Final Exam - 2D Animation (Period 6)

1) My favorite animated film is Spirited Away.

2) I like Spirited Away because I can relate to the main character, the climax part was very intense, and the animation is very detailed.

3) My teacher's favorite animated series is Wonder Woman.

4) I chose this answer based on his reactions when we watched Wonder Woman. Everyone in the class including him was interested in watching and was amazed whenever something intense happened.

5) My teacher likes the series because the fight scenes were cleverly animated, the plot was appealing, and the characters (especially Wonder Woman) were charming.

6) My best work this year is the latest animation titled "Duk's First Swim." I used Actionscript 3.0 to construct a meaningful animation about a duckling named Duk who goes swimming for the first time. I inserted music in the background and had credits in the very end. I drew everything (characters, backgrounds) and made them move by inserting various tweens. The main message is to overcome your fears to become who you really are.

7) My last animation is titled "Duk's First Swim." Duk is a duckling who does not know how to swim. Abigail is a human who helps Duk overcome his fears by making him enter the water, and she watches over him like a mother. Duk eventually learns how to swim, but in the end it is revealed that Duk is a chicken.

8) Here is a link to my latest animation project:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw8n_STLexfMYlpSaWRZOXJXVURxYTZNQmIzZXZDRlZWQ1pz/view?usp=sharing

9) The three things I did well on this project are: my story line is refreshing, the music I added was very suitable, and the timing of the texts is accurate.

10) Emily Xu created my favorite final project in Period 6.

11) In a digital classroom, my responsibilities are to be on time, be prepared (i.e. have sketchbook out), seek help from my classmates/teacher/outside sources, listen and learn from the instructor, and give my all for any project.

12) Done!

Animation

This is my animation story.

New 3 Act and Logline

Title: Come Back Here, Balloon!
Logline: 3 Friends lose a balloon, then the 4th friend comes to rescue and saves more than just the balloon.
Act 1 (Setup): Jack, Fred, and Efuru have one balloon left over from the party the day prior. They love the balloon with their life.
Act 2 (Confrontation): They give the balloon to Jack the Book Worm and he accidently lets it go. They get so mad at him, and nearly stomp on him out of anger.
Act 3 (Resolution): Vomer Groner comes and stops them from killing Jack and got them a new balloon.

Credits

You deserve a high five

Today, I experimented with five colors and five fonts for the phrase "You deserve a high five." "You" is a solid blue and its font is Stencil Std. "Deserve" is a light purple and its font is Tempus Sans ITC. "A" is a bright green and its font is Tajan Pro. "High" is a dark green with a red highlight and its font is Orator Std. "Five" is a very dark red and its font is Rosewood Std.

Frog Animation With Sound

This is my frog animation with sound. I included chirping sounds in the distance so that it sounded like my frog was jumping in a forest.

Identifying Sounds - Tom and Jerry

1. The applause is made by people actually clapping.
2. The piano music Tom and Jerry are playing is made by someone actually playing the music.
3. The sound of Tom's collared shirt falling of is made by the creaking of a door.
4. The sound of Tom slamming the piano bench is made by slamming a book shut.
5. Tom panting is made by the recording of someone else panting.

10 questions

10 Questions About the Animation

1. What is your favorite part?
2. Who is your favorite character?
3. What is your least favorite part?
4. Who is your least favorite character?
5. Have you watched the other episodes in the series?
6. Would you recommend your friends to watch this?
7. How did you like the plot?
8. Does this animation connect to you?
9. Did you like the introduction?
10. What do you think of villains in general?

For future episodes, make more smooth action scenes.

Frog Animation Part 2

I was not able to finish the questions yesterday, so this is the complete assignment:

(First completion)

(UPDATE 4/2/15)

1. What action script did you use? I used action script 3.0.
2. Why did you choose it? I chose action script 3.0 because I used it since the beginning of the schoolyear when the substitute introduced it to us.
3. How did you trace the frog/toad? Can you include examples of your work in the blog post? I traced the frog by using a yellow brush and tracing the outline from the picture.
4. Who is the master animator Richard Williams? Richard Williams is a Canadian-British animator who is most known for being the animating director for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
5. How did you research him or her? I researched Richard Williams by searching his name on google. I clicked on Wikipedia for the answer.
6. How large was your stage when you opened it? My stage was 650 px by 400 px.
7. Which software did you use and why? I used Adobe Flash because Flash is the only animating program that I know.
8. How many layers did you use? I used three layers.
9. Why did you choose your background? I chose my background because it contrasted nicely with the bright green frog.
10. Why did we create a frog/toad? (instead of a ball or entire city) We created a frog/toad to challenge ourselves and trace something that was not too difficult.
11. How did you export? I exported by clicking on File, then Export, then "Export Movie." I saved my animation as a gif. Then, I inserted the gif as an image onto my blog post.
12. How many frames did you create? I created 7 frames.

