in this post i will be evaluating the simple 2D animation known as league fighter two an advertisement for a non-existent video game and a promotion for the SONY PSP.
The production that went into league fighter two was a long and thought out process first taking images of a model on a white background then taking those files into adobe photoshop.
After which the models where scaled down to A4 size paper they were then cut out and put into alignment as each once had a different movement or action to simulate combat.
Other things such as life-bars,titles and digital vectors were made using photoshop once again to simulate the effect that many video games depict in the game play you see. I wanted the game play to look real enough to get the point across that this was in-fact a video game spoof to give the animation some background on what was being promoted.
Each figure was moved piece by piece to represent movement and action over the course of a few weeks the animation was done and the sequence was complete. Using voices provided to me by actors the lines were put in to give the animation some realism.Furthermore with the use of arcade music and titles the animation looked like a working advert.
Finally added to give the animation the drive it needed i recorded a review on an old Sony device known as the PSP. with the use of voice over and pitch change i made the voices promoting the game and showing the PSP different to show what the advert was representing.
Using other gameplay footage from old arcade machines such as Mortal Kombat & Street fighter i was able to get a general feel on what i hoped the animation could immate. Below are two videos on the animation of the two games previously mentioned.
As you can see in the two clips above each game had an opening screen in which you select your character by using the controls to do some i wanted to mimic as unique as i could by using a few basic photos of characters and simple shapes it was a simple thing to do.
Compared to the to the other two clips i have previously shown i would say the work that is shown is a decent turn out, So much more could be done with the animation but resources were lacking if the animation had some more colour to it such as different scenery. you can see in both clips that in each stage of the fight that the scenery often changes as-well as the music this creates a different feel each time.
Furthermore some scenes in the two clips show special attacks and a variety of effects such as blood,impalement or just simple fire. If time was taken to add these few things then the animation would of been up to perfect condition,
I wanted to expand my audiences reviews so i created a survey with basic questions and added there feedback to get a better response below shows the feedback.
As you can see the animation got similar reviews and a positive response as the video was both entertaining and met its purpose. However more variety in characters and better sound quality is needed.
However the positive things about the animation that i liked was the use of sound effects and how the figures were able to show pain and reaction with the ability of falling down and moving away it made the match have a little intensity which worked well. The frame rate was to fast however if more time was taken to make them move not as fast it would make the animation look more believable.
The voice acting was spot on and deserved operation as well as the footage of the SONY PSP and the timing in which it switched from animation to real time footage was spot on making this feel like a promotion for proper gamers.
The figures used in this were of a decent age for people who often play games in this generation. However adding the old 80,s arcade music gives it the feel that the game is retro appealing to people of varying ages from age ten to age thirty and upwards.
In conclusion the animation is a decent effort but needed much work to be added to it to make it look amazing. with the use of more figures,backgrounds and smoother frame rate the animation will of made a much more appealing advertisement for gaming as it would look more realistic.However the use of music and the emotion used in the characters corresponds well with the PSP footage. A good piece of work and well thought out.
Thank very much for reading this evaluation.
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