This week marks the submission and critical evaluation of my first draft of the thesis. The animatic design (a storyboard converted into a video) was thoroughly revied by the jurors. The total duration of the video was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. It all came down to very interesting feedback I received from the evaluators. For starters, they really appreciated the concept since there were a lot of details in it. On top of this, the duration of the video turned out to be a standing point of this task.
Alas, there are times when your strength creates a spiral and pulls you down. The experts have asked me to reduce the duration as they believe that the overall climax of the video is too stretched and may create an ambiguity into the minds of the watchers. Hence, I have been asked to focus more on the quality, look and feel, depth of the thesis rather than the quantum. This feedback is a pure reflection of the time constraint at hand rather than my ability. If only I had no deadline, I truly believe the duration is never something that is frowned upon from my side.
Since the entire concept revolves around characters/caricatures designed for the children, one mistake that I committed was using adults for voiceovers. This was also one of the feedbacks I received from the instructors to use actual kids for voice acting. Surely this is another challenge at hand, asking kids to deliver the right tone and impression for this.
By the end, it only seems that the road is becoming rockier and bumpier, but this is how I thrive in life. The challenging situations has made my excitement to only go up.
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Arsalan Awais 