Shape tweening

We use the shape tweening, you can create a similar effect o morphing. Its makes the shape appear to change into another shape. Flash can also tween the location, size, and color of shapes.

Audience Profile

Our Audience is of the following:

• children aged 7 and above
• working class
• Have an interest in fantasy and adventure
  
• have a wild imagination
  
• People who enjoy comedy
• Adults who like to get in touch with their 'inner child'.
• Would have enjoyed films such as Monsteres Inc and Monster house.
  

Motion Tweening

Trevor is going to teach us certain techniques for our animation. So we needed to start with the basics.

Motion tween is nothing but tweening a Symbol's movement from one position to another.
In this, i created a shape and converted it into a symbol. I then made a keyframe and moved the symbol. After doing this a number of times. You can watch the symbol move from one position to another. I managed to animate my shape.

Animatic

This is the unfinished animatic. Sultana went through all the sounds and found the ones that go with the story. For example, when the character (Nathan) gets caught, you hear him say, ‘Oh, no’. It may not be possible to use all of these sounds but will definitely use some, like the ‘Evil Laugh’. This animatic gave us an idea of how the story would go with certain sounds. We will finish this off by adding the rest of the music or sounds.

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Questionnaire - Audience Research

Please fill out this questionnaire as it will help media students decide how to do their short film. Please answer as honestly as you can. 1. Age: 10-15( ) 16-20( ) 21-25( )

2. Do you watch animations? Yes ( ) No ( ) Why?
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3 . Which of the following narrative structures or styles do you prefer in a comic animation film?(please tick two):
a) Straight guy vs. full-comic guy (one natural & sensible/ the other comic & often stupid)( )
b) Equilibrium- disequilibrium- equilibrium (All’s well-a problem develops- problem fixed)( )
c) Predictable( )
d) Unpredictable / twists( )
e) Slap-stick humour (boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, physically bumping into each other/falling over, etc.)( )
f) Satires (Comedy that mocks the ills and vices of society, a group or a person)( )

4. What qualities do you look for in a main comic animated character? (Tick one)
Good looks( ) Funny( ) Controversial( ) Smart( ) Strong( ) Other( )If other, please specify:……………………………………………………………………………………………..............................................

5. What features do you look for in a short animated film? (Tick two)
Flash Backs ( ) CGI ( ) Action ( ) Colour ( ) Cliff hanger ( )
Graphics ( ) Other ( ) If Other, please Specify:...................................................................................................................................

6. Name three films that you enjoyed watching that is an animated comedy?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........
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7. Look at the list of institutions below. Which one in your opinion, produces animation more to your preferred taste?
a) Pixar ( )
b) Disney ( )

8) How do you think the animations produced by this institution represents young people of your age?
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9) Are you happy with this representation? Explain reasons for your answer.
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10) Would you like your character to be of your (tick one):
Ethnicity ( ) Please specify your ethnicity.......................................................
Age ( ) Please specify your age.................................................................
Social class ( ) Please specify your social class.....................................................

We put this questionnaire up on suvery monkey- http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RM8NLBN

A change of story

Mr Williams gave us another option, in terms of our film. He suggested that we could do animation. So after researching about it, we decided not to only change the nature of the film, but also the storyline. We all had our own opinions on this change. Some people had different views on how the short film should be. Here, short clip of us planning the story.

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(http://www.youtube.com/user/VRYRANDOM)