M3: Optimise the content for use in the final animation RESUBMISSION.

Optimise the content for use in the final animation.

After showing the animation to some peers, I was shown some ways in which I could improve my animation so that it could be made better.

I optimised the frame rate as as I started it at 24 frames per second, but it was too jolty, so I changed the frame rate so that it would be 12 frames were second and this improved the animation.

One change that was pointed out to me that the layer with the left hand arm is positioned on top of the layers with the juggling balls meaning that when they fly past it, some of the go in-front of the ball which looks weird. This was an easy change as all I had to do was to move the layer containing the left hand arm so that it was underneath the layers with the juggling balls in them. 

I rearranged my layers so that everything was in the right place, that meant that the the juggling balls are on top of the character, and he is in front of the background, and the wand and the 'musical wind' is above everything else.   

Another optimisation is that I removed several blank keyframes from the end of my animation that caused the exported version to be over a minute longer than the actual animation was supposed be. To do this I removed the blank key frames and then exported the video again. 

Another optimisation that I made was to change the colour of some of the background to make the animation stand out more and to make it more 'circus' themed. I did this through highlighting the different areas of the background and changing their colour with the Ink Bottle Tool. 

Test Plan:

Q	Aspect	Test	What will you change?
1	Length/ Run time	Show the Animation to someone.	Remove empty key frames as exported version was too long.
2	File Format	If picture is blurry.	Change the format width.
3	File Size	If loading time is too long.	Compress the file so that it will play at the appropriate length.
4	Frame Rate	If picture doesn’t look smooth.	Change frame rate.
5	Audience	Show to target audience.	Audience didn't like the run-time so this will be changed.
6	Content	Show to audience and compare to brief.	Audience didn't like the way the layers were arranged, so this will be changed
7	Text	Get someone else to proof read.	Fix any grammatical errors.