The Finished Article

Overall I feel my project has gone pretty well but there has been some problems along the way. The main problem I had during this project was the fact I was using a Mac to make my project, this meant that the dome plug in wouldn't work on my computer and I had to find a PC user to finish the project, transferring the files was a problem and I did lose a few files.

I have made most of the project using Trapcode Particulator I feel this plug in had the best range of effects I could portray, the problem with using this plug in was that I used the demo which left a large X on the screen when played back, Whilst it doesn't really detract from the film I feel it is quite unattractive for the viewer.

Another problem I found I had was the file was extremely big (7.5GB) this was because I was forced to use avi file format by the computer. The result of this was a long process which was made even harder by my external HD being formatted to FAT32 so I had to compress the file and then unzip it afterward, wasting precious time.
In the end the size wasn't an issue although audio had to be applied separately for it to run smoothly.

A majorly disappointing aspect of the video for me was simply an issue of choosing the wrong file, I had two versions of the film rendered before truncating, one which had an audio waveform animation which I added last minute and the original video. For some reason I selected the wrong video ( or the waveform didn't render correctly) by the time I'd realised I'd already handed the work in. This meant the end of my film is pretty boring and doesn't really flow with the music in the way the rest does as it is a very simple animation in its place.

Whilst I did have all these issues one big positives was getting to know the plug in and successfully making a film related to synethesisa to be played in the immersive dome.
If I did the project again I feel that I'd manage my time better and make sure I can complete all the challenges I set myself and have a plan for if I can't!