Extended Practice: Pitching My Project

I'm really happy with how my pitch went today. I feel I had carried out enough research and initial sketches to accurately inform my audience where I was planning to go with my project. On the whole I received good comments and people seemed to be happy with my intentions, though I was told to be wary of how I show the aging of the characters. If it's not made obvious that the characters have aged, the animation may be quite confusing. I shall have to consider this when it comes to storyboarding. 

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Extended Practice: Collaborating With Music Students

Sometime last week I payed a visit to some students over at Leeds College of Music, to chat with those who may be interested in collaborating with us animation lot. I found this to be incredibly useful, as I knew I wanted to get someone to do my music and sound for me, but didn't quite know how to go about getting in contact with people.

At the gathering, I managed to chat with a handful of students, all of whom seemed interested in working with me once I had shown them my showreel, and pitched them my idea for my final film. I truly felt like a professional handing out my business card at the end of our discussions, and it's made me incredibly excited to collaborate.

I have since had a few of the music students email me to show me some of their work, and I have told them that I shall keep them posted with any progress made on the project in terms of concept work and storyboarding. Then it will be a matter of deciding who to work with.