COP Practical Response

I've finished my practical response for the essay. I incorporated everything that went well with the initial tests in order to make the animation as realistic as possible. I include both the raw analogue stop-motion footage and the finalised stop-motion animation after post-production, to investigate my question which asks whether the raw analogue stop-motion footage is realistic enough on its own or whether it needs the aiding of computer technology to really make it look realistic. 

What Went Well

• It helps a lot with the investigation of my question, proving that the analogue stop-motion footage is not enough on its own to make a realistic ocean scene
• The response has examples from all three sub-categories that I split my research into
• water expanses - the ocean
• moving water - ocean spray
• gaseous water - clouds
• I'm pleased with the level of realism I managed to aesthetically produce

Criticism

• If I was to improve upon the response, I would make the sound effects myself instead of getting them from a free sound website
• I would make the clouds and spray more animated next time, instead of being a static image
• Playback on After Effects on my laptop was very slow, so it took a long time to produce, especially when effects started being added