Project Three :: Narrative in Motion

Create a final Flash animation that sequences your letterform from one typeface into another, integrating images and text to tell us a story. When starting, concentrate on the letter animation in black and white first, when the black and white sequence is working well, move onto image and text integration.

We will have a progress crit on these Wed/Fri.


Parameters and Considerations

• size: 600x600
• images: 2-6 images representing your 2 ideas, color allowed
• text: integrate the 2 words into your animation
• length: 10-30 seconds
• format: export as .swf and .mov file (I will demo this Wed/Fri)

image import
For image import be sure to use the File>Import>Import to Stage (or Library). Using that sequence will allow you to reimport images into your various animations without having to rebuild them.

looping considerations
An option for your animation would be to create a seamless loop, in which the end of the animation looks like the beginning. This can be a nice effect when showing the animation. If you do not want a seamless loop, for example when your animation has a clear, distinct beginning and end, you may want to end on a black or white screen that remains for a couple of seconds. This will show the viewer that the end has been reached and give a short pause before the animation starts again in the loop. Fade-in and fade-out to black will give you a nice effect for the latter loop.


Progress crit will be Wed 10.7/Fri 10.9.
Final crit will be Monday Oct 12.