31st October
During the Half Term Break I got started with my Pre-Production work for my Animation. Firstly, looking at 3 examples of Educational Animations aimed at a teenage audience, looking for codes and conventions and inspiration, I found 3 solid examples. I noticed many common elements, from narration, use of colour (mainly black and white), a lesser importance on character the older the audience gets etc. This helped me round off my idea and understand more about the existing market.
I also did a detailed storyboard. This was a motion by motion breakdown from section to section, building on my draft with elements such as Motion Paths, Shape Tweens, Frames per Second etc. I also updated the Skills Audit of Flash ready for the 31st. On the 31st, my work was viewed and feedback given.
There were improvements to be made, with further detail needed on timing, transitions, tweens and colours. The skills audit was up to date but some instructions needed to be moved to different columns in the table
Lastly I spent my class time testing Shape Tweens. I learnt how to Shape Tween shapes made in Flash, Graphic Symbols and Text, using the 'Break Apart' option and then applying a usual Shape Tween. I still need to use Adobe Illustrator to make more complicated images ready for Shape Tweening.
4th NovemberI spent this lesson testing the Shape Tween. This tween allows to morph one object into another. Simply put, In your first key frame you have a shape and in the final key frame you have deleted the original shape and replaced it with a much different shape. The tween creates the inbetween frames, and a smooth transition from one shape to the other is complete.
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