Animated Narratives - Week9 - Short Scenes

This week I made a short animation about time. I made a little animation about fading. Hopefully, this animation will give the audience a sense of time passing. Here is the link to the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xwkaWd87hM&feature=youtu.be

I used two ways to express the fading of time in the little animation. The first is the brightness of the sand. The second is the speed at which the sand moves in the sphere. This small animation can be used as a special effect in a work, such as a skill in a magic game. and special effects in film. Overall, it was a creative practice for me with special effects.

Blender Grease Monkey is a blogger who makes special effects, his special effects are more dynamic and cool. I have summed up a few reasons why his special effects are so good. His special effects move faster. The second is that his movement methods are more variable, in addition to rotational movements, there are also contraction movements. The third is that his colours are also dynamic with subtle changes. I can learn a lot from his special effects work. The link below is one of his works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ehbb93atqo

My render settings aren't right so my animation doesn't loop. During the production process, I still had many technical problems that caused the special effects I made to not achieve the effect I had in mind. In the future, I will strengthen the practice of special effects production. Mature special effects can be used in animation to make the animation look more magical.