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 * UNIT 3 **

__How am I changing? __ Investigation The Problem: We change according to how healthy we are, or according the health problem we have. Different sicknesses do different things in our body and harm us, i.e. Malnutrition causes various diseases according to what nutrient you are lacking in your body, Beriberi- Vitamin B 1, Scurvy- Vitamin etc. The people of the Nkhuku Village in Malawi are worried about their youngest children getting swollen bellies, and are not growing very well the problem is spreading fairly quickly throughout the village. They do not know what is causing this disease, so their Chief, Chief N'gombe, has asked the Fortune Medical Research Center, which has identified the disease as Kwashiorkor through the Member of Parliament for that District, to make some sort of material to educate the people of the village about the. So that when the people have learnt about the disease and are familiar with it they can deal with it themselves and they are more prepared for it. So that they do not need to panic when someone is affected by it. Ways of Change -Puberty -Height -Weight -Health -Personality -How you emotionally perceive your surroundings - Open-Mindedness
 * __Physical Changes __
 * __Emotional Changes __


 * __Mental Changes __

- Sanity - Perception of different surroundings - Increasing your knowledge - Depression - Maturity - Start noticing more things and the things around you as you get older

Research: Kwashiorkor is a a type of Malnutrition in other words it is a disease caused by Malnutrition. Kwashiorkor is caused when there is a lack of protein in the body, but the victim still has enough calories in the body. Kwashiorkor is more common in Tropical areas, in places like Africa and underdeveloped countries. It is common where Maize is the common food and is eaten quite a lot. It is also found in place where there is things like famine in which people are forced to eat what ever the can find, and what the find may not be very high in protein. Also in places where food and hunger is a problem. Kwashiorkor occurs more in children 1-4, basically toddlers, it is quite rare in Children older than that and adults.

What happens when you have Kwashiorkor: Kwashiorkor is a potentially fatal disease. Kwashiorkor is a big problem not only because of the problems it causes in the body or how it harms the body, it also a problem of lack of understanding of people i.e. the children's parents. For example in Malawi, the staple food in Malawi is Nsima. Nsima is made from maize meal, which is not very high in protein. but very high in carbohydrates. These parents do not know that they need to eat a variety of foods to receive all the nutrients they need in their bodies. But this is not always the case, sometimes it is because they are forced to eat that only, because it is the only thing available.
 * Swollen Belly/ Stomach, or "Pot Belly", this is because the liver swells and fat collects in the liver and also because more pressure is put on your abdomen resulting in it increasing in size.
 * Anemia, which is red blood cell deficiency
 * Hair Loss
 * Hair starts to change color, it goes back and forth from light to dark
 * You lose the pigmentation in your skin
 * Drowsiness
 * Grumpiness
 * Lose Teeth
 * Anorexia
 * Weight Loss, which links to the Anorexia
 * Failure to produce antibodies to fight other issues in the body, like when they get vaccinated against diseases their bodies are not able to produce the antibody/enzyme that fights against that specific disease and they could also end up suffering from the disease if it is just a weakened version not a killed one.

Kwashiorkor affects me, because diseases like these occur a lot where I am from. And one problem with where I live, is that the staple food is Nsima and it is not high in proteins. Everyone eats Nsima and people believe that Nsima is very nutritious and good for you, it makes you strong. So people believe that and so no one sees the problem in eating it almost everyday. So learning about different diseases caused by malnutrition especially Kwashiorkor which is a big problem in Africa

__ Reference: __ Wikipedia, 2013 'Kwashiorkor' [online], Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike License, Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Available from: __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwashiorkor__ New World Encyclopedia, 2008 'Kwashiorkor' [online', Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike License. Available from: __http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kwashiokor__ Wikipedia, 2013 'Kwashiorkor' [online], Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike License, Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Available from: __http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwashiorkor__

__ Animation: __

Animation is basically images, of similar layout are arranged in a continual sequence which is in a particular order as to what the animation is supposed to show, when these are arranged when the pictures are moved very quickly, whether it be as a hard copy, so on paper and the papers are moved in that order, or as a soft copy on animation software/ a CGI computer generated image in frames are switched it create movement, in other words it creates and animation, it looks like whatever has been drawn on the frame is moving.

Animation pictures can be made by simply taking multiple pictures of a certain thing but in each picture you change the same thing, each picture should show each step to the motion, that is going to create. For Example: In this picture is a bowling ball, hitting a a pin. As I was saying the before, the motion of the bowling ball hitting the pin has been broken down. The first picture is showing the boiling ball facing up, just starting to roll, it is still upright. Then second is showing the first part of the movement, the third is showing the middle part of the movement and the final picture is showing the final part of the movement, where it stops.



Stick man Animation In this animation you should see:
 * You should see stick man walking
 * Then getting bigger

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Text Animation In this animation you should see:
 * Animation with my name
 * A rotating character
 * A rotating word
 * A character increasing in size
 * The word changing color

media type="file" key="MayamikoMatabwa9Unit3InvestigationStageTextAnimation212.swf" width="360" height="270" Picture Changeover In this animation you should see: media type="file" key="MayamikoMatabwa9Unit3InvestigatiionStageChangingPicture.swf" width="360" height="270"
 * One picture fading into another picture

These three animations were all made in Macromedia Flash MX 2004, mainly using skills that I learned before. All the animation used 12 frames per second, which is the speed of the animation, it means every second 12 frames are played, so for example a in a minute there are 60 seconds so, if you set the tempo at 12 frames per second it means 60 x 12 = 720 frames, so it means there are 720 frames played in a minute if the speed is 12 frames per second, the higher the number of frames per second the faster the animation will be. For the third Animation, the 'Picture Changeover' was made using a new skill that I learned which is creating a motion tween. Basically a motion tween, is a shortcut to creating a certain motion. You make a frame that shows the first part of the motion, make a few blank frames depending on how long you want the animation (if the whole animation is just that motion) or motion to be. Just after the last blank frame you make another frame and show the last part of the motion. You then highlight the whole sequence of frames in that layer and select 'Create Motion Tween' in the pop-up box. A motion tween basically fills in the missing bits of that motion, so you don't have to create all the frames and draw/show each part of the chosen motion. It makes the whole process much faster.

A frame is basically one paper, where you draw one part of the animation, it is a picture, except a soft-copy version. You use CGI, Computer Generated Images(ry) to draw the picture. Once you have made all the frames (pictures) and they are organised into a sequence then you begin the animation and it cycles through each frame depending on the speed, number of frames per second, and creates an animation. Using animation software, and creating frames is easier than doing it by hand, and flipping through the pictures, to create a motion picture, which is the name for a Hard-Copy animation (For example the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons were motion-pictures), is faster. Story boarding is used to plan out the animation or 'motion picture'. The idea of planning out existed lightly before, but in the the 1930s Walt Disney made it famous, because he used this technique of laying out the animation, breaking it down into sections and planning it out properly using notation on each slide so that you had a vision of the animation before you even made it. Storyboarding shows what your animation is about.

Wikipedia, 2013 'Animation' [online] Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike License, Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Available from: __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation__ [Accessed on 24th January 2013] Wikimedia, 2013 'Storyboard' [online], Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike License, Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Available from: __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard__ [Accessed on 24th January 2013] __http://www.google.mw/imgres?q=Animation+of+a+bowling+ball&start=267&hl=ny&safe=active&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=JWTc7rW-e8Y28M:&imgrefurl=http://www.packtpub.com/article/python-multimedia-animations-examples-using-pyglet&docid=caqcOD6d_9Mt3M&imgurl=http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/Article-Images/0165_4_7.png&w=550&h=428&ei=ly4GUdAvosPRBfnKgfAI&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:74,s:200,i:226&iact=rc&dur=1004&sig=117132397983151581279&page=12&tbnh=177&tbnw=228&ndsp=26&tx=111&ty=120&biw=1440&bih=__

__**Dramatic Text:**__ Because the problem is quite sad, I think thought that the text for the animation should be dramatic, just to emphasize the mood of the animation. You can't really have happy text because the topic is not a positive topic. Here are some examples of dramatic text that I found: http://www.visionary-voyager.com.au/corel/photopaint/text_effects3/dramatic.htm The color scheme is dark and gloomy but it is not very exciting or 'interesting'. It wouldn't really catch the eye of the audience. They use a gradient effect on the text which makes it look even more dramatic. Other than just keeping it simply grey. Its like the text is slightly being hidden in the darkness. http://www.visionary-voyager.com.au/corel/photopaint/text_effects3/dramatic.htm This is another version of the text before, they added light behind the text, this version is more interesting than the first one, it is not simple or too cluttered, it doesn't have too much going on. http://creativenerds.co.uk/tutorials/70-photoshop-ttorials-for-creating-perfect-typography/ This is another example of dramatic text. Out of all the three this is the most dramatic. The text is written in what it is saying, it is written smoke and it reads smoke. For all the examples the background is plain and simple, they are all black. It puts all the focus on the text, and the black background is dark and sad. All the examples that I found were the with the majority with a plain background.

__** Design Brief: **__ I am going to create an animation, that show the different aspects of the disease Kwashiorkor, symptoms, causes, after-effects, to educate the people of Nkuku Village (elderly, young, adults) about the disease, and also show how it has changed me mentally.

__** Design Specification **__ My animation must (have/be)...
 * 12 frames per second
 * At least 15 seconds long
 * Show **all** the symptoms of Kwashiorkor (Swollen Belly)
 * Show what happens when you have the disease (Swollen Belly, Hair Loss, Misery, Drowsiness, Grumpiness etc.)
 * Have a moving background
 * Have at least 5 layers
 * Have a morphing image (changeover animation using images).
 * Inform those who do not know about the disease
 * Show how I have been effected clearly

__** Tests **__

While I am doing the story-board or designing the animation I will make sure that I label which parts of the picture are in what layer, and make sure that there are at least five layers in the process. The software that we are using Macromedia Flash MX 2004, is automatically set to 12 frames per second When I finish designing my product, I will roughly try to think how l long each picture will be, to make sure that it is more than 15 seconds I will make sure that in each design there is a morphing image When I finish my final product, I will, show it to the class, and when they have watched it I will make a list of each symptoms and effect of Kwashiorkor and go through it and ask them if they saw each thing on the list and check it, so that I can see whether all the effects and symptoms were represented in the animation. I will ask the class to watch it and ask a few people, to explain how I have been changed, and see whether I got the message across. I will also do a checklist when I create the design, but before I submit to make sure it is; 12 frames per second, has at least 5 layers, a morphing image, it is at least 15 seconds long and it has a moving background

__** Design Stage **__

**__ Design 1 __** It starts off with the village, the front of Nkhuku Village which is the village that asked to be taught about the disease Kwashiorkor. Then the opening credit of the video (Fortune Medical Research Center), these are the makers of the movie and producers. Then we have the title (Kwashiorkor), which is the topic of the video, what it is about. We then have Mayeso who is the main character of the video, he is the example of a person that had Kwashiorkor. In the next frame he is playing football with his friends, this is to show that he is healthy and active. And also so that we can get to know him a bit better. We then meet his family; his mother and father. The flashback comes next of 3 years ago when Mayeso had Kwashiorkor It starts off with the family eating together, they are eating Nsima and Vegetables. Then the next day the family eats the same thing and the day after that as well. This shows that they are not eating a variety of foods, which leads to what exactly causes Kwashiorkor, it sort of hints it. The camera then zoom on the food for the last to "the day after that". Then it skips to one week later, this is when the symptoms of Kwashiorkor start to take effect on Mayeso after we now know what their diet is. The first symptoms and effects shown are the swollen belly, swollen cheeks and not very clearly or obviously the loss of hair (he is scratching his head and bits of hair are falling off). Then grumpiness is shown with Mayeso looking angry. Hair color changing but it is not very noticeable but it is there and I think that people will be able to see it if they look closely. It is sort of a subliminal thing that if you don't look very closely you won't see it. But I think it will be okay. Then the camera zooms in on Mayeso's mouth and he is in the middle of smiling. He just opening his mouth to smile. The camera then focuses on his open-mouth and we see he only has three teeth and one is in the process on falling just below his bottom lip. This symptom is clearly shown in the design and is pretty out there so I don't think anyone would really miss it. The picture then changes to the sun shining in the morning this is just to show that it is morning. Then we jump to Mayeso's school he is in class but he is sleeping, this is showing drowsiness, it also represents things like fatigue and sleepiness which is not really what is meant to be shown. And the problem is him sleeping in class would make people think of him being fatigued and tired not drowsy. Then the camera switches to later in the day, with Mayeso sitting and having dinner with his family, or more like his parents are having dinner and he is still sleeping. Mayeso then goes for a vaccination against mumps, and then 2 days later he ends up catching and getting sick of the disease. His white blood cells are too weak to create the antibodies to fight the disease.
 * ** Specification ** || ** Yes/No ** ||  ||
 * 12 frames per second || Yes || Yes, the design will be at 12 frames per second. ||
 * At least 15 seconds long || Yes || Yes, this design is definitely more than 15 seconds long, so this specification is a yes. ||
 * Show **all** the symptoms of Kwashiorkor (Swollen Belly) || No || Yes, this design does show the symptoms of Kwashiorkor very clearly but not all, the swollen belly is highlighted, in a clear and obvious place. It includes the majority. ||
 * Show what happens when you have the disease (Swollen Belly, Hair Loss, Misery, Drowsiness, Grumpiness, etc.) || Yes || Yes, all the things that happen when you have the disease are shown in the design. But for example the loss of skin pigmentation is not very clear, it is represented as blotches on the skin, but people may not recognize that it is loss of skin pigmentation ||
 * Swollen Belly || Yes ||  ||
 * Anemia || No ||  ||
 * Hair Loss || Yes ||  ||
 * Change of hair color || Yes ||  ||
 * Loss of skin pigmentation || Yes ||  ||
 * Drowsiness || Yes ||  ||
 * Grumpiness || Yes ||  ||
 * Loss of teeth || Yes ||  ||
 * Anorexia || No ||  ||
 * Weight Loss || Slightly Yes || Although it is not very noticeable. But if people really focus and look closely they should be able to see it. ||
 * Failure of Antibody Production || Yes, it is quite clear. || I think that the audience will understand it, or get the message through the example of failure of antibody production in the design. (Being vaccinated against the mumps then he gets the disease). ||
 * Have a moving background || Yes & No || The background moves only twice in the design, both times it is the sun shining. But the design still technically includes a moving background. ||
 * Have at least 5 layers || Yes || Yes, the design has way more than five layers. This specification is included in the design and is fully covered. ||
 * Have a morphing image (changeover animation using images). || No || No, the design does not have a morphing image. ||
 * Inform those who do not know about the disease || Yes || Yes, the design/animation does show that it is quite informative of the disease. Anyone would probably have a fair understanding of the disease, the cause what happens/ the symptoms. They would easily get the basics about the disease. ||
 * Show how I have been effected clearly || No || No, the design does not necessarily show how this whole thing has affected me. It is not suggested at all/ shown anywhere therefore it is not clear as to how this whole thing has affected me. ||

__** Design 2 **__
 * ** Specification ** || ** Yes/No ** ||  ||
 * 12 frames per second || Yes || The speed of the animation will be at 12 frames per second. ||
 * At least 15 seconds long || Yes || The animation is quite long and will be longer than 15 seconds ||
 * Show **all** the symptoms of Kwashiorkor (Swollen Belly) || No || Quite a lot of them are shown but no ||
 * Show what happens when you have the disease (Swollen Belly, Hair Loss, Misery, Drowsiness, Grumpiness, etc.) || Yes || But it doesn't show everything that happens but the majority is shown, so I think that this specification is a yes. ||
 * Swollen Belly || Yes ||  ||
 * Anemia || No ||  ||
 * Hair Loss || No ||  ||
 * Change of hair color || Yes ||  ||
 * Loss of skin pigmentation || Yes || Yes, I think this is the most visible one shown ||
 * Drowsiness || Yes ||  ||
 * Grumpiness || Yes ||  ||
 * Loss of teeth || Yes || In this design this symptom is represented differently, in the others its a tooth falling out of the person's mouth in this one it is just someone smiling and they have some missing teeth. ||
 * Anorexia ||  || As weight loss, skeletalism/ severly thin. ||
 * Weight Loss || Yes || This is included but it also reperesents anorexia because he is so thn, in fact skeletal and usually people who are anorexic are severly thin/ skeletal. ||
 * Failure of Antibody Production || No ||  ||
 * Have a moving background ||  ||   ||
 * Have at least 5 layers || Yes || This is a very 'complicated' design like the others so it has a lot of things on it, so yes it does have more than five layers. ||
 * Have a morphing image (changeover animation using images). || No || The design does not have any morphing images. ||
 * Inform those who do not know about the disease || Yes || This design is more straight-forward in informing about the disease whereas the others have a lot of other things going on. It getss straight to the point and is more focuseed. ||
 * Show how I have been effected clearly || Not really || One problem is with this animation is that and audience would think that I, myself had Kwashiorkor if it is not clarified somewhere is the animation that I wasn't that the change was about eating a lot of Nsima and the mindset I had about it before I heard about diseases like Kwashiorkor. ||


 * __ Design 3 __**
 * ** Specification ** || ** Yes/No ** ||  ||
 * 12 frames per second || Yes || Yes, the design will be at 12 frames per second. ||
 * At least 15 seconds long || Yes || Yes, this design is more than 15 seconds long. ||
 * Show **all** the symptoms of Kwashiorkor (Swollen Belly) || Yes || Yes, this design does show the symptoms of Kwashiorkor in a very clear and effective way. The swollen belly is clearly shown in the design. ||
 * Show what happens when you have the disease (Swollen Belly, Hair Loss, Misery, Drowsiness, Grumpiness, etc.) || Yes and some no. Very, very mildly though. || Yes, all the things that happen when you have the disease are shown in the design. However again skin pigmentation is not very clear in the design. But most of the symptoms are shown only 3 are not included. ||
 * Swollen Belly || Yes || But you have to look very closely because it is not very easy to see. Its not very out there or highlighted as a major piece of information the the audience need to know. ||
 * Anemia || Yes || It has its own 'section' in the design, so its there and noticeable, its is very hard to miss, but one thing with my example is that people who don't know what Anemia is won't get it. So it is sort of a risk using that example as an example of Anemia. ||
 * Hair Loss || Yes || The hair loss also has its own section in the design, and it is a very basic and simple example of hair loss that anyone could get/ understand. its not very hard to figure out. ||
 * Change of hair color || Yes || During the different frames, you see that his hair is getting lighter and darker, it is switching. ||
 * Loss of skin pigmentation || Yes || It is there, but I have to say it is not very clear/ obvious. Again it is just a patch of different colored skin on the character's face. But the fact of the matter is this part of the specification has been included. ||
 * Drowsiness || No || This symptom is not included in the design. ||
 * Grumpiness || Yes || It is more like hotheadedness but it still represents grumpiness. ||
 * Loss of teeth || Yes || In fact in this design, this is more emphasized and focused on longer compared to the other designs. It also includes a joke which would keep people interested. ||
 * Anorexia || No ||  ||
 * Weight Loss || No ||  ||
 * Failure of Antibody Production || Yes, it is quite clear. || I think that the audience will understand it, or get the message through the example of failure of antibody production in the design. (Being vaccinated against the mumps then he gets the disease). ||
 * Have a moving background || Yes || Yes, the background changes and moves in the design. (The sun setting and rising). ||
 * Have at least 5 layers || Yes || Yes, the design is definitely has more than five layers. This specification is used very clearly in the design. ||
 * Have a morphing image (changeover animation using images). || Yes || The design has a morphing image at the start. This is a good example of a morphing image. It is incorporated very well. ||
 * Inform those who do not know about the disease || Yes || I have to say the design is pretty informative despite the missing symptoms which are quite important to include because they show what happens during the disease and the symptoms so it is quite vital to have all of the them included fairly clearly. ||
 * Show how I have been effected clearly || Yes || At the end of the design it shows a girl which represents me and the girl is changing here mind about eating so much Nsima after watching the video. And it is actually slightly worded so people will get a full understanding of how I have been effected. ||

I have chosen Design 3 as my final design because it has covered the most specifications out of all the design. And a good design is a design that covers all the specifications but however in this case where none of the design cover all the specifications a good design would be the design that covers the most specifications. So the best design is Design 3. I also think that it is the most detailed out of all. It puts a little more emphasis on each little bit of the animation. Also as this unit is about How I am changing, or changed and in this design it actually showed how changed my mind about Nsima. In the others it does not show this.

__** Plan **__ __**Duration of the Create Stage:**__ I will do my creation in 1 week and 4 days from the Monday 25th February 2013 to Friday 8th March 2013. __** Number of days **__** creating: ** The amount of days that I will spend creating are 4 days. __** Software: **__ Macromedia Flash MX 2004 -To create the animation and put it together GIMP 2 -To create the images needed for the morphing images in the animation -To create the dramatic text (gradient/blend tool) 'Kwashiorkor'.
 * The unit overall is 10 weeks long.**
 * We started it on the 11th of January 2013 and it is ending on 15th March 2013**

__** Monday 25th February 2013 **__ __ Lesson Time: 55 minutes __ Today I am going to be creating the first part of the design which is the morphing image of the Morning Sunrise to the Village in the morning at the start. I will be using GIMP 2 to create the two images. As it is quite difficult to do it in Flash Animation because the amount of tools that are in Flash are limited and the tools are basic i.e. pencil and brush. It is easier to do it in Gimp as it is an image editing and creating program. Also because the specification says Morphing IMAGE. So if it is done in flash it is not necessarily an image. I will then export the image and then import it to Macromedia Flash MX; which is the animation software I will be using. I will be adding colors to this part of the design. So that it looks more interesting and eye catching rather than leaving it colorless like on the design. This should take me about 25 minutes to do leaving 30 minutes of the lesson left. I will then make the Title 'Kwashiorkor', I will use GIMP 2 to do this because it has the Blend Tool which I will need to do the design of the text. (Dramatic Text). I will then export the picture and import it again to Macromedia Flash MX and put it into the animation. This should take about 15 minutes to do. It is quite simple and straight-forward thing. __How to do the Opening Credit/ Title (Kwashiorkor)__ Program: GIMP 2 Text: Kwashiorkor This text is dramatic and the colors are in Gradient form, there are only two colors needed for the gradient; Black and White. Open GIMP 2 Go to file and click ‘new’ A ‘Create a New Image’ box will open; at the bottom of the box it says ‘Advanced Options’ with a plus button next to it. Click the button. Click the drop-down arrow in the ‘__F__ill with:’ section Select ‘Transparency’ and click ‘OK’ First of all select the Text tool on the left toolbox, make sure that the color that is chosen is black. Click anywhere on the canvas and the textbox will come. Type ‘Kwashiorkor’, the text should automatically be in the textbox. Now highlight the text and make the font size 90.0pt The text should still be highlighted, now make the text bold by typing in Sans in Font box and suggestions should come up, click ‘Sans Bold’ The last/second ‘r’ in the text will be cut out because it goes past the boundaries of the text box. So you need to resize it by taking the bottom or top left corner of the box and dragging it to the left edge of the canvas. Then take the bottom or top right corner of the textbox and drag it to the edge of the canvas. That letter should appear. Click the Fuzzy Select Tool. Click on the ‘K’ so that it is selected. The click on the Blend Tool and drag the line from the top of the letter to the bottom and the gradient should come; do this for all the letters, for the ‘i’ only do it for the bottom part of it, the body of the ‘i’. Now go to file click on export, and then on the bottom-right of the box there is a box inside the box it says ‘All files’ click on the drop down arrow and select ‘Jpeg’, the at the top change the format from .png and type in .jpg. So it should be (picture name here).jpg, i.e. kwashiorkor.jpg. Click ‘Export’. Another box should come up click ‘OK’. This should all have taken about 5-10 minutes to do, as it is not very difficult.

__** Tuesday 26th February 2013 **__ __ Lesson Time: 1 hour 50 minutes __ Today I will be making the rest of the first side of my design (1st side of the paper). which starts from the speech bubble saying 'It is caused by...) to the part where anemia is shown. I will be creating all these parts in Macromedia Flash MX. They use fairly simple an basic tools like Bucket Fill and pencil. I will be using the basic shapes, circle and square to make the people and for things like teeth. Nothing there is going to need any special programs like GIMP 2 to create them. They can all be done in Macromedia Flash. This is going to need quite a lot of time to do, because it is not just creating each thing I see on my design but also making the things in between the different slides The things that make it flow so it does not look like just a row of changing pictures. I will be using quite a lot of Motion Tween for this to save time.  This will take me the whole lesson (1 hour and 50 minutes) to do.

__** Tuesday 5th March 2013 **__ __ Lesson Time: 1 hour 50 minutes __ Today I will be making the last part of my animation which is on the other side of the paper (that the design is on). This from the part where it says ' EAT FOODS THAT CONTAIN PROTEIN', basically the solution to Kwashiorkor to the end or the most important part of the animation because of its relation to the topic (How am I changing) where it shows me changing my mind about the nutritional value of Nsima. I will need to use GIMP 2 to create the sunset background that comes near the end of the animation. It comes at the end of the Kwashiorkor part of the animation. The rest of this part will be created in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 as a go along and I will just import the sunset images at the part where they are supposed to be. I will need motion tween to create the animation of the sun setting and the stars shining. Also when the screen starts fading an turning black. On the part where it says 'Not enough protein in the body', there is a guy on the side, the guy is drawn with quite some detail, using the pencil tool on Macromedia Flash to try and draw it is quite hard and it keeps on coming out weirdly and looks nothing like the design, so I decided to simplify it by just drawing a circle with a nose on the side, an eye and a mouth. This is easier and a more simple version but it still represents the same thing.

__ Lesson Time: No lesson __ Today I will be uploading my final product to the wiki. The animation needs to be exported as a movie and it will save as Flash Movie. I need to make sure it is saved like this because it will just show up as a file on the wiki if it is uploaded as a Flash Document. This will take about 2 minutes to do.
 * __ Friday 8th March 2013 (Deadline for Create Stage) __**

I did not follow my plan on the dot, I was supposed to be finished with my whole animation by Friday 8th March 2013 which was the due date but I had only got about three quaters of the animation done by the 8th and this is because I had started it late on Monday 25th February 2013. I didn't finish because I had thought that one week was enough time to make my whole animation and upload it by the 8th, I had not realised how long it would take me to finish my animation. So below in the create stage section I have uploaded what I had done so far. Because it is not done it has cut into my time for doing the evaluation stage. So I have sort of fallen back a bit.

In the design I added a drop shadow to the whole animation. I added it because it made it look a little better and just added a little bit of 'umf' to the whole animation. I also added the colors for each of the backgrounds that are in the animation in the design the colors of the backgrounds are not indicated so I added different colors for the backgrounds of different parts in the animation. It made it look more interesting rather than just a plain, bland white background. Also changing colors sort of catches the eye of people so it keeps them interested. media type="file" key="MayamikoMatabwa9Unit3CreateStage1.swf" width="360" height="270"
 * Create Stage **

Version 2 (Finished one) media type="file" key="MayamikoMatabwa9Unit3CreateStageFinalAnimationVersion2.swf" width="300" height="300"

