Dan Grigsby - BA Animation 2009/2010

Today was the big day, since we all had to present the second pitch for both our films - explaining story development and showing all pre-production work generated so far, as well as outlining the schedule for the rest of the year. I think it went really well. Polished Off received a very positive response, since everyone in the room was laughing, which was what we wanted. We also got some constructive feedback from Dave Bull. He suggested the pacing of the ending would have to be adjusted, but he said that apart from those slight tweaks we were definitely heading in the right direction for the film. As for Splay, well we were slightly nervous as to what reaction we would get since we had no finalised animatic, but surprisingly Mike Smith and Dave praised our commitment and professionalism in developing the story and making so many alterations. We are still without an fitting ending to Splay, but I have absolute faith we will find one.

Work on the films has admittedly been put on hold in the last week or so due to various essays and presentations which have taken priority. There is another essay due next week, so once that is out of the way, we will be able to resume on the project and also use the Christmas break to catch up on where we've fallen behind this term.