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Art 344B
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Flash Animation
Project
You will
create a Flash animation created with Flash vector drawing tools that
will include a series of animated characters, interactive buttons with
sound prompts and background audio tracks. In this project you will need
to create an introductory scene for your animation sequence that introduces
the animated characters with animated text titles. The second scene will
be the animation. Basic frame actions will allow the user to move through
and interact with the characters.
This assignment
will introduce basic principles of Flash. We will build upon this project
for several weeks. The following requirements will be required for the
completion of this assignment.
Project
Requirements:
- The
project theme must be approved by the instructor.
- You will
need to create a storyboard showing the major events and interactivity
of your animation sequence in six panels or less which will include your intro and credits. Initial sketches will
be translated into a mounted, full-color storyboard sequence. You will use screen shots of your landscape or interior created
in Flash and add characters in a digital imaging program to complete your storyboard. Text captions should be included to explain action. Fit the entire storyboard on a 17 x 11 inch printout and mount on a black 20 x 16 inch board.
- You will
need to keep drawings, research, experiments, source credits and a typed
one-page design brief that you
will turn in upon completion of the assignment or at the end of the semester.
You will be graded on fullfillment of the basic requirements, overall design & execution, complexity of animation, user friendliness, and originality of project.
Flash Animation Basic Requirements:
- A
figurative landscape or interior scene created with Flash vector
drawing tools. The movie itself should be sized at 500 pixels wide by
450 pixels in height. Your landscape or interior scene will set the
stage for your animated characters to move in and should contain foreground,
midground and deep ground objects to give a sense of space and perspective.
Some elements of your landscape or interior should be animated. Example:
continuously swaying seaweed in an underwater scene.
- At
least 5 animated characters, three of which follow motion paths. At
least two of these need to contain with movie
clip symbols for more complex animation.
- At
least 2 different button symbols with audio prompts. Three button instances
for start, play again and credits and one button instance to an outside web page using
the Get Url Action.
- An
introductory scene will introduce the theme of the animation scene
using animated text titles. Your text should fade in and out, should
scale, and/or change color. You will link this introductory scene to your
animation scene.
- You must
incorporate at least three imported bitmap images into your movie. One
of which should use the Trace Bitmap feature to convert the bitmap
into a series of vector shapes.
- Both scenes
need to link together using ActionScripting. One
button must link to an outside web page in a blank window (see above).
- A looping background soundtrack must be included all both scenes. This soundtrack
must be created with your own sound effects. You may choose to use the
audio effects library shipped with Flash for button prompts.
- Final
movie must load into a centering
HTML table with your name as the title of the HTML page.
IMPORTANT: Publish your .fla,
.swf file and HTML page with your last name only as the file name. All three will be in a folder named with your last name only. All projects should be handed in this way.
See calendar for due dates.
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