend scenes together. I didn't like the cold, hard cuts between scenes as they made the animation feel disjointed at times. The cross fade helps make the animation flow smoothly and therefore is easier to watch. A lot of films have a high contrast filter on them to bring out the colours of the animation. I wanted to do the same since Dekilios is quite a richly coloured planet. It was important that the pink plants, purple crystals, blue skies stood out, as they are all important characterises of the planet. This also hel...