Autism Unmasked

Abi's Story

(Jay Stelling)

Luke's Story

(Molly Halson)

Alex's Story:

(Jay Foster)

Successes:

Each story is suited by its animation style. It is clear that they have been created by three different artists but there is an obvious reason behind this and you can see that just by watching all three. Each story has a different perspective and by a different artist interpreting each story, there are three different visions to suit those perspectives.

I'm really proud to have made this animation and worked so well in a collaboration with Jay F and Molly. Our videos compliment each other and I would love to work with these two again!

We've made a substantial amount of work and I think that they are all of a high quality.

They all work together as a series. The title and end credits are consistent across all three animations, as is the colour palette.

They're all heartfelt, honest and insightful documentaries.

I think we were successful in achieving what we set out to achieve: we have humanised autism in these documentaries and we have made videos that could be used with a positive impact on the world.

The typeface is playful and attractive, much better than the ones the brand guidelines told us to use!

Could be Improved:

I think my animation is very basic and simple compared to Jay F's and Molly's. Mine isn't as dynamic as their's, but this is suited to Abi's story. Her recording is quite slow, quiet and considered, so the animation matches this.

Mine only features head shots of figures whereas Jay F's and Molly's are more interesting with varying compositions and camera angles. I could have done more storyboarding to make my animation more exciting.

Jay F's is the only video to have video still playing behind the logo at the end, which is an inconsistency in the series and the orange against the logo is a little jarring here.

In the brand guidelines, The National Autistic Society said not to use any other fonts than those they suggested so I am worried that 'Molly's Hand' might go against this guideline.