My animation deserves a 3 in all aspects, so a 9/9. I traced and colored the frogs well, the animation is very smooth, and the green background is consistent during the entire animation. I followed the steps well and I think that the outcome deserves a 100%.

This is the tracing of one frog.

Animating Frog

1. What action script did you use? I used action script 3.0.
2. Why did you choose it? I chose action script 3.0 because I used it since the beginning of the schoolyear when the substitute introduced it to us.
3. How did you trace the frog/toad? Can you include examples of your work in the blog post? I traced the frog by using a yellow brush and tracing the outline from the picture.
4. Who is the master animator Richard Williams? Richard Williams is a Canadian-British animator who is most known for being the animating director for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
5. How did you research him or her? I researched Richard Williams by searching his name on google. I clicked on Wikipedia for the answer.
6. How large was your stage when you opened it? My stage was 650 px by 400 px.
7. Which software did you use and why? I used Flash because Flash is the only animating program that I know.
8. How many layers did you use? I used two layers.
9. Why did you choose your background? I did not choose a background yet.
10. Why did we create a frog/toad? (instead of a ball or entire city)
11. How did you export?
12. How many frames did you create?

Green Lantern and Wonder Woman Comparison

Green Lantern and Wonder Woman are both very strong warriors and have huge muscles. Both of them strive to do the best for humanity or aliens, and both have suits when they are in superman or superwoman mode. However, they are different in many ways. First of all, Green Lantern is male and Wonder Woman is female. Wonder Woman represents girl power and women's rights, while the Green Lantern is just a strong human who advocates the best for mankind or alienkind. Green Lantern needs a ring to become Green Lantern while Wonder Woman is already strong and intelligent. Wonder Woman's weapon is her fists and her lasso while the Green Lantern's ring provides him with all his superpowers. Wonder Woman was originally an Amazon. However, Green Lantern was a human. The two heroes are very different in the end.

Three Act and Logline

Logline: A young popular soccer star hangs out with his badminton loving friends (and an educated bookworm) with the impossible goal of making them love soccer.
Act 1 (Setup): This story starts off with a rainy park and an empty bench, then after the rain moves on, a book worm named Jack comes out into the park. Right after that Freddie and Afshine come to the park but Jack scares the living daylight out of Freddie as Freddie is scared of slimy creatures doing out of the mud.
Act 2 (Confrontation): Vomer Groner comes to the park as he is done with his soccer practice. He walks up juggling a soccer ball. He says "Sup" to all of his buddies and says, "Lets Play Ball!". They agree wholeheartedly as they are extremely bored. Vomer doesn't score any goals and passes all the balls he gets to his buddies to let them score and have fun. They all play for a while and even the bookworm is engaged in the game.
Act 3 (Resolution): Vomer and his friends have a very good time and they don't even ask for him to come play some badminton with them. Mission Impossible has succeeded!

Artistic Review - Green Lantern

   The Green Lantern began airing a while ago, and it is basically about a group of humans or aliens who dub themselves the "Green Lanterns" and do good deeds. I particularly enjoyed watchin episodes 1 and 2 because they were inspiring
   The things Green Lantern says are uplifting. For example, when the ship refuses to fly because it is dangerous in episode 1, he says something like, "We are Green Lanterns and we save those in need." This was interesting because it not only fit into that koment well, but it also relayed a good message to the audience. Usually kids watch these types of cartoon shows, and by watching this, they learn that they should be kind and compassionate towards others.
   Another inspiring thing is when the Green Lantern's friend saves the people from destruction. This was especially touching because his friend already learned from his past that he should save the people. The people watching this realize to not be self-centered and that everyone is a part of this world.
   The first two episodes were entertaining and full of action. I was most satistifed with how important the messages were in this cartoon show.

Jack meets Spock!

This is a simple dialogue between Spock from Star Trek and my character, Jack.

