This 3D animation Alphabet backwards is a claymation format, the target audience for this animation is children from the ages of 5-13. This type of animation is used to stimulate young children's mind so that it is more active for children to be able to learn easier. This form of animation will be used in primary schools for the early learners as children at that age will also be learning the alphabet, this could also help Dyslexia children as it works the brain much harder.
The different planning stages that I went through when creating the 3D animation were story boarding, by doing this I was about to plan out each stage and movements the animation made, for example in the animation Alphabet Backwards throughout each letter of the alphabet moves forward as the song announces each letter. Having the music playing through out filming the animation on iStop Motion was very useful as I was then able to time how long each character needed to move forward for. The next stage on making the animation was editing the music and animation from iStop Motion together on Final Cut, by doing this I was able to shorten footage or made the footage go faster or slower so that the characters were able to follow the words in the song.
When creating the 3D animation on Alphabet Backwards I felt that the things that had gone well when creating the animation were forming each character, I enjoyed this part the most because I was able to play around with the clay to design each letter of the alphabet as some of the letters were a lot more bigger as other letters had a lot more of a unique look as I was not able to create some of the characters with clay for example the letter 'N' looked a lot like the letter 'Z'.
The things that I felt went bad when making the 3D animation were when filing the animation using iStop Motion the characters kept on falling down because they were not sturdy enough, this caused the animation to jump as I needed to try and place the character in the exact same place so that the animation didn't look robotic and jumpy. Also when editing the animation on Final Cut not every letter of the alphabet linked up with the music, to resolve this I either cut down each movement so that it matched or either slow the character down used the speed tool so that I was able to connect the letters with the words on the song.
The thing that I could improve on if I was to make this animation again would be the background of the animation is it is very dull and isn't exiting as my audience is children from the ages of 5-13, children like to see bright colours this helps them to be drawn into the animation and not become bored. How I would do this is by using white card and writing in different bright colour the letters of the alphabet this would also help the children remember the alphabet backwards and forwards even more as the letters will always be on screen all the way through the animation.
When creating the 3D animation on Alphabet Backwards I felt that the things that had gone well when creating the animation were forming each character, I enjoyed this part the most because I was able to play around with the clay to design each letter of the alphabet as some of the letters were a lot more bigger as other letters had a lot more of a unique look as I was not able to create some of the characters with clay for example the letter 'N' looked a lot like the letter 'Z'.
The things that I felt went bad when making the 3D animation were when filing the animation using iStop Motion the characters kept on falling down because they were not sturdy enough, this caused the animation to jump as I needed to try and place the character in the exact same place so that the animation didn't look robotic and jumpy. Also when editing the animation on Final Cut not every letter of the alphabet linked up with the music, to resolve this I either cut down each movement so that it matched or either slow the character down used the speed tool so that I was able to connect the letters with the words on the song.
The thing that I could improve on if I was to make this animation again would be the background of the animation is it is very dull and isn't exiting as my audience is children from the ages of 5-13, children like to see bright colours this helps them to be drawn into the animation and not become bored. How I would do this is by using white card and writing in different bright colour the letters of the alphabet this would also help the children remember the alphabet backwards and forwards even more as the letters will always be on screen all the way through the animation.
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