Critique of a peers animation

Critique of a peers animation

 

 

Within my seminar group for education futures were four groups. Each animation that was created was brilliant in its own right - one using paper cut-outs, one using clay mation, and the other using toys and models.

 

Whilst i do think they were all really good, my favourite had to be Tristan's: here it is!

 

 

Tristan's animation - The Lion and the Monkey - was inspired by Aesop's fable The Lion and the Mouse. The fable tells the story of a mouse, who bothers a sleeping lion, who then wakes up and prepares to eat the mouse. However, the mouse pleads for his life, and says that he will one day save the lion as well, and the lion then lets him go. The next day, the lion becomes trapped in a hunters net, and who happens to come along and save him? The little mouse, who bites through the netting and saves the lion from the hunter.

As you will be able to tell if you have watched the animation, it portays the story brilliantly - just with a monkey playing the part of the mouse.

One of my favourite things about Tristan's animation was how real the background looked, and this was achieved by using real foliage, rather than plastic which you would expect. One thing that i couldn't believe is that he had done all of the work himself - from working in a group of three on my own animation, and knowing how long that still took, i can't imagine how difficult it would've been to do it on my own (although you can't really argue with yourself!)

Throughout the animation, the movement was very fluid, the background was very fitting to the storyline, and the sound effects were perfectly in time with whatever movement was happening at the time.

You could tell that this animation was thoroughly planned out, and through speaking to Tristan after he had presented his video, he made it clear that it had been. Storyboards had been used (which were'nt for my own, however looking back i wish we had taken the time!), and timings had been checked to make it as life like as possible, and this did show throughout.

Overall, i think he managed to really get to grips with the animation software and produce a very good finished product which was effective in what it was trying to convey!