Final Classics Piece & Evaluation

The Curse of Life follows the metaphorical birth of a young girls realisation that her life is not worth living. This leads you to her literal death, where she herself feels she is finally free.

The Curse Of Life

Evaluation

1.     What have you learned? / How do you know?

I have learnt that by planning and storyboarding my drawings before, when it came to drawing them I was able to complete this process quickly and efficiently.

I have also learnt that meaningful script writing comes easy to me, and that I enjoy writing from the heart. I know this as the script that I used as a voice over for my classics took me twenty minutes to write.

I have also learnt that sometimes things do not go to plan; however the new outcome can be better. I had planned to include both moving and still images in my classics piece, by cutting by drawings out, place them on green screen and then layering the moving in image behind. However when my images where seen it was believed that by doing this the impact of the drawings themselves would be lessened. So in the end it was decided that I would just show my sketchbook as exactly that – which I believe to be better.

2.     How might you use it in your show reel?

I would use the clip of the apple and the ending, to show that I can collaborate both moving and still image together.

3.     What does it say about you and your personal style?

I believe that my classic’s has enabled me to show both my script writing skills and my drawing ability. My personal style of realism and the realisation that life doesn’t always have a happy ending has shown through ‘The Curse of Life’.

Overall I believe that my final piece was the best that I could have done. I was push and challenged in my skills and abilities, however enjoyed both the production process and the editing process. I appreciated having complete creative and technical control when doing classics, as it enabled me to fully express my talents and myself; which is why I believe this to be my best piece of work so far.