[PRODUCTION] Week 7 - Getting back into Frame-by-Frame

*NOTE* 

THE VIDEO ABOVE IS ACTUALLY WEEK 6, IT ONLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION DURING WEEK 8 THAT I MADE THIS MISTAKE, BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE LOST THE ORIGINAL WEEK 7 FOOTAGE. HOWEVER, YOU CAN READ WHAT I ACTUALLY ACHIEVED DURING THIS WEEK BELOW, THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.

This week, the one thing I wanted to do was to complete a shot which has a good amount of frame-by-frame animation, as the last few weeks has been severely lacking. This week I wanted to go abit further than the original animatic and storyboard with shot 9, I wanted to go into a lot of detail of the young animator setting up his Cintiq, or as it is known in the animation; the 'Sketchtiq'. I am actually really happy with the outcome, this shot is very important as it is a very distinct difference from the last shots, as it is the introduction to technology. Originally, the shot was to have the young animator place the Cintiq on the desk and then sit down and begin drawing the character, however now he plugs in the Cintiq and the Cintiq actually turns on. This to me makes the animation flow to the next shot very nicely.

I feel however I am getting very behind on my traditional shots, once we enter scene 4 the majority of the shots from then on wards are heavily traditional, I am toying with the idea of leaving all of the traditional shots until the Summer, as I will have a lot more free time to actually focus on them, as I am animating these digital shots with every moment I get spare while juggling the research side as well as preparing lectures and marking my students work. I feel that once Summer arrives, there wil be a drastic increase in the workload which is produced, and I feel that is when the quality of the overall animation will be very evident.