TamandaKachika8SROunit4

**Unit question:** How can animation be used to inform and educate others?
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The current situation/problem:
How can animation be used to educate and inform others?  With today’s advanced technology, animation is a very popular way of communication these days, for all ages. Animation can go from being a simple safety cartoon to being an educational kid’s show. Most people today are more interested in visuals such as animation instead of reading, so if you’d want to get someone’s full attention on a topic you are educating them on, you’d do better off if you showed them a brief interesting animation.  Kids all over the world enjoy watching cartoons, so if its an educational cartoon, they are learning and being entertained at the same time. Many TV networks have taken advantage of this by making many cartoons targeted to children that teach the basic things such as “GO-Diego-go” the popular TV program that teaches kids science without them realizing it. Children are not the only ones that can learn from animation though; animation is a fun way for almost everyone to learn, for example adults at work can express their ideas through animation so that people get a better idea of what their talking about. In the 21st century there are so many ways that animation can be used to inform people. Informative animation is everywhere nowadays mainly because it’s clear and not as boring as reading. For instance in plane, there is a pamphlet on safety in a plane, but they also provide an animated tutorial so that children that can’t read.  Educational and Informative animations can be all sorts of things like:
 * Plane tutorials
 * Educational TV cartoons
 * School safety rules
 * Driving safety rules etc.

The Design Brief
An animation about stick man in our school environment making a good or bad decision.

The Design Specification
Must follow the story board Must have 6 scenes Must be at least 150 frames long Must have some writing i.e. to introduce a scene or some talking Must have different layers for scene, you will probably end up with over 10 layers

Tests

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 * Have I followed the story bored? ||  ||   ||
 * Do I have 6 scenes? ||  ||   ||
 * Is it at least 150 frames long? ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Does it have some writing to introduce a scene ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do I have different layers for each scene? ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Is it original? ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Is it entertaining? ||  ||   ||


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**TECHNOLOGY**
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