Robert Eastwood

Software Skills Diary

14/02/17
Aim: To start creating my characters
Evidence: I have started by firstly making my Pizza cartoon character. The
theme of the Pizza and the burger are they look evil and look quite like bullies.
So I have decided the pizza and the burger will have sunglasses on and unlike
the apple and the banana these evil character has a smirk

I have found an arm that will suit my evil pizza character.

I then used the duplicate tool to do the other arm as well.

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I have found some legs that will be on the pizza and he need these legs as he in
the story will trip up the apple to try to cheat to win the race.

I have also added the red armband onto the pizza arm to show he is on the
team with the other unhealthy food.
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I then decided the legs looked weird with the pizza so I decided to change the
colour of them to a colour that matches the pizza but not fully.

I have also now started creating the apple in my animation

15/02/17
Aim: Continue making my characters on Photoshop
Evidence: I have continued my apple by added arms onto the side of him.
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I have now added legs to the apple and just like the pizza, I have changed the
legs to match more of the apple colour tone. I have also added the blue
armband to show that the apple is on the opposite team to the pizza.

I have now finished the apple and will start the burger character who will look
like the pizza.
I have started by making the top piece of bread on the burger with the same
face as the pizza with the sunglasses, eyebrows and smirk.

I have now finished the burger body with all the different foods in the middle
including tomato, lettuce, cheese and the burger meat. As well as adding the
bottom piece of bread.
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I have now added the arms onto the burger with the red armband because he
is on the unhealthy food team with the pizza.

27/02/17
Aim: Continued my characters
Evidence: I have finished my burger off by adding his legs and also painting
them so they match the rest of his body.
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Before I finish the burger I have decided to add some extra detail and I have
made a new layer for the glass from the sunglasses so I can use the opacity tool
to make it so you can slightly see through them and then I found some evil
looking eyes and put them behind the sunglasses and you can slightly see
them.

I have now started the banana character and I have made the banana and the
eyes for the banana.
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I will now add a smile that will be a happy smile just like the apple.

I have now added the arms to my banana with the blue armband just like the
apple because they are both on the healthy food team. The banana doesnt
have legs and will hop to the finish line and he hops to walk anyway.
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Now I have started making my animation, I have made all my characters and
given those legs and arms within their own layer. I have also made it an
armature so all the limbs move around the body.

I then started moving all my characters so it looks like the character graphics
are moving. I used the remove frames tool to make the animations the right
length and to not be too small or too long of the 30-second mark.
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I have now changed to another background and I am making the part of the
animation which is where the apple gets tripped and I have made it look slow
motion. By making the movement longer.
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I am now changing to my last background and it will be where the banana

finishes first, then the burger second then the apple will win right at the end to
make the healthy foods win the race.
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2/03/17
Aim: Finish production
Evidence
Because I havent done the voice narration yet so I have put in subtitles in just
in case I dont have time for the voice narration.
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I will have the countdown when the race is starting as well it will be at the top
of the screen to show that it is not any of the characters talking but a voice
who could be a narrator.
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I have put the we are the champions song at the end and the slow Mo music
called the chariots of fire when they are race to the finish.
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I have had time to do my audio for the characters and I have given myself a
script to go off and I have used audacity to shorten all my clips down so they fit
in the right times for the animation. I have started putting the audio clips on
my product now.

I have continued adding audio to where the subtitles come up on the screen.
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I have now finished my audio but I had to remove the make sure you eat
healthy foods kids part from the audio because it would make the entire
animations to long and if I make it longer it makes the animation slower and it
looks good how it is now.
I will now publish it.