Instructions:

• Using the tools and skills learned in class, complete an animation following the provided story board.
• Animation should illustrated mastery of these skills
  • Symbol creation and naming
  • Layer creation and naming
  • Motion tween
  • Rotation on a tween
  • Alpha
  • Copying and pasting frames

Requirements:

Rubric

Turn in(Project Number Q1):

1. fla file of completed animation
2. swf file of completed animation

Animation Check List

• 'Import to stage' the apple photo from the downloads section on the Computer Graphics shared drive
• Apple 1
  • Chose insert/new symbol
  • Add one more layer to the timeline
  • Drag the apple photo to the bottom layer and lock it
  • Use the Wacom tablet and the pen or brush tool to trace the apple by hand
  • Use the Paint Bucket to add color
• Apple 2
  • Chose insert/new symbol
  • Add a couple more layers to the timeline
  • Drag the apple photo to the bottom layer and lock it
  • Using the line tool and the selection tool create an outline around the apple
  • Create and shape the stem and the leaf on separate layers
  • Cut the stem and the leaf from their layers and Paste in Place on the apple layer
  • Use the Paint Bucket to add color

Turn In(Project Number E1):

1. fla file with 2 symbols

Animation Check List

• Get the file "PinwheelExercise.fla" from the Animation1 downloads folder (COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR FOLDER - DO NOT OPEN THE FILE FROM THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER!)
• Steps for creating final symbol
  • create pinwhell symbol
  • create a turning pinwheel symbol by nesting the pinwheel symbol
  • create a hand holding a spinning pinwheel by nesting the turning pinwheel into the provided "Hand & Handle" symbol
  • create a waving hand holding a spinning pinwheel by nesting the hand holding a spinning pinwheel
• Finally place the waving hand holding a spinning pinwheel in the main timeline
• publish your animation (Ctl + Enter)

Turn In(Project Number E2):

1. fla file with all symbols required to create animation
2. swf of animation

Animation Check List

• Using the tools and skills learned in class, complete an animation following the provided story board.
• Animation should illustrated mastery of these skills
  • Squash and stretch
  • Nested symbols
  • Symbol creation and naming
  • Layer creation and naming
  • Motion tween
  • Rotation on a tween
  • Alpha
  • Copying and pasting frames

Turn In(Project number Q2):

1. fla file of completed animation
2. swf file of completed animation

Animation Check List

Using sounds from the provided sound library, add sound to Quiz1 and Quiz2

Turn In (Project numbers Q1S and Q2S):

1. 2 fla files of completed animations
2. 2 swf files of completed animations

Animation Check List

Use the provided robot arm parts or your own "parts" and create a short animation to show off your "bones" knowledge

Turn In(Project number 4):

1. fla file of completed animation
2. swf file of completed animation

Animation Check List

Instructions:

• General:
  
  • Research the life, ideas and art of Rube Goldberg
    
  • Study Rube Goldberg's "inventions" and the Blue Ball Factory animation to come up with 2 or 3 scenes for the given ball symbol to go through
    
  • Create and pitch your storyboard
    
• Files: Four files:
  
  • One fla
    
  • One swf
    
  • One html
    
  • One 150 x 150 pixel thumbnail (either jpg or gif)
    
• Homework: One complete storyboard. The storyboard should be able to stand on it's own and make sense to a person reading it for the first time without explanation. The storyboard will:
  
  • Be neat and legible
  • Show the complete sequence of any non-repeating action
    
  • Show the complete sequence of the first of any repeating action
    
  • Completely describe the action next to each frame
    
  • Describe the sound next to each frame
    
  • Include all required symbols on the separate symbols sheet

Turn in(Project Number 5):

1. 1 paper on Rube Goldberg and Blue Ball Factory influences
2. 1 fla file
3. 1 swf file
4. 1 jpg

Animation Check List

Useful Links:

• Flash Hot Keys
• Bouncing Ball Tutorial
• Blue Ball Factory

Turn In(Project Number 6):

1. 1 fla file
2. 1 swf file

Instructions:

• Use the face parts below, or create your own cartoon face
• Choose one of the provided mouth symbols that fits your character
• Choose one of the provided sound clips
• Sync up your chosen mouth to the clip
• Create a Play button for your animation

Face parts!:

• Expressions/Eyes1
• Expressions/Eyes2
• Hair
• Eyes
• Ears
• Noses

Turn In(Project Number 7):

1. 1 fla file
2. 1 swf file

Turn In(Project Number 8):