Thursday, 10 April 2014

Rationale

In this project my aim was to create a model of a vacuum cleaner and bring it to life through animation. By doing this, I have developed and improved my skills of using Maya effectively. 
 

I intended to give the animation have a silly story, because putting hours of work into creating and animating a vacuum cleaner is already ridiculous, so I decided to exaggerate it. 

Making vacuum cleaners dance is also the best way to meet the requirements of movement, velocity, gravity, interaction, emotion, and props.

To improve it, I would edit the animations slightly to include slower aspects (Wobble while doing the nosestand before falling over, etc.) because it feels like some scenes are cut half a second early. I would also change the text to be more subtle, because it distracts the viewer from the animation.

Final Animation

Final Animation Link

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

After Effects

I have animated all the scenes I need, and edited it all together in After Effects.