Thursday, January 6, 2011

Assignments Due on Thursday 1/13

Quick Tutorials
Complete just the orange columns between pages 4-18 to 4-29.
Save both your carPath and mBikeRotate files for me to check off on your computer.

The Walking Man
Draw a person walking onto the Flash "Stage" and off the other side and out of the "Stage" area.
You must use "Frame-by-Frame" animating to make this persons movement look fluid.
You must animate the arms and the legs (extra credit points for feet and hands) in each frame.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

What To Do Today, 1/4

Mr Ballew has a really bad sore throat and is going to be refrain from talking today.
Here is what you should be working on today.
1. Finish your "Skills Reviews" for Chapter 1 and 2.
2. Work on your 10 - 15 second Flash Animation (see posting below).
3. If you have finished both of these, you will need to begin Storyboarding your 1 Minute Flash Animation. You will be required to have 12 different shots (1 side of a Storyboard sheet) completed and checked off by me before you begin to animate.
Remember that you will need a CLEAR narrative that has a conflict and a resolution. You are not bound to the limitations of Stop Motion Animation, so you can create any type of story you want.
Good luck!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Creating Motion in Flash

Today, if you're finished with the Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Skills Reviews, you'll begin to animate a 10 to 15 second short.
This animation can be anything you like. It does not have to be a narrative.
My main concern is that you experiment with motion and movement of objects and shapes.
Create movement in your animation using Motion Tween.
You will need to animate 4 SEPARATE OBJECTS in your animation.
Your animation should be at a minimum of 12 fps.
Experiment and have fun with this assignment.
You do not have to storyboard before you animate, but this will be the only time when you will NOT storyboard your idea for an animation project in this class.
The main purpose is to create movement.
This assignment is due by the end of class on Wednesday, January 5th.
When you're done with this assignment, you'll Publish it as a .swf file and save it as using the following naming convention: 6_ballewm_short1.swf
Drop this Published Flash file into my Staff folder 'Classes', 'Period 6'