Noah+Martin+Unit+4

Noah Martin Unit 4

**Unit question:**
= How can animation be used to inform and educate others? =


 * Pre-Unit exercise (if any) **

= INVESTIGATION =

Thanks to my skillful skill I have managed to kill that hideous dragon and have saved the stickman.
Task 1

**Stickman on the ramp** (on hover board)
media type="file" key="Animation skateboard future.swf" width="360" height="270" //**Looks like he just saved his career!**// Task 2

**Name** (Noah Martin)
media type="file" key="Animation name.swf" width="361" height="291" //**That name is totally awesome!**// Task 3

Didn't do because we weren't taught how to do the merge picture exercise!
Task 4

**Stickman and car** (splat)
media type="file" key="Animation car.swf" width="357" height="280" //**Looks like that stickman is no Noah Moore**//

The most common type of animation used to educate others is PowerPoint. There have been other animations used to educate children, such animations as Special Agent Oso, Micky Mouse Club House, Bob the builder, Lazy Town, Dora the Explorer, Ben 10, Charlie and Lola, Franklin, and other animations. These animations sometimes have a moral but most of the time they are kind of hard to figure out because your so interested in the movie. So yes, animations can be used to inform and educate others about poor choices, but sometimes it is harder to see the education that the animation is trying to tell you about. The animation can be used not only for educating other people about poor choices but can also educate them by saying words and sometimes the children will now them as new words.

The current situation/problem:
The problem is that stickman is coming to school and is going to make a bad decision. He is going to show other people but mainly students at BMIS the consequences of poor choices and also good choices. This can educate others by telling them why not to chose certain choices. This will hopefully help me answer the unit question," How can animation be used to inform and educate others?". Of course I will probably need to have the presentation based in school. //The animations will be either him walking and then getting hit by a car, him near the pool and then either falling over or a friend pushing him off or something else. //

The Design Brief
An animation about a stick man in our school environmental is making a bad then good decision I am going to make it so that he does something not so smart like crossing the road when there is a car coming right at him or something like that. Then I am going to make it so that he makes a good decision Like looking from one side to the other to see if there is a car in site and then crossing the road. I will use Flash MX 2004 but then I might have to do some at home, so I will use Flash CS6 to complete the product. Then I will have some friends or some of my family grade me according to the tests that I have made. This will hopefully help me answer the unit question.

Tests
storyboard? ||  ||   || reasons why? ||  ||   || (15 seconds) for the entire animation? ||  ||   || each of the scenes? ||  ||   || inform you that certain choices are bad ones and some are good? ||  ||   || people can learn from stickman's mistakes? (does it educate people?) ||  ||   || **Design Specification** Must follow the story board Must list the changes and why you changed them Must have 6 scenes Must be at least 150 frames long Must have some writing i.e. Must have different layers for the scene Must be of good Quality Must use Motion Tweens Must have a good understanding why certain choices are good and bad Must have action involved Must have color Must be good enough that most people enjoy the animation Must educate others from stickman's mistakes and the good things that happen
 * ====**Tests**==== || ====**Yes**==== || ====**No**==== ||
 * Does your animation follow my
 * Are the changes listed, and the
 * Does it have 6 scenes? ||  ||   ||
 * Does it have at least 150 frames
 * Does it have different layers in
 * Is the product good quality? ||  ||   ||
 * Does it have motion tweens? ||  ||   ||
 * Does the animation/animations
 * Is it a good quality animation that
 * Is the animation colorful? ||  ||   ||
 * I am going to make a bar chart in the evaluating stage to show the testing of the product by other people.**

** In the animation that I am going to create in the creating stage is hopefully going to be about the consequences of poor choices. **

 * After creating the animation I will have 3 people test my product against the design specification.**

**What is an Animation?**
====**Animations** are the rapid display of an images to create movements. Animations are supposed to have 10 frames per second. A projector usually plays 24, 25 or 30 frames per second in order to make the animations even more realistic.====

**Types of Animations:**

 * Clay Animations and Computer Animations**

**Clay Animations:**
Clay animation or Claymation is one of many forms of Stop Motion Animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is deform able made, of a malleable substance, usually Plasticize clay.

**Computer Animations:**
Computer animations or CGI animations is the process used for generating animated images using computer graphics. There is a more used term, computer-generated imagery. The more modern used animations are of which are 3D although 2D computer graphics are still used for stylistic. Computer generated animations are easier to control than other more Physically based processes like making miniatures for effects shots or hiring extras.

**Children's Animations:**
There are types of animation programs designed specifically for children that run on Windows PC and that don’t cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Kid’s animations don’t need those types of machines that Pixar Animation Studios use. They just need the basic things like a computer, mouse and etc. the only special thing that you need is the Flip Boom program from Toon Boom. This program only cost around 40 dollars. And just a tip you might want to ask kids what they want to see. Remember Flip Boom is specifically design to create animations for kids.

**Adult Animations:**
For adults the animation programs arehas. This is because adults totally different, you need those big machines that Pixar Animation Studios use, you need to know more then the basic things like Flip Boom watch animations with good quality, unlike kids do. Kids don't care what kind of quality the animations are they just want it to be an animation. Adults only watch the good quality animations. So if you are going to create an animation for adults you need big animation machines or at least the best quality programs. Adults like movies like the Simpsons and Family Guy. Adults also sometimes like movies or animations with swearing and scenes with sexual activity in it. (In other words it is inappropriate for children.)

**Educational Animations:**
Animations can be used to help students learn faster. They are also good for teachers for when it comes to explaining difficult things. The difficulty of understanding things can be caused by not being involved in mathematics or imagination. Like when it comes to electric circuits it is difficult for students to understand the way they flow and other things, so in that case animations can be used to explain thing clearly. PowerPoint is a form of animation that can be used to educate other people if it is used in the right way and if it is in the right hands. It is known that if used in the right hands many students get A’s in their tests and exams. In PowerPoint you can show people animations for different subjects in a way so that they can understand and learn. In science Mrs. Reusseu has shown use slides in the standard PowerPoint that has enabled us to learn fast and remember it from a long period of time. PowerPoint's can be used for Physical Education, it can be used to show people the best methods and techniques for running, swimming, rugby and others. This will show people things that you should do and also things that you shouldn't do to achieve the highest standards.

Here is a picture of an animation that was created to teach people about the respiration system.

//References:// [] [] [] [] [] [] Comment: It is very good but needs more detail in the research. Also there isn't a merging pictures exercise! (