Strengths:
I've found something that I'm really interested in with 3D animation. I originally started this course believing that I would most likely specialize in 2D, but after learning various pieces of software such as Cinema 4D, Real Flow, After Effects & Final Cut Pro, I've seen the possibilities that are available with doing 3D animation, and I feel I can experiment a lot more than when working in 2D. This is the main reason why my E4 project was all done in 3D, and I believe the final result was impressive for my first attempt at 3D animation.
Weaknesses:
My main weakness was that I often lost track of time, and ended up going back and forth with various ideas regularly. An example of this is the liquid I wanted to create for my Esting. I firstly looked into creating it in Cinema 4D, as it was something which I knew how to do, but I thought I had a lot of time, so decided to try something a little more advanced, and created the liquid in Real Flow. Because I had to learn a whole knew piece of software, it took quite a lot of valuable time up, and I ended up running into various problems which resulted in me going back to working in Cinema 4D. Although the time spent in Real Flow wasn't necessarily wasted, it had a huge impact on the quality of my final animation.
Opportunities
There are many opportunities available with doing this E4 Esting. I will gain publicity through posting the animation on various video sharing websites such as Youtube & Vimeo, and I will be able to submit the animation to the E4 website for their annual ident competition. My main target is to receive as much feedback as possible, because with that feedback, I will be able to improve on future projects.
Threats
The main threat I faced was running out of time. It took me 3 times to render out my animation to a standard that I was happy with, each render taking up to 4 hours to complete. This meant I didn't have much time at all to work on it in After Effects, which made the overall animation look slightly rushed.
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