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:

When the Day Breaks

Watch When the Day Breaks



Listen to this video. Notice how the sounds relate to the characters, or not. Visualize the sounds think about how the sounds tell the story without the visuals.
How sound can alter your animation? Consider your time line and how to add sound effectively to your motion.

Animation Sharing

First part of the class, we are going to have a work block. I am going to help everyone out. After lunch, we are going to have a sharing. Please save your animation to the share file under "Animation #1".

Here are a few Flash animation to check out after our sharing...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pencilmation1
http://www.homestarrunner.com/
http://www.paulfrank.com/home/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNVE37BGVE

More Animation

Today I am going to demonstrate the following:
Movie Clip
Gradient Tool
Transform
Info
Shaila is going to show how to use the Bone tool.
And a few new tools as the interest comes up.

Flash Demo2

2nd Flash Demo-
Today we are going to explore the Drawing abilities of Flash:

• Using the pencil + attributes- stroke.
• The Brush tool + attributes- painting inside, fills etc...
• Fill tool- closing gaps
• Sub-Selection lool
• The eraser
• Editing your symbol
• Break Apart your symbol
• Try a shape tween