Week 11
- Zack Lu
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Reflection:
I met my goals for the first half of the quarter but not for the second half. I planned to create a rough animatic for the entire film. However, my plans changed halfway through, and I lost sight of what I was doing. Momentum was lost. Procrastination took over. I thought that phase in my life was over, but I guess I haven’t changed! For good or for worse.
However, I am happy with what I made overall. My first few weeks were very productive. I have a better image of what I want to create. Even though I haven’t accomplished what I set out to do, I think the film is on a good, if slightly delayed, track.
The obstacles I faced were “animation block”, personal stuff, and suddenly becoming very busy. I was very motivated in the beginning, so I made a lot of progress overall. I learned a lot. It felt like a job, in a good way. After I finished most of the assets, the next part was animation. I’m not really sure why it felt like a huge hurdle. It’s not as if I haven’t learned new things before this. I think procrastination made it seem harder than it really was.
The things that took up a lot of my time are the puppies. I’m fostering two puppies right now. I’m new to fostering and new to puppies. They are a lot more work than I expected. Constant emails and vet visits. They need constant attention. I felt like I couldn’t leave them to work on the film. Suddenly, my priorities shifted.
The current state of my film is a bunch of props, planning, and one walk animation. It’s not impressive at all. It’s still in pre-production. I’m thankful that there isn’t a production class over the summer quarter. I’m planning to finish a lot of the assets and pipeline work over the break.
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