Animation EvaluationRyan Worcester

Technical Quality• I feel that the walk cycle turned out quite well,

the movement of the arms and legs really gives the impression that the monkey is moving along not just standing still.

• The parallax scrolling helped give the animation more 3D depth, the different movement speeds of the grass, trees and sky in the background really gave the animation a more professional effect.

• I think the shot types that I used helped tell the story the best way possible. the first establishing shot helped set the scene whilst the close ups used eloped show the character’s expressions, which was important in the animation.

• The animation was fairly fluid, not jittery as I didn't want a hand drawn look. This was possible by using key framing in After Effects.

Creative Quality• I feel that the characters in the

animation are unique and creative, such as Barry the talking banana.

• The script was somewhat dark, as it involves a talking banana screaming due to its head being splattered on the ground, however this is part of the humour that I intended for.

Professional Comparison• I took some inspiration for my script as

well as my animation style from The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy (TGAOB&M).

• I wanted to have a clean, vector-like animation style, not hand drawn and rough. TGAOB&M was a good example of what I was looking for. Although my animation quality isn't up to scratch with TGAOB&M, I still feel that I made a comparable style in my animation.

• If you have ever watch TGAOB&M, you would know that it is famous for its dark humour. I took inspiration from the animation series and came up with the talking banana idea as I feel that the idea could easily be a gag in TGAOB&M.

Appeal to Target Audience• When creating my animation, I was always trying to think of what my target

audience would like to see. My target audience was around my age (16-18) and were fans of dark, humorous short animation sketches.

I asked a member of my target audience (Kieran from my TA Profile) to see what he thought about my final animation

• Humour: “I thought it was really funny, the prolonged screaming from the banana and the monkey really worked well in creating a twisted, awkward animation.”

• Characters: “The character were both pretty funny, especially the banana. They were both drawn and animated well.”

• Visuals: “The visuals could maybe have fitted better with the darkness of the humour, but the overall it looked professional and was enjoyable to watch.”

Use of Software• When making my animation, I used 2 different

programs: Photoshop to create the different elements of the animation (walk cycle frames, parallax scrolling elements etc.) and After Effects to actually animate those elements.

• I decided to use Photoshop to create the animation elements as I feel most comfortable using the software. It’s pixel-based format made making the elements very easy.

• I decided to use After Effects to animate the elements together as I already had some experience in using the software, and as I was familiar with using the keyframe functions in After Effects, it was simple to animate my elements together.