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Emma Unit 3 :)

Stickman animation 2nd Animation

INVESTIGATION

I did a bit of research on basic skills to use in flash using this website: []

I thought that it would be boring to use a normal stickman in my 1st animation, so instead I used animals. My storyboard was very simple but the animation looked good. I used to different animals so that it would be longer and more interesting. I also used a bit of scenery in the background (trees).

I thought flash was fairly easy to use once I fiddled around with it a bit, but as I mentioned I needed to do a bit of research for some things. I think that it was good software to use for beginners so it was perfect for our class. I did some research on a few other animation software programs and I found these:
 * []
 * [] (I thought that this website was good as it is compatible with macs )
 * []

STORY BOARDING I think that making a storyboard is useful as it guides your animation. When I am in the creation stage and I am confused as to what to add next in my animation, I can just look at my storyboard and I know what to do. I think it is good to have a hard copy of my work.

THE PROBLEM

The problem that we are looking at is how developmental changes has affected us. I thought about how i should make an animation in this and i thought it would be useful doing something such as showing how we used to spend our time (being active, outdoors, using time wisely etc...) And how development has changed that for the worse. Now we spend most of our time usuing technology which is not good for us. Scientist have also brought up the fact that our generation is likely to have hearing problems when we are older due to the amount of loud music we listen to. They have also mentioned that we are lucky that technology is developing so it will be able to deal with the hearing problems we may have.

PLAN

My plan is to create an animation showing how we used to spend our time and how we had a big variety on what activities we wanted to do and how everything has changed. We used to spend our time outdoors, reading, working, being active, doing sports and playing with toys. We had so much to do. Now we spend our time using technology either on Facebook, twitter, we are lazy; we spend time on iPad’s, tumblr, gaming devices, TV and more… I also want to bring up the point on whether it is a good thing about how we have developed or whether it is a bad thing.. It could be good because:
 * Further development could create cures to deadly diseases
 * Things will be made easier
 * We may find other goods on Earth
 * They may help with business

Some bad points:


 * Bad for our brain to focus only on screens
 * Not good for our personal health
 * People are becoming lazy
 * Some developments are destroying our planet

MY STORYBOARDS







MY FINAL ANIMATION