Ermeena+Fayyaz+Unit+3

** UNIT 3 : ANIMATION ** What development and changes do people go through? Investigation The problem for this unit is to tell how you as an individual are changing and what affect is having on the people around you. This change can be a physical, mental, emotional, or a social change. As you grow up you change a lot physically, mentally, and emotionally. But the thing that is most visible to people around you is the way you change physically and the way your behavior changes. When you grow up you become taller, your weight increases, and this affects your health. You also become mentally mature and you are able to make decisions on your own. You are no more dependent on your parents and nor are you able to express your feeling to them that openly like you use to as a kid. Your behavior and your attitude changes towards other people, for example your parents. This might be an affects on you from your social circle. We have to show all of this by using animation.
 * The Problem: **

-Height -Weight -Health
 * Physical changes: **

-get mature -get wise enough to make decisions -depression -absence of mantel disorder
 * Mental changes **

-Not be able to express your feeling openly like you use to as a kid -your attitude towards other people -behavior
 * Emotional changes: **

-animation -animation skills -animation software -the way you change emotionally -the way you change mentally -the way you change physically -affect of your social circle -change in your behavior towards people -change in your attitude -reasons for your behavior to change -independent -mature -change in your health as you grow up
 * Research**

http://www.creativeskillset.org/animation/careers/article_3772_1.asp http://www.slideshare.net/walkers/animation-the-basic-skills
 * Animation Skills**
 * Drawing
 * Storytelling
 * A good sense of timing and composition
 * An understanding of motion, size, ratios and perspective

Software: FotoMorph Software: GifSplitter 2 Software: Jumpwel Software: KoolMoves 7.0 Software: Adobe Flash Software: Macromedia Director Software: Sqirlz Morph 2.1 Software: Toon Boom Animate Software: Ulead GIF Animator 5 Software: 3D Studio Max 7.0 Software: FreeCAD 8.0 Software: Gmax Software: Serif 3D Plus Software: Special Effects 3.2 Software: Touch Art Sampler 017 Software: TrueSpace 3.2 http://animation.about.com/od/referencematerials/a/freesoftware.htm
 * These are different software's which you can use:**



http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Girl's-Face

Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation
 * What is computer animation**

Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes one image into another through a seamless transition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphing
 * Morphing**

My animation must : -have a background that moves -have at least 5 layers -be at least 15 seconds long -play 12 frames per second -have a morphing image All of this research it is going to help me to create my final product.
 * Design specification**

The problem for this unit is to tell how you as an individual are changing and what affect is having on the people around you. This change can be a physical, mental, emotional, or a social change. In order to show these changes we have to use animation. The changes that I am going to show are mental, emotional and physical. The outline for my animation is trying to show that as you grow up your behavior and your attitude changes towards people, for example with your parents. You become independent and become wise enough to make your own decisions. This might be an affects on you from your social circle.
 * Design Brief**


 * Design Tests**
 * To check that if my animation has the things that it is suppose have, I can survey people and ask them the following questions ||
 * **1) How do you like it?** ||
 * **2) Does it have a background that moves?** ||
 * **3) Does it have at least 5 layers?** ||
 * **4)Is it at least 15 seconds long?** ||
 * **5)Does it play 12 frames per second?** ||
 * **6)Does it have a morphing image?** ||
 * 3 out of 5 respondents say yes to any given question, I will mark it as "very good" and keep that aspect of the design. For those questions that score, less than 3, I will work out more on them to improve further. Those who give negative response to the above questions, I will ask them to advice on how to improve them. ||

. rotating characters . rotating word . characters changing size . characters changing color
 * This is an animation showing my name following these effects: **

media type="file" key="UNIT 3.swf" width="239" height="239"

media type="file" key="I.C.T flash.swf" width="239" height="239"
 * This is an animation showing one picture changing into another . **

media type="file" key="Flash Unit 3.swf" width="239" height="239"
 * This is a stick man figure walking from one end to another. **

Design


 * Design 1**

Total 27/35
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**** (Very Good) ** || **3**** (Good) ** || **2**** (Satisfactory) ** || **1**** (Unsatisfactory) ** || 0** (Have done nothing) ** ||
 * **1)**** Is the main idea clear ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2)** ** Does it have a background that moves? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)**** Does it have at least 5 layers? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4)**** Is it at least 15 seconds long? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)**** Does it play 12 frames per second? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)**** Does it have a morphing image? ** ||  || 4 ||   || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * **7) Is the design easy to comprehend** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

In this design I have shown how people change while they are growing up. Basically I have shown physical and emotional change in this design. There is 4 year old girl who comes from school and tells her mom very thing that happened during the day. She is always expressing her love to her mom and giving her cards. She asks her mom before going to her friend’s house or before doing anything. However as she grows up so her attitude changes towards her mom. She stops expressing her feelings to her mom. She doesn't ask her mom before going to her friend’s house. Nor does she share anything with her mom like she used to. She just doesn't spend time with her mom like she used to. I think that this design is good as the main idea is easy to comprehend.


 * Design 2**

Total 31/35 In this design I have shown the different stages of life. The first slide shows a baby, while the second one shows a ten year old girl. The third slide shows a teenager.The forth slide shows a a women in her twenties. The fifth slide shows a old lady who is in her 50's and the final slide shows a grave. In this animation you can see the different stages of life. How a baby turns into a teenager and from a teenager into a old lady.
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**** (Very Good) ** || **3**** (Good) ** || **2**** (Satisfactory) ** || **1**** (Unsatisfactory) ** || 0** (Have done nothing) ** ||
 * **1)**** Is the main idea clear ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2)** ** Doe **** s it have a background that moves? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)**** Does it have at least 5 layers? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4)**** Is it at least 15 seconds long? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)**** Does it play 12 frames per second? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)**** Does it have a morphing image? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7) Is the design easy to comprehend ** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Plan

The Design that I have decided to chose is design 1 The animation software which I am using is Macromedia Flash. My animation would start by the tile which is, What development and changes do people go through. The size of the heading would be a least 24 Times New Roman. Where as the font for the information would be 16 Times New Roman. The color of the text would be black.In order to make my animation the software which I would use would be: 1) Macromedia Flash, to create the whole animation 2)Gimp,to make some of the slides which I would not be able to make on flash 3)Paint, to make some of the slides which I would not be able to make on flash 4) Survey, to give me an idea that what development changes to do people go through 5)Google, to give me an idea that what development changes to do people go through As I do not have Macromedia Flash on my laptop so first I would download.Then after this I would start to work on my animation. I would use all the information and the research which I did previously in my Investigation. On 18 Feb 2013 I would start to work on my animation. Fist of all I would make the tile for my animation, What development and changes do people go through. The size for the heading wold be 24 Times New Roman. The color of the background would be blue. The affects that I would use on the tile would be; .rotating characters .rotating word .characters changing size and .characters changing color On 19 Feb 2013 I would start to work on the characters and add text in my animation. On 25 Feb 2013 I would continue to work on the characters and the background. On 26 Feb 2013 I would finish my animation and would make sure that I am going according to my plan and design. On 5 March 2013 I would be finishing up my animation.

For this project we are given a timeline of 10 weeks. 1)The unit question for this project was "What development and changes do people go through". The first step for to start this project was to do investigation. We had to state the problem, do research about the problem.State the Design Brief, which is a brief explanation that tells you what the create is going to be. After this we have to do some Design Specification. Basically the design specification tells that what are the thing important for this project. Then we have to do some Test. The tests are for the viewers that how do they like the animation.It is a form of their feedback. That what were the things they liked and who can i improve them. Before making the finally animation we had to do a per -unit exercise. In which we had to make; .A stick man figure walking at least 4 steps. Then stopping. The animation had to looped to show the stick man walking continuously. The movements which I have shown in my animation were the arms moving and movement of the body. .We also had to show an animation showing our names or a word that is at least five characters long. For this animation I have used the following text effects: .rotating characters .rotating word .characters changing size .characters changing color .Finally we had to make an animation showing one picture changing into another. The deadline for the Investigation is 25/1/13 2)After doing the investigation. We had to work on our design. We had to make at least three designs. They all used be different from each other. However had to state the same problem. Then we had to evaluate the weakness and the strengths for each of the design. This would help us in choosing the best design for the creation part. When we have chosen the best design then we have to make our final product according to it. 3)Then we would start to do Planing .In planing we have to make a detailed, logical steps that describes the use of resources and time. We have to evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design. B y the help of these steps we can easily make our final product. The deadline for both plan and the design is 15/2/13 4) After the plan we would start to work on our final project. 5)When we have created our final produced then we would Evaluate it. Evaluation is when we have tested, evaluated the product against the design specification and recommended changes. We would provided an evaluation of the performance at each stage of the design cycle.
 * Timeline **

Create media type="file" key="Flash I.C.T.swf" width="351" height="351"

Evaluate

27/35
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4****(Very Good)** || **3****(Good)** || **2****(Satisfactory)** || **1****(Unsatisfactory)** || 0**(Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1)****Is the main idea clear** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2)** ** Doe **** s it have a background that moves? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)**** Does it have at least 5 layers? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4)**** Is it at least 15 seconds long? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)**** Does it play 12 frames per second? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)**** Does it have a morphing image? ** ||  ||   ||   || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * **7) Is the animation easy to comprehend** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||

This animation is showing physical and emotional change. This animation has two different backgrounds.  There is a 4 year old girl who comes from school and tells her mom very thing that happened during the day. She is always expressing her love to her mom. However as she grows up so her attitude changes. She stops expressing her feelings to her mom. She doesn't share anything with her mom like she used to. She just doesn't spend time with her mom like she used to. After graduation she moves with her friend and tells her mom that she is old enough to make decisions on her own. However after 2 years she comes back and asks her mom forgiveness and tells her that she wasn't wise enough to make decisions on her own. Her mom forgives her and they live happily. On a overall this animation is good as the main idea is clear. It is easy to comprehend. This animations has more that 5 layers and it plays 12 frames per second. The animation is more than 15 sends and the background moves.

The things that I could improve I could have improved the animation by adding more details. Could have added backgrounds that move and show morphing images. I could have added more movement. The problem that I had to face was that the Macromedia flash started to close all the time due to which I lost a lot of work. Not only this when I uploaded the animation the frame was extended which I was not able to see on my computer screen,when I was making my animation. Due to which the background where messed a bit.

I surveyed 5 people and asked them the following questions

1)Is the main idea clear 2) Does it have a background that moves? 3) Does it have at least 5 layers? 4) Is it at least 15 seconds long? 5) Does it play 12 frames per second? 6) Does it have a morphing images? 7) Is the design easy to comprehend ?

4/5 said that the idea was clear. 3/5 said that the background was moving. 5/5 said that the animation had at least 5 layers. 5/5 said that the animation plays 12 frames per second. 2/5 said that the animation has morphing images. 3/5 said that the animation was easy to comprehend.