Monday, November 22, 2010

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.

Overall, I am pleased with the final piece. It runs smoothly and the faces match up with the lyrics well.

2. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?

I feel like this piece is overall very successful because it shows how much time and work I put into it.

3. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?

The faces and clothes I wore worked well for this song. I liked that the song was slower in some parts and gave me a chance to use faces with no lyrics. I wish that the lyrics I had to cut out had not been so quick or else I would have made the clip longer with more variety. I also did not like that I had difficulty matching up the mouths with the faster paced lyrics.

4. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?

I would choose a different song completely. I was not please with my song choice and I would have chosen something slower and shorter. Because the song I chose was so long and fast, I had to cut it to a fairly short and simple clip. I would also take another set of eight pictures to create more options in my faces.

5. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?

The most difficult part was managing your time properly and matching the faces up with the sounds. Because not all of the faces matched every sound possible, I was easily frustrated by the lack of smoothness where I had to improvise faces for sounds.

6. What did you learn from this piece?

I learned how to make animated faces for different sounds and how to distribute keyframes along a tween. I also found out that it is much easier to switch the bitmap of faces instead of constantly pasting one of top of the other. I also learned how important a tripod is when you're looking for consistency in your photos.