Sun and Cloud multishot animation: week four

WEEK ONE: NEW BRIEF AND RESEARCH (1.1):

 Create the structure of your Weebly site, call it “Animation” with the following
headings:
1. Research
2. Design
3. Build
4. Evaluation
 Download and place a copy of the brief on your Weebly site, on the front Animation
page.
 Open, read and store “Research Examples” sheet from Trev.
 Begin worksheets: “Exploring Research”. Add evidence to RESEARCH page. 1.1

WEEK TWO: HEY, EVERYBODY!(2.1):

 Understand primary and secondary research. Open, understand and begin the
“Primary Research, Secondary Research” worksheets. Add evidence to RESEARCH
page. 2.1
 Continue building evidence on Weebly. Must include talking about PHONEMES and
anatomy of mouth/speech. 2.1, 3.1
 Produce your own version of "Lip Synch with Dr. Nick". Save file as
"My_first_lip_sync.fla". Add evidence to DESIGN page. 2.1, 3.1

WEEK THREE: SPACE SHIP TWO SHOT

 Produce two short camera shot types using BG plate and motion tweens. Save file as
“My_first_two_shot.fla”. Add evidence to production log.
 Add examples of space ship movement over the backgrounds. Place these inside
timeline folders based on each shot. Save file as “My_second_two_shot.fla”.Add
evidence to production log.
 Make, export and place two shot types as QT files. Call them “shot_1” and “shot_2”.
 Import them into a new Premiere file and edit as sequence. Save file as
“Animate_2_shot_sequence”. Add evidence to production log.
 Continue building evidence of all tasks today on Weebly in your Design/blog section.
 Use any spare time to complete the research documents from previous lessons.
WEEK FOUR: SOUND’S ABOUT RIGHT

 Open, understand and complete the “Exploring Sound Worksheet”. This must be
placed in your RESEARCH section. (U5, LO1: AC 1.1)
 Learn how to split audio in Animate, to allow focus on specific areas of the timeline
when animating.
 Explore audio editing, trimming and how to clean up/enhance sound files using
effects in Premiere.
 Understand sourcing or recording audio for your final animation edit. You will need
to add or replace a total of sounds (see table below). You must keep the narrator
and voice actor channels.
 Create a Premiere file which will hold your final edited animation. Import the intro
clip and all audio files, set as channels and save the project.

Here is a table outlining what you will have in your audio channels for the final Premiere
project...

Numbe
Name Description Editable
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1 Narrator Voice over establishing and framing the story. N
2 Characters Two characters, brilliantly portrayed and N
demonstrating a wide array of acting skills.
3 BGM Introductory and closing music supporting the feel of Y
the story.
4 Crowd Supporting cast who appear three times in the story. Y
5 Birdsong Supporting sound layer which helps create ambience. Y
6 SFX 1 Add TWO sound files you have RECORDED Y
7 SFX 2 Add two sound files you have SOURCED Y

In preparation for next week’s lesson...

 Ask the lecturer to revisit any specific animation skills which you feel need
refreshing. These will then be saved and placed in the “Ask Trev” folder on Moodle.
 Be able to find the timings sheet prepared by the lecturer for your own animation.
 Be able to find the title card prepared by the lecturer for your own animation.
 Be able to find the audio files prepared by the lecturer for your own animation.
 Begin your own animation. You will have the remainder of this session plus five more
production weeks. In the final week you will have to produce a short evaluation
which will be based on a series of questions, so plan your time to include that as
well.