Monday, 27 April 2015

SWOT/SMART Targets 27th April

Having worked on primarily past projects over the past week I am now left with a few larger projects to tackle. However, the reason that these projects have been left until later is due to my lack of understanding as many of these tasks confuse me.
On top of my confusion, the majority of my course (including lecturers) is absent on a school trip and I have few points of reference to use as examples.


Targets

  • Finish last few blog posts, maybe add more depending on free time
  • Design a Creative CV
  • Locate and compile earlier work for touching up
  • Create animations for competitions to use in my portfolio
Strengths

  • Blog at standard for a passing grade
  • Examples of creative CV's online
  • A pre existing list of competitions to animate for
Weaknesses
  • No lecturer support
  • The deadline is approaching quickly and I am unsure if my work is to standard
  • Still not happy with past animations
Opportunities
  • Opportunity to create animations which are enjoyable and also relevant to my university course
  • The chance to learn how to make a professional looking CV for the creative industry
  • Being able to finish the blog forever and never have to update it ever again
Threats
  • Without any feedback and with the deadline which decides my future approaching, my level of stress has risen significantly
  • I dislike all of my past work intensely and I am unsure if it is of a standard which will allow me to pass the course

Monday, 20 April 2015

SWOT/SMART Targets 20th April

This week I have found out in more detail, work I should have been doing over the easter holidays. I had not known about this work earlier due to absence and this has put my back significantly.
The bulk of the work to do is to update my blog (which has been neglected for the most part), to create a Creative CV and to polish up past work and assemble it into a show reel.

Targets

  • Add posts to the blog until it is of a passable standard
  • Design a Creative CV
  • Locate and compile earlier work for touching up
  • Write an evaluation for the year
Strengths

  • Majority of blog work completed earlier in the year
  • Pre existing work for show reel

Weaknesses
  • 2D assets will not be able to be completed and will not feature in the final animation
  • Sound assets could be more complex however this is not essential 
  • No written evaluation exists for the Trippy Animation
Opportunities
  • The potential for this animation to be sent to festivals, be used as free footage for the general public in galleries or on YouTube
  • Opportunity to learn more about using Adobe After Effects to edit together footage
Threats
  • Time. I am currently ill and might be working several nights this week, this significantly hinders the amount of time I have to edit and could jeopardise the end product
  • There has been a large amount of changes made since the original conceptualisation of this animation and with many of the original ideas not featuring, this animation might be deemed a failure to peers