Finished Animation

Above is my finished animation. I am very pleased with the finished result as  was able to create a short animation that was full coloured with a background and sound. I feel that the outcome is even better than I originally would have imagined. Although I had cut down the beginning and the end of my animation i am still with the end result. The original story would have just added to the set up (rise of action and falling of action) however I like that this plot is bit more straight to the point. I have successfully used a variety of software to produce this finish result: Adobe Flash, to animate, Photoshop to create the backgrounds and After effects to add the sound. When choosing the sound I spoke to a tutor, one to one. We discussed possible sounds that could work - because I previously have looked at water. My tutor suggested that I could use this as the sound of the tentacles of anxiety. After putting this on I felt it was perfect - because it connected to my own personal anxiety dreams that I often have about water. Furthermore I also researched into how anxiety can feel like drowning. The problems that arose when creating this piece (i have outlined in the 'making my animation' post below) Mostly it was the time issue which meant I had to cut down the story. I didn't plan for the animation to be so time consuming - but i did create this all through digitally drawn frames - other than than the draws. Overall I am very pleased with the animation.

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