Final Blog for FMP/Client 24th May

24/5/10

I have completed the text error (capital letters) and sorted out the logo in Flash. Also, it will be exported onto QuickTime. I uploaded this onto Youtube, because, the client has request this, so that the client reviews this within his department he works for, so that the logo is approved. That is all.

Blog from 17th May to 21st May

17/5/10

I began to complete the last scene of the kids eating healthy, which will be finished off tomorrow.

18/5/10

Going to show the client the video on Friday 21st May at 11am at college, so I need to finish off the animation by Thursday. So I have finished the final scene which is now completed. I have also added the logos into the bus at the end of the final scene, I have also faded in the logo with the alpha motion tween, which I did with the fade in and out into scenes for last week. I have also added speech bubbles when Harv and Archie are talking to promote healthy eating. I also added an alpha motion tween with the speech bubbles. I felt that this meets with the clients requirements more effectively.

19/5/10

I have finished off the animation a day earlier than planned, I had to change the dog leash in one of the scenes, also I had to change the text from mobile phone text to proper text, also the bus in the scene. I altered the bus ad (see pictures below). I have also tidied up the Harv walk scene today the showing to the client for Friday.

21/5/10

I have showed the animation to the client today, only one little problem was that the frame rate went wrong (usually 25fps on the animation 24fps) which is now sorted. The client likes the animation, but it needed the logo and text to be sorted which will be completed by Monday (client feedback look at critical review). Also I felt more confident with the client when talking with him, this was an improvement on the first meeting, felt the client was very impress with the animation. Opinions please below.

For example, the first meeting I was too quite for my own liking I didn't want to go into the attack mode, and I was over defensive of my work. Today for the meeting even with the error of the frame rate, I did not go off the rails, and I let myself get on with the meeting and kept my composure throughout the meeting.

Blog from 10th May to 14th May

11/5/10

I have finished off some of the body parts where Arch, Eric and Sid are talking form last week. I have also added the scene were Archie, Harv, Sid and Eric meet. I felt that the characters worked well in my opinion, because they have their own characteristics such as hair colours and what are they are wearing such as (baseball caps) and this makes the difference, also they don't looked copied to the same design as Archie, but still have their own differences at the same time

13/5/10

Started with the human walk cycle. I got the idea from this link (http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml) I have also added a fade in and out into the scene with this Youtube clip below, by converting the the symbol as a movie clip, then adding a motion tween on the timeline and by going into the properties and changing the alpha in the colour effect box.

14/5/10

Finished off the walk cycle where the kids go to the Green Grocer which took most of the afternoon to complete. I also completed Harv eating the carrot by doing a movie clip symbol of eating the carrot.

Which will give me an improvement to animation, which will add more depth to the animation I have done so far, as this shows in my animation from Tuesdays animation to Friday which shows the improvements.

Blog form 4th-7th May

4/5/10

I have been developing the four legged run throughout the day for Harv, and I got some feedback saying it was fine. Also I started and developing some backgrounds which will be continued tomorrow.
5/5/10

Today I have made the bus move to the other side of the screen, this was done by a movie clip symbol and the tyre movement was done by creating a motion tween. In properties i moved the rotation sidebar to make it rotate 5 times. Also I have started to create the kid walking into the chip shop. Got feedback from someone about my animation so far, they thought it looked professional.

6/5/10

I have finished off the kid walking into the chip shop. Now I have started creating the secondary characters Eric and Sid with there head movement, so they are quite similar to Archie.
7/5/10

I have finished the characters (Eric and Sid). I have done some more lip syncing with the Archie, Eric and Sid scene today with the talking floating heads. For now the body will be created next week.

Blog from 26th-30th April

26/4/10

Got feedback from my peers about the animatic with sound, said to me just get on with the final product sound is ok. Then saved and export the score in Soundbooth as a wav. Imported into Flash and started to do some lip syncing in Flash.

27/4/10
Developing the lip syncing in Flash with Archie and Harv and adding body movement as well, which is now complete with that scene. Which the lip syncing was spot on, which was basically done by figuring out by paperwork as this scan shows. I've also started and finished off the cats scene with the meowing in flash. Also, I am going to start the dog walk on Friday which will be hand drawn in a movie symbol rather then using bone tool in flash.
30/4/10

Start, developed the dog walk for Harv, got some feedback saying it needs the need the head to be less extreme on the movement, which will be sorted out next week, which is basic a movie symbol problem that is easily sorted. I have also finished off the lip syncing when Archie telling Harv to slow down.