Final Animation + Evaluation

So the characters are called Pineapple and Xavier, the dog being Xavier and the duck being Pineapple. The 'snail' (actually a snake that believes it is a snail) is unnamed as it is something akin to a God. The reason for this is because as it attacks the camera, it has the ability to transport to a different dimension, hence why suddenly everyone was wearing hats. It's a universe where the hat you are wearing is basically your identity.

I believe my animation went very well because I thought my characters were well made even with limiting resources to make them out of, others I have asked also thought the same thing. However I think I could have put more effort into making Xavier, who was originally a dinosaur. When I had to make the animation, I done it in about 3 days, each day I had to start at a different camera angle so I can make it look smooth because I couldn't reset the camera like how it was the day before, clearly this worked as people wasn't able to see where each new day started. This also adds to my variety of camera angles, making it a bit more interesting to watch.

During the editing, I had a completely different idea on what I wanted the sound effects to be but I didn't have much time to go and record my own sound effects, so I made do with what I could find and convert on youtube. I have this one song playing throughout the animation called "The World is a Wonderful Place", I thought it added more emphasis on how wonderfully odd this world is. In the opening, I originally wanted to use that famous space theme song but I don't know the name of it, so I used the sound of what comets apparently sound like. Being still space theme, it still done the job I wanted.

I think what could have made my animation better is if I did go and put the extra effort in making my own sound effects, especially for Pineapple. If I did, I could have really brought the character alive with the more emotional content of a real voice. I would have obviously made noises that could somehow relate to a duck in anyway, but could still convey emotional contents in it. Another thing that could have improved my animation is if I explained the backstory within the animation as well, as people I have shown who didn't know what the backstory was found it confusing but still entertaining. Although nobody didn't mention it, I thought Pineapple's voice during the argument between him and Xavier could have been more thought out, however, it is very hard to find angry duck noises on the internet even with how full of content it is. The reason for this is because I couldn't find anything more appropriate or long enough, so I had to repeat the audio I had already had.

All in all, my animation is smooth and entertaining for an amateur and it has a certain charm about it too.