Xth blog for FMP animation (Now we starting)

Third Post of the week, Now starting the production side of the animation from now on.

So here is the continuation of the blog from last time.

19/3/11

Today started off with the set up of my flash layout. I've set it up as 1280 px x 720 px to make it as a HD layout to my animation. This is my set up for my animation throughout.

I have done some scenery scenes. Such as house scenes and out-side scenes as Movie clip symbols for both scenes.

Then in the main time timeline, I place the movie clip symbols in the right order were to place in the timeline, I've checked storyboards/animatic I've done in my pre-production work for this. Then with the zooming in outdoor scene and living room scene where you meet the characters for the first time. I've used a motion tween in the timeline to create the camera movement early on. Then save it.

20/3/11

Today I done some Donny sketches in Flash, also using the storyboards sketches as reference. I felt the Donny needs more time to animate for the time being, i'm not satisfied what Donny is looking like yet.





Also, I've done some more sketches of Pete in Flash. Compare to Donny, I feel more confident to take Pete into flash to animate with.

21/3/11

While reviewing my sketches yesterday the drawings remind me about two different animations, that which remind me of my own animation style. First animation is Mr Bean the Animated Series. What connects to my animation is the styling of the characters. Think and Thin style of the characters work, and it suits the Mr Bean character well.

The second animation which is similar to my style would be 'The Ricky Gervais Show'. The show is possibly the closest to my own style. What I did like about the animation is the style of the characters. What I think the animation works well is the sound and story that really add death to the animation. So it doesn't need the animation quality (Such as another cartoon program South Park) because the narrative is so funny, the animation can be a bit edgy.

22/3/11

Today I've added tittles to the animation. Also I've exported the flash file as a QuickTime file to get feedback from my peers. Early feedback so far I need to change the colour font. Because the font could interfere with the background. But so far everything fine for now.

End of Blog for now, New blog soon. Bye.