Spock: Hello, my name is Spock.
Jack: Good afternoon, my name is Jack. Just wondering, have you read The Conquering of Japan?
Spock: Ah, yes of course. I learned many new battle techniques from this particular book. Reading books like these help me find techniques to fight creatures and my foes in the future. I have read many books similar to this one, but I like this book the most.
Jack: I definitely agree with what you said. Although I do not have to read complex books to fight enemies, I chose this book as my favorite. It will not help me in real life, but it is interesting and I learned a lot.
Spock: Have you read The Art of War?
Jack: Of course, that is a classic! I have even reread it because it is so wonderful. These books are so interesting, and I wonder what will happen to me if I actually became a soldier in war!
Spock: You won't be a soldier, you are far too smart too be a mere pawn. You would be a commander, a planner. In fact, one day, when I complete Machine 5000, I can transform you into a person for one day!
Jack: Wow, that is amazing! Oh no, I cannot talk to you longer, I must eat now. Next time, please tell me how you were able to make this machine!
Spock: Yes, of course. It was great talking to you today. Next time, we will go into more detail.

Jack goes to L.A

It recently rained again in Sydney, Australia. Jack squirms out of the dirt and crawled into something warm. That something warm was heated and almost seemed alive. Jack became drowsy and fell asleep. He woke up in darkness, suddenly realizing that he was in

Jack's Story

Jack is a book worm - literally. Specifically, he is an earth worm. He loves to read books and knows almost everything. He believes in science and will risk anything to achieve his goals. He lives in Fremont, California. Jack is very active right after it rains.

It has been pouring for three days straight, but today, tuesday, is the day it will finally stop. Jack saw that there was no more rain and excitedly wriggled in a leftover puddle. He was enjoying the crisp air and was bathing in the puddle when, suddenly, a child stomped into the puddle! Luckily, the child did not step on Jack. Jack had a sense of urgency and struggled to crawl out of the puddle. Then, splash! Thump! Ow! The child stomped into the puddle and squashed Jack. Jack spasmed and tried to reform his shape. It took three days to get back to his regular size. Now, he is healthy and back to reading more books. His goal is to move faster so that he can avoid someone's foot next time!

16 Personalities - Character Development

1. What is your character's name? Jack Tyracon
2. Where was your character born? Sydney, Australia
3. What is your character's theme song? "Remember the Name" by Fort Minor
4. How does your character get along with other characters? As long as the other characters are hard working, he will get along with them.
5. What is your character's favorite movie? Any documentary
6. What is your character's favorite color? Red (for blood)
7. What is your character's favorite hobby? Reading/studying/learning
8. What motivates your character? The result/consequence
9. Is your character honest? Does your character lie, cheat and steal? If lying is necessary to achieve his goal, Jack will lie for the sake of success.
10. Does your character feel emotions? a little; not really
11. Does your character know Mr. Richards? yes, he read about him.
12. Does your character work for a living? (have a job) no, he's in school
13. Is your character afraid of ghosts? Is character a ghost? no, he does not believe in ghosts. He believes in science.
14. What scares your character? Nothing; science is fascinating.
15. Is your character superstutious? No, he believes what he reads.
16. Who is your character's best friend? Freddy
17. How would your character's best friend describe your character? Smart, nerdy, dilligent
18. Describe one of your characters biggest failures. getting any question wrong
19. Describe one of your characters biggest accomplishments. reaching his goal (i.e. finishing a book, learning something new, etc.)
20. If your character could have dinner with three other characters, who would he or she choose? Anyone smart who likes science and is hard working.
21. Who is your character's favorite band or musician? Mozart, then Bach (any classical or baroque composer)

Cartoonizing

Today, I made a picture into a cartoon by using Photoshop.

Introvert vs. Extrovert

Today, I drew an extrovert. He is good at cooking, likes animals, smart, good looking, a bit mysterious.

My Personality

The five characteristics of me are: kind, funny, trustworthy, short, and able. I am in introvert.

Walking Person

Principles of Design/Elements of Art

1) 

Reasons why I deserve a grade above 50%

1) I drew everything by hand.

2) I included descriptions of each element of art.

3) My drawings were precise and accurate, especially the drawing of space.

Grade I deserve: 98%

2)

Reasons why I deserve a grade above 50%

1) I correctly used various tools on MS paint.

2) My descriptions of each principle of design were accurate.

3) All of my drawings are simple and exact.

Grade I deserve: 98%

History Questions Related to Animation

3) The Alice's Wonderland films were a variety of films and television programmes based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which was released in 1865. 

4) In 1928, Steamboat Willie was released. It was the first cartoon with synchronized sound.

5) In 1932. Flowers and Trees was released. It was the first Silly Symphony done in three-strip Techni-color. 

6) In 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released. It was the first full length traditionally animated feature film. 

7) Pinocchio was released on February 23, 1940.