Simon Lesson 2

By this lesson, I had completed the research undertaken into animation. I got onto the pre-production which I need to complete in order for me to create my 60 seconds animation. The pre-production which I had to do was to complete three storyboards, a mind map and a justification to help me decide which idea I wanted to develop and take on as my final idea. I choose my first idea which was an old classic cinema theatre as my layout. A basic line will go to the right showing a simple timeline moving. I will have short funny animations to make it more interesting for my target audience which is 14-16 years old.

Also, in this lesson I started to write up my skills Audit which is about the skills have learnt so far on this unit. The only skills I have learnt so far are having a better understanding of the history animation and the interface of Adobe Flash Action script 3.0.

Simon Lesson 1

This is my first lesson with Simon so far and we have been introduced to the topic we are studying which is the history of animation. For this task, I have to write a written report about the history of animation. I undertook some research in the history of animation. I did this by visiting the library and took a few books out to help me find deeper history about animation motion devices because I sometimes find that websites don't always give me the right information I want.  I found some really useful encyclopaedia books called Britannica. These helped me to find out some research about a famous pioneer called Walt Disney. I also, found out a better understanding of animation and how it was created. I found some other useful interesting books in the psychology and sociology area about how brain works and how that the brain can receive image differently than, the actual animation playing itself.    

I've learnt that  when undertaking research, you should use wider range sources because you can get more valuable information to help me, write a better report. 

Simons Lesson 2

Simon

skills audit

storyboards

mindmap

justification

Useful Links : How Walt Disney films made in the 1940's

I was research on how Walt Disney films are and I found this really interesting and inspiring:

Introduction

I've learnt from Simons lesson, the criteria for this project which is to:

1. Understand the techniques and development of 2D animation
2. Be able to devise a 2D animation with  a soundtrack
3. Be able to produce a 2D animation with a soundtrack
4. Be able to evaluate audience responses to own 2D animation work

I will be creating a 60 second animation using Adobe flash and Adobe Photoshop.
timeline

animination

websites to help

mindmaps

references

pitch