PDP - Personal Development Plan

Professional Development Plan

NSS Stings - ANI1018M Animation Practice 01 & PDP

Overall working on this sting has been an enjoyable experience. I have bonded with the people in my group which I probably wouldn't have done so to such a degree before being put in a group with them. Some friction has occurred between certain members of the group however there was no personal reasons involved, it was simply an issue of attendance. My attendance on the whole was not perfect however I managed to get the work done i needed to and didn't let the rest of my team down and my attendance is something i am looking to greatly improve for next year. between the three of us, the forth unfortunately not particularly submitting any kind of work, i feel we achieved a mammoth task completing an ambitiously long animation with ambitious content. As the director i felt that my team responded positively to my suggestions and i in turn took suggestions from them and I felt we brought a great "team" atmosphere to the whole thing. I could trust the other guys to get on with what id assigned to them and had no worries that it would not be completed. In particular, Jason's Layouts almost made our animation and i commend him highly for them. I also feel that working with another animator has allowed me to see another persons method of working and allowed me to pick up tips and shortcuts as I have passed on to him so I have gained much from this experience. As for my preferred future role, I enjoy the art aspect to animation because it lets you express creativity and achieve much higher levels of beauty etc that would be feasible when animating, however my personal interest is finding the beauty in a subtle movement or getting an expression "spot on". That is what excites me most about animation so I would have to say I am more swayed towards the animation side.