Progress so far...

So far i am fairly happy with my progress and the transition from AS to A2 e.g. working as a group/on my own. However, i am aware that things will get harder as technical aspects come into place. My planning and research is complete and now i am going to complete my animatic tomorrow. Once i have finished my animatic, then i will start applying sounds and getting a real idea of what i want my opening to look like. I have made the decision to add more charcters into my opening sequence, therefore making it more interesting to watch and complying with the themes of existing childrens tv dramas. The process so far has been fairly difficult as i am working independantly, but now i am getting used to the software i am finding it easier to do and i hope my progress will continue.

In addition, within todays ILP lesson (monday 12th October) we presented our animatics to the class and got feedback. My feedback was as follows:

• Good use of non-diagetic sound.
• Needed to improve drawings- i did this by asking a friend to draw some of the stills for my animatic thus making it easier to understand and of better quality.
• Add some transitions/'camera angles' e.g. pans- i did this by working out how to add a couple of pans into my animatic and making it more realistic to my final piece.
• Add more characters near the end- i did this by add more characters into my animatic.

I can now compare my opening more readily to currently existing childrens TV drama's such as 'the demon headmaster' where all of the main characters are introduced within the opening therefore helping the viewer connect with them before the 'drama' begins.