Final Animations

Hey all,

A reminder that your final animations are due TOMORROW at 6pm. I will give you guys the first three hours of class to add the finishing touches to your animations and fix any last minute issues.

You will turn in a

• Final Animation .FLA
• Final Animation SWF
• Final Animation Quicktime Movie

Class Eight - Storyboarding

PSA Examples - AKA Hooray for the 80s

Final Project - Due July 8th

Final Project - Animation & Motion Theory
Public Service Announcement
Public Service Announcement (100pts)
Due July 8th

For your final assignment you will create a 15 second PSA animated announcement using Adobe Flash. The project will incorporate elements that we have discussed during this course including character design, character animation and sound.

The student will create a story outline, storyboards, animatic and final .fla and movie to be turned into the class dropbox on the class server.

Students will choose from one of the subjects below:

• Health and Wellness – Encourage people to exercise, eat a healthy diet, play sports, enjoy the outdoors, walk instead of driving, or otherwise lead a healthy, active lifestyle.
• Environmental Support – Encourage people to recycle and re-use materials, reduce pollution, use cleaner energy, conserve wilderness, or contribute to saving endangered species.
• Adopt a Shelter Pet – Encourage people to adopt a pet from an animal shelter, or to donate to an animal-related cause.
• Party Responsibly – Encourage people to be responsible about partying: don’t drink and drive, set up a designated driver, or be aware of their limits.

Part 1: Final Project – Rough Storyboards:
Due Juneth

Create two rough storyboards detailing out two different ideas for the scenes of your Final Project: a 15-second animated Public Service Announcement.

• Create sketches to show what is happening in the different scenes. Sketches can be rough, but they should clearly show what is happening in that scene. Next to each sketch, include a description of the scene: include the dialogue, narration, or typography.

• Show the action and movement in each scene: use arrows to show which direction the characters or objects will move. Consider using zoom effects or camera moves. Use arrows to show what direction the camera will move.

• Convey a Public Service message: your message should inform the public about what they can do to improve the world. The message should be something simple that can be represented in 15 seconds.

• Student will pitch their story and basic storyboards to be critique by me

Part 2: Analyzing Public Service Announcements:

• Find 3 Public Service Announcements that you think are effective and interesting.
• Create a word document with links to each PSA, and a short description and analysis of each. Answer the following:
o What was your first reaction to this PSA? Did it make you angry or upset? Did it make you laugh? What emotional message is getting through?
o What aspects of the PSA make it effective, and why? Consider artwork, graphics, imagery, camera work, narration, dialogue, typography, music, sound effects, style, etc.

Class Eight - Principles of Animation - Storyboarding

Class Files
Flash Principles

Class Topics

• 12 Principles of Animation
• Staging
• Anticipation
• Follow-Through / Overlapping Action
• Secondary Action
• Solid Drawing
• Appeal
• Storytelling Tips
• How to Storyboard

12 Principles of Animation



Anticipation - Bugs Bunny 0:54



Follow Through - Overlapping Action 1:05 - 1:07


Overlapping Action in Adobe Flash



Secondary Actions - Pinnoco




Secondary Actions

Storyboarding 

Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at the Walt Disney Studio during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios. wikipedia 

Storyboard Terms


How to Storyboard If You Can't Draw

 


Steven Spielberg on Storyboarding



Toy Story Storyboarding Pitch

Lab 7 - Walk Cycle

Lab 7 – Walk Cycle
Due: Monday, June 23rd

Animation & Motion Theory

In this assignment you will create a walk cycle for a unique character, as in more than just a stick figure. Using the references in the presentation file and on the class blog create an advanced walk cycle. The character should have a contact, recoil, passing and high point pose, as well as reverse of those poses.

The character should be made into a graphic symbol that cycles. Then have the character symbol move across the page.

Think about the character, is he/she happy, sad? Does it take big steps or small steps? These characteristics will play into your character.

Class Seven - Walk Cycle

Files
Flash-Cycle

Presentation Files
PDF
PPTX

Topics

• Walk Cycle
• Step
• Position

Walk Cycle

In animation, a walk cycle is a series of frames or illustrations drawn in sequence that loop to create an animation of a walking character. The walk cycle is looped over and over, thus having to avoid animating each step again.

Walk cycles can be broken up into 4 key frame, namely Forward Contact Point, Passing Pose1, Back Contact Point and Passing Pose 2. Frames that are drawn between these key poses (traditionally known as in-betweens/Inbetweening) are either hand-drawn or using computer software to interpolate them.

Human Walk Cycle



Walk Cycle Hand Drawn in Adobe Flash



Walk Cycle Examples

Lab 6 - Character Voiceover

Lab 6 – Character Voiceover
Due: Wednesday, June 18th

Animation & Motion Theory

In this assignment you will make a character speak a short one sentence phrase. It must have a minimum of four words in the sentence.

Begin by creating a character head. Then create the mouth movements for the basic vowels and consonants. Look at the examples on the class blog for assistance.

Record your sentence, you may can use a microphone, webcam with Adobe Audition or Audacity. You can also use voice recording apps on your smart phone to do this as well. Make sure there is no background sound or music in your recording. This is important so it will not interfere with our exposure sheet.

Open the sound file into Adobe Audition or Audacity to do any minor editing or tweaking. Use audition to set the phrase into frames.

Use this as a base to create an exposure sheet to layout the mouth sound to the frame position. This can be done on a piece of lined notebook paper. Note the example on the class blog.

Use the exposure sheet to layout the voice over of the character.