Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Jessica Hirsch: Midterm Project



Link to Midterm Project


Project Storyboard

Drawing Objects:

This time, I tried to be more prepared and save time during the (sometimes frustrating) animation process. I had all of my assets drawn and ready to go. I practiced with the Bezier curves on my clouds and on the custom easing in the Motion Editor for the nested animations.

Symbols:

I created all new symbols and assets for this project, except for the bunny from my last project. I broke him apart and renamed him “Rabbit”.

Frame-by-Frame Animations:

1-Side View Pig: In order to make the pig look like he was eating like a spaz, I used Frame-by-Frame on him.

2-Chick Pecking Feed: The chick’s head is animated using Frame-by-Frame animation.


Classic Tween:

The sun at the beginning uses a classic tween. I felt it was a very simple animation and the classic tween was the best choice. All it had to do was move in a straight line without modifying the color, skew, etc.


Motion Tweens:

Tween#1: Bee in the pig pen.

Color Effect: Adjusted the alpha on the motion path.

Ease: Start and Stop (Medium)


Tween#2: Chewing Cow

Intended Result: I wanted a custom animation to make it look like the cow’s jaw was moving in a circular motion.


Tween#3: Chicks

Motion Preset: Created my own motion preset so it would look like the chicks were doing little bounces on their motion path.


Tween#4: Polaroid Picture Layers

Intended Result: I wanted it to look like I snapped a picture, then the picture shows up on the kitchen table. Once the Polaroid shows up, the actual picture fades in like a real Polaroid. I’m very happy with how this part of the project turned out.


Nested Animations:

Both the bunny and the sheep that bounce across the screen are using the nested animation that we learned in class with the stars.


Bone Tool:

I used the bone tool to animate the horses’ tails in the stable. I had to change them from a symbol to a shape in order for it to work.


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