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Reflection

During this project I have learned new skills in film-making and new software, especially After Effects. Gaining new skills in After Effects is especially useful as I am an Illustration with Animation student, so it has come in useful in my animation practice. I also decided to improve my Photoshop skills by trying digital drawing properly for the first time, which again is useful for my own illustrations and animation work.

As well as After-Effects workshops, we also had workshops in projection which was useful as it helped us when it came to choosing how we'd display our final outcome at Night and Day. This was interesting as it opened us up to all the different possibilities of presenting and showcasing your work. I also attended the 'I Swear to Tell The Truth' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum which was also super useful to see different ways that video and film is projected and displayed.

Working collaboratively has been interesting as everyone's different ways of working has influenced the final outcome, and the final outcome wouldn't have been the same if just one type of creative was doing all the work.  We had a group chat to share ideas and arranged to meet up regularly to show each other our work, work together on things and discuss our next steps. However not everyone was always able to meet up at the same time so it was difficult for all 4 of us to meet together. 

I engaged in my research and my own practice well and as I am passionate about music and had attended a lot of gigs, I had good ideas of where to gain inspiration and research from (posters, videos, album artwork etc). I looked through my own footage from gigs though didn't decide to use them as it wasn't of anyone on Fiction Records. Although I developed my digital skills I feel I could have improved my animation skills especially because animation can take a lot of time and I was using After Effects for the first time. 

The main thing I would improve would be my time management as I had some time off due to struggling with my migraines, therefore didn't finish my animation to the extent that I'd have liked. I was unable to think of an alternative way to show my animation for the final showcase in time as I didn't think it would have shown up well on the material we were projecting on. However I could have instead included some of my illustrations printed onto the material, showing my work in a different way. 

In future I would try put less pressure on myself if I felt I was behind and maybe ask for help or guidance from others in my group so they can help ease the workload if I was struggling due to illness. 

I would also have probably focused on one practice rather than multiple as I feel I spent more time doing digital drawings rather than animation that collaborates well with the film. This way I could have done a better job and found a good way at using it properly in the final outcome, giving myself enough time to explore different ways it can be used. 

I learned different skills, different approaches, different techniques and different ways to collaborate/solve problems by working with students in different areas of design. 

In future I would like to explore more with animation and using After Effects, as well as furthering my digital drawing skills. 

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