Since I have returned from vacation (Saturday night) I have been working to get the rest of this animation done. By now, most of the animation process is complete for all of the storyboard frames (a lot has been created in the past 3 nights!). However, I still need to edit the video and mix it with the audio using iMovie in order to complete the animation (in addition to rendering it in iDVD, which seems to be a relatively simple process. It looks like I won’t have the animation ready for tomorrow, but Ms. X, the TSA adviser, says this is fine for she will be dropping off the items on Friday of this week.
Also, I have to create all the proper documentation for judging which acts as the project portfolio report.
Friday of this week I will present my web log and the construction process.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
3/18 Blog Update
The press release is due tomorrow. So far most of the work is done. Tonight I will be adding a little bit more content as well as doing some final polishing work. Also, I need to add some screenshots of my construction progress to use in the press release. The school week ends on Thursday for spring break.
Friday, March 14, 2008
3/14 Blog Update
I have found out that my project for TSA will be due to the competition on April 2nd. This is two days after I return to school from spring break. By my progress to date, I know that working to finish up the animation in that first week of April will be a bit of a crunch time.
I have started to work on my press release (creating format mostly) which is due March 19th.
Meanwhile, I have been doing some work on creating frame 6 of the storyboard. Doing frame 7 may cause a little bit of trouble for the animation calls for more than simple motion tweening. However, the shape tweening techniques that are planned to be used seem to be working fine. There are a vast amount of online tutorials (in addition to the assistance of my mentor) which can help me with this animation process if I need to expand my knowledge about the Flash software.
I have started to work on my press release (creating format mostly) which is due March 19th.
Meanwhile, I have been doing some work on creating frame 6 of the storyboard. Doing frame 7 may cause a little bit of trouble for the animation calls for more than simple motion tweening. However, the shape tweening techniques that are planned to be used seem to be working fine. There are a vast amount of online tutorials (in addition to the assistance of my mentor) which can help me with this animation process if I need to expand my knowledge about the Flash software.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
3/11 Blog Update
Over the rest of the week I have been able to animate story frame 5 using the scrolling background created during school time.
Next week I will have to be working on my press release; however, I am confident that with the skills I have attained during my animation period in the past few weeks I will be able to put rest of the animation together in the week of construction remaining following my spring break in the last week of March.
Next week I will have to be working on my press release; however, I am confident that with the skills I have attained during my animation period in the past few weeks I will be able to put rest of the animation together in the week of construction remaining following my spring break in the last week of March.
Friday, March 7, 2008
3/7 Blog Update
I have begun work on the next Flash scene. Now that I have become more familiar with the software, animating has become much easier. Also, for the next scenes I am working on are a little less tough to animate than the previous scene work. And lastly, it is important that I mention that for these scenes I am working on a majority of the graphics used in the animation have been created during the developmental work and they are ready to be used as objects in the animation.
At home I am working on the animation for frames 3 and 4 of the storyboard.
At school I am working on the background scrolling star animation which will be used in storyboard frames 5-8. This background uses more advanced animating techniques.
At home I am working on the animation for frames 3 and 4 of the storyboard.
At school I am working on the background scrolling star animation which will be used in storyboard frames 5-8. This background uses more advanced animating techniques.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
3/4 Blog update
The flash work that has been sent to my mentor for response has come back and been polished accordingly. Also, with respect working among different versions of flash, I have found there is no easy way to do so. Therefore, I will work on certain scenes and objects in during class time while I finish up the majority of the animation work in the home version. It is possible to use files from the old version in the new version, but not vice-versa. With this system, I will be working on different scenes at home and at school.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Marking Period 3 Calendar
Week 1:
- Voice over recording (must be done in quiet environment)
- Voice over editing (iMovie)
- Update blog
- Contact mentor if necessary
Week 2:
- Complete voice over editing (must fit within 3 minutes)
- Begin animating of first scene
- Update blog
- Contact mentor if necessary
Week 3:
- Complete first scene animation (story board frames 1-4)
- Render
- Update blog
- Contact mentor (send rendered work)
Week 4:
- Make mentor changes, if necessary
- Complete second scene animation (frames 5-6)
- Render
- Update blog
- Contact mentor (send rendered work)
Week 5:
- Make mentor changes, if necessary
- Complete third scene animation (frames 7-8)
- Render
- Update blog
- Contact mentor (send rendered work)
Week 6:
- Begin work on press release
- Update blog
- Contact mentor if necessary
Week 7:
- Finish press release
- Update blog
- Contact mentor if necessary
Week 8:
- Spring Break
Week 9:
- Complete fourth scene animation (frames 10-12)
- Render
- Update blog
- Contact mentor (send rendered work)
Week 10:
- Edit compiled scenes to sync with narration
- Update blog
- Contact mentor if necessary
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