Animation Feedback/Reflections

1. Create a  new Word Document, save it with "Your Name_ Animation Comments" 
2. Do not write anything in the document.
3. Close the Word Document
4. View an animation in the "Flash Background Project" folder.
5. Give constructive feedback in the Word document titled with their Name.
6. Save & close.
7. View another and repeat step 4-6 until you have viewed them all.

Make sure you finish your own animation self evaluation and reflection.

Animation Reflection

Background First Animation

	Your Mark	Out of	Comments
Background(s) establishes animation sets the stage for events happening in the piece.		10
Characters are well developed		10
Strong narrative, includes introduction, conflict and resolution:		10
There are 3 perspectives/ viewpoints		10
There is a cut-away included		5
Overall animation is thoughtful, creative and eye catching		5
Total		50

Reflect on your animation:

1. Describe your background
2. Describe your character(s)
3. How does the character interact with the background?
4. What is your animation about, what is the story?
5. Is your animation interesting and eye catching?
6. Did you have to adapt your story from the original ideas? Why or why not?
7. What challenges did you have while producing this animation? What would you do next time? Or what would you want to work on to improve?

Bone Tool Frustrations

Hi guys,
I'm sorry I'm not there today. Some of you are getting frustrated with the "Bone Tool". Here is a blog that discusses some of the problems and offeres a solution or two:
http://blog.labwire.ca/?p=3

Try adding scenes if you are finding your animation is getting too long:
Scene to scene tutorial

Also you can group your layers if you are finding there are too many layers:
I haven't found a tutorial yet, sorry

Try using filters and the blur tool:
Using filters
Blur Drop Shadow
Blur Filter- not a very good tutorial, but explains it.
Filters- Better tutorial

Here is a good tutorial site:
Incredible Tutorials

Monday & More Flash- Oct. 25

** Note- Everyone should have handed in their storyboard for the Background inspired animation project. If you haven't, please bring it Tuesday.**

Today you are going to continue working on your Background first animation and develop your characters. I have found a few tutorials for you to look at to help you as you go:
Adobe TV
try -
06 Object and Merge Drawing Modes
07 Understanding Symbols
11 Understanding Tweens
13 Creating Motion Tweens
Creating Motion Tweens Part1
Creating Motion Tweens Part2

Background First Animation Project

We have been developing ideas through finding backgrounds that inspire stories. Now we are developing the story to go with your chosen background(s). By now you should have finished brainstorming your story and character(s). Today your storyboards are due. Make sure you include the following in your storyboard:

1. Background(s)
2. Character(s)
3. Strong narrative: establish space and character(s), creates a conflict, and then resolves.
4. Include at least 3 perspectives (variety in the frame, use different angles, change the distance to subject, POV or point of view)
5. Use a Cut-Away- where you switch your frame to draw attention to something and/or lapse time more rapidy.

For your animation Consider the following Flash Techniques-

1. Layers & grouping layers,
2. Working with scenes motion guide,
3. Importing an image & manipulating the image (Trace Bitmap),
4. Bone tool.
5. Again we will continue to use both frame by frame and tween animation,
6. Hope the shape tween will work and create sounds to suite your animation.
7. You are to create opening and closing credits

More Backgrounds

Here is a link for more backgrounds:

http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/

Backgrounds

We are going to begin to view some traditional and experiemtnal animations to see how backgrounds are used to establish the scene.

Notice the use of space, lighting, time lapse, and point of view.

Animation Background Blog

We are watching Duck Amuck, Papiroflexia, the Fly in the Share folder: