Kenchii+Ngotie+unit3

= Title: = Unit 3 =__ Problems __=

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At a school in Blantyre they do not know what to do to show how one of their students changed over time.The teacher wants to find out how he changed physically ,mentally,and socially over time.They want to start when this kid was a toddler up to now. As time goes by they want to see changes in height, weight, hair length everything.The only of doing this is threw an animation. They first need to find out what an animation is and how to use it. This is a problem because their is an experiment in this class that requires an animation. ===== =__ Research: __=
 * Animations have been made since 180 AD
 * An animation is a bunch of frames being played one after the other
 * Animations are used in adverts
 * A picture of an ancient animation:


 * There are multiple types of animations such as :
 * 1) Puppet Animation
 * 2) Clay Animation
 * 3) Cutout Animation
 * 4) Puppetoon
 * 5) Pixilation etc.

> Resources: = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation = =__ Design Brief __=
 * Puppet Animations are use stop motions with puppets to interact with one another.An example of a Puppet Animation is The Nightmare Before Christmas.
 * Clay Animations are clay figures moved using stop motions to make a stop motion animation. An example of a Clay Animation is Chicken Run the film.
 * Animations can be used to teach and are also used in cartoons
 * There are also 2D and 3D animations that are used today.An example of a 2D animation is a Flash Animation, and an example of a 3D animation is the move Kung Fu Panda.
 * Animations are also used in Video Games. A example of a Video Game animation is the Ultimate Spiderman Video game from 2005
 * Design an animation to show what an animation is. I will show what a animation is by showing a small flash animation that is about a minute long.

__** Test: **__ =__ Physical Changes __=
 * I can see myself changing in height.
 * I can see myself change how fat I am.
 * I can see myself changing on how long my hair is.
 * I can see how my face changes over time.
 * How I interact with the materials around me
 * You can see the character driving the car
 * You should be able to see the mental changes
 * The way the main character interacts with the other main character
 * Show changes in weight
 * show changes in height
 * show changes in the way they look
 * show changes in hair styles
 * what the child plays with and how he interacts with things

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 * __ Mental Changes __**
 * Show changes in the way he acts
 * show changes on the way he walks
 * show a little emotion in the animation
 * Show some change in solving problems

__** Social Changes **__
= Specifications: = = =
 * Show a another character walking in
 * Show how the main character in the animation is acting around the other character
 * Show a character interacting with another character
 * Show a character showing a little anger at the other character
 * My product must be able to show a brief presentation on what a animation is. To
 * My product must have a moving figure or a change in personalty
 * My product must have a person changing in his personalty physically
 * My product must have a character changing mentally
 * My product must have a character changing socially
 * My product must have a background
 * My product must have a new character coming in and interacting with the main character
 * My product must show a short story line without using any captions
 * My product must show the main character changing in height
 * My product must show the main character changing in weight

=__ Investigation: __= = media type="file" key="Kenchii Ngotie Unit 3.swf" width="360" height="270"media type="file" key="Kenchiis Stick Figure Animation.swf" width="360" height="270" = = =

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= = =**__ Design __**=

=**__ Design 1 __**=

Design 1 uses most of my design specifications except the changes physically. I was planning on show the character changing in weight,It made my social changes in the way he interacts with his best friend.The design meets some of the design specifications physically.It meets the physical changes specifications by showing the main character growing taller. Design 2



Design 2 also meets most of the design specifications. It shows the main characters changing over time growing but it does not meet the "social changes" design specifications.What i mean by "social changes " design specifications is there is no social changes being made overtime which why I do not like this design that much.

=**__ Design 3 __**=



Design 3 also meets the design specifications by show the characters social physical and mental changes. It shows these changes by showing the main character interacting with a another character.I think this the best design out of all the designs. Therefore i chose this design to do an animation on.

__ Plan __

__** Resources: **__

 * I would need Flash MX 2004
 * There must be more than 50 slides or so
 * The Animation must be on a computer program
 * I would also need a computer and desktop
 * I will spend about 10 seconds every 10 frames
 * I will first use Flash MX to make the Animation.
 * I will also using Window 7
 * I will be using an Acer

__** Time Spent on Frames: **__

 * 10 min spent on the first couple of slides
 * 30 min spent on the next couple of slides
 * 20 min spent on the last couple of slides

__** Monday ,February 25th 2013 **__
Start baby stage of animation, using Flash MX 2004. The animation must include some sort of movement and also some background props.There should be a little hat that the baby wears in the design.

__** Tuesday, March 5th 2013 **__
Use time to Create product, finish making the baby life cycle, it should show the babies first steps.It should also include the baby growing into the kid. I will use the same program Flash MX 2004.

__** Wednesday, March 6th 2013 **__
Spend time at home finishing rest of the kid cycle.The cycle should have some props such as a television and a video game console.The cycle should also have the kid meeting a friend. It will also show the kid interacting with the friend.I should also try to finish the rest of the animation using Flash MX 2004 at home. The animation will include the teen cycle, adulthood of the main character up to the death of the character and his friend.The cycles will include backgrounds of the characters life such as the character getting its first car it will also include his marriage.

__** Thursday, March 7th 2013 **__
Spend more time at home making finishing touches on the animation like the characters movement.

=__ Create __=

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= __Evaluate__ = My overall animation was pretty impressive, I would give it a 7 against my specifications, it showed the character changing socially and physically but it did not show any mental changes or any other changes like in height,weight and hairstyles. .My design did have a morphing image and a moving background, but not all the way threw the whole animation. I also think that i should have extended my motion tween so the texts moving across the screen could be viewable on my wiki.

__ Resources __
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation