Ok guys, this week has been pretty tough on us all and i know it has made everyone quite stressed, but im very impressed with the work that has been produced, however.......
After filming our animation in the rostrum room, we still needed to decide on how to add Imogen's family photo onto all the frames. We had already attempted to place it behind the frames on top of a lightbox, but this didn't work, so the only option we thought of was to scan the family photo, open in photoshop alond with all the frames and get to work!!! This would be a very monotonous tast, though Imogen and I offered to help Laura with the workload.
It was suggested by John whether we need Imogen's opening scene for the animation because realistically, it would be near impossible to superimpose the photo onto hundreds of frames and keep it consistent. This suggestion lead to some positive and negative feedback due to the fact no one wanted to cut a group member's work from the final animation unless absolutely necessary.
After consulting Imogen, I found out that she understood if we couldnt include her scene in the animation and said herself that it was causing too much hassel with such short time and came up with a better idea to have the animation, then fade out to a scene where the family photo was laying on the table where the puzzle once was, with children's toys etc around it to set the scene in the same way as Andy suggested for our stop-motion.
Laura also put forward a suggestion to keep half of Imogen's part and cut it from where the boy is holding the 2 pieces of the ripped photo (so that he never puts it in the puzzle frame), photoshop the photo onto these frames and then reverse the actions.
It's now Friday and we only really have 2 days to finish editing and putting the final touches in and we still don't have the family photo drawing...in fact, we havent even seen what it looks like since it was asked for in February. I have discussed with the group and after losing heart at points this week, we have decided that it's best to not wait around, in case the photo doesnt even get to us, for us then to have to rush around re-editing, then exporting and authoring the DVD.
So, to clarify, after the long explanation, I have decided after weighing up the pros and cons, that the first scene will have to be cut out and we will start the animation with the child starting to make the jigsaw. If we do get the photo, I will add it at the end- as explained above, but i think we could all do without the unnecessary stress.
Imogen's scene will be put onto the data disc and hasbeen blogged for proof of the work and to show that this particular part met the deadline. Hopefully no hard feelings but I really do think that this is for the best :D
Nearly there guys :D
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