Evaluation Overall Performance In the investigation I did quite well and got quite an good grade. It was better than what I thought that i would get. Also compared to previous units this was the best investigation stage I have done. This time I added that extra detail and put a little more effort in. So I think that I why I got that grade. I have to say it is quite ironic because for this unit we did not get much guidance as in on the unit page there weren't many guidelines but I still got a better grade than when we had so many guidelines. But this is a good thing because it shows that I am starting to get used to the design cycle and maybe later in the future I may not need guidelines at all maybe just what we are supposed to do for the pre-assessments and practice with the various programs This time I looked at the assessment criteria quite a lot so I really knew what to do to get the highest marks in the task. I followed the deadlines for the Investigation Stage and I finished it on time, within the time frame we had to do it. I was more focused in class and got quite a lot done during the lessons we had so I didn't have much to do at home. For the investigation stage I did pretty well and I am happy with it. In the design stage I also got quite a good grade. This time I spent quite a lot of time on my designs and they took long to finish. However although they were long and had a lot of stuff in them it wasn't very hard to think of ideas. They all had the same things in them but were put in different orders, they had at least one extra unique thing. I think that I improved in this stage of this unit as well compared to before because, I found this more fun to do and it was fun to make the designs so I really put the effort in when I was making the designs. But I don't think the annotation was as detailed or good because I missed out some key points to point out on m design, for example what layers each thing would be in and the names of the various layers. It would have helped to keep track and know beforehand (beforehand meaning before I had started and finished creating the product. This wold have maybe got me a higher mark. For the plan stage, this again was quit hard to do like previous units. It is my least favorite stage in the design cycle but my work turned out okay. I doubted that it was good enough but it was okay. To me my plan was pretty easy to follow even the way I had set it out, but I was told that it would have been much better in a table format with each individual aspect of the plan stage (i.e. resources, time, etc.) in its own column, that way it would have made it easier for others to follow/read. In the end I didn't follow my plan to point because i had started it late and didn't have enough time to finish, as in upload on the 15th of March 2013, which was when I had to be finished. So I went overtime. So far in the plan stage and design stage I did not finish on time and that's how I found myself falling behind and starting and finishing things late. The create stage was not hard at all, using flash was not difficult except when it crashed and was forced to close and if you did not save something it would be lost. At one point I lost quite a lot of my work this sort of contributed to me finishing late. It was very nerve-racking when that happened. I also uploaded this late, so on the 15th I had just uploaded what I had done so far and then later when I finished uploaded the full finished thing. I learned a few things in flash like before I did not know how to extend a frame and make it long, instead of just copying and making lots of copies of the frame; merging frames. This unit went better, I think that I am really starting to get used and get the hang of the design cycle. I now understand the criteria fully and I am able to apply it to any unit that we are doing. However, because there is always room for improvement for the future, especially Year 11 and maybe 10, I need to improve on my time management and getting things done and uploaded before or on the deadline. I also need to learn to put the same amount of effort into something I don't enjoy as I put in something I do enjoy so that grades are consistent.
 * Tests || Justification ||
 * Label layers in design || I didn't do this test when I was making my designs, this test sounds more like a specification than a test, I think that I should have put it in the specifications rather than the tests because if it was a specification I would have included while I was designing and it would have been done. Also because labelling is a type of notation and notation is done in the design stage. Another thing is that with tests, they are usually done when the product has been created, during the evaluation stage so because you don't really look at the tests when designing and you are more focused on the design specifications I missed it out. But although I missed it out I still had more than 5 layers in the product the specification was still included and I can confirm that the product has more than 5 layers. ||
 * Roughly Estimate animation length || I roughly estimated that my animation was about 30 seconds which is double what the requirement (specification) was (15 seconds long). When I checked by dividing the amount of frames I had by 12 my animation was actually 36.25 seconds, 12 fps ÷ 435 frames. So I was quite close in my estimate. BUt the most important thing is that this specifiaction has been fulfilled in the animation. ||
 * Made sure design has morphing image || I did this test and the final design has morphing image incorporated in it. It is at the start of the animation, it is the first thing you see in the animation. So I think that this specification has been perfectly included in the animation and design. it didn't need to be added. ||
 * Shown Class || I haven't shown the whole class my animation yet, I had sent out an email with the checklist of all the symptoms and a question asking about how I changed, by the way these were the two next tests that needed to be done. But because the class has not seen the animation I was not able to do the next two tests. ||
 * Checklist of symptoms || [[image:red.jpg width="560" height="161"]] ||
 * Ask for explanation of how I have been changed (to see whether the message got across) || [[image:bmisclass2009/red.jpg width="560" height="161"]] ||
 * Checklist after design has been finished (Design Stage || I actually have done checklists for all the designs so I have detailed evaluations for each which actually helped with the picking of the final design, because I had the deep evaluations of each designs with justifications/explanations of why or why not a certain specification was not included in the design. It made it easier to pick as well. But the result was that about 8 3/4 out of 9 specifications were included in the design. ||

I then got two surveys back from two people in my class. Gloria and Kenchii. However Kenchii did not explain how I was affected. These are the surveys __ Gloria __ 1. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2. Yes? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">3. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">4. Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">5. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">6. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">7. Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">8. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">9. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">10. No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">11. Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__Kenchii__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1.No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2.Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">3.Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">4.Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">5.No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">6.No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">7.No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">8.No <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">9.Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">10.Yes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">11.No
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Swollen Belly/ Stomach, or "Pot Belly", this is because the liver swells and fat collects in the liver and also because more pressure is put on your abdomen resulting in it increasing in size.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Anemia, which is red blood cell deficiency
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Hair Loss
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Hair starts to change color, it goes back and forth from light to dark
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> You lose the pigmentation in your skin
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Drowsiness
 * 7) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Grumpiness
 * 8) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Lose Teeth
 * 9) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Anorexia
 * 10) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Weight Loss, which links to the Anorexia
 * 11) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Failure to produce antibodies to fight other issues in the body, like when they get vaccinated against diseases their bodies are not able to produce the antibody/enzyme that fights against that specific disease and they could also end up suffering from the disease if it is just a weakened version not a killed one.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Both people said that it they did not see a swollen belly in the animation, but it was there. I think that they did not catch it because it was not clear enough. Quite a lot of things were not seen in the animation which shows that it was not as good because the specification was that the animation had to include all the symptoms and things that happen when someone has Kwashiorkor. I think they were not very clear. Maybe what I could do for next time is put more annotation in the actual animation so that people can follow what it going on easily and know what different things are and what different things in the animation represent. This also applies to what Gloria said she said that she did not see how I was changed myself. It was shown but was not clear. It was a cartoon of me, but because it was not said that that was me she did not know it was me. In future I think that I should make things more obvious so that things are clear and the message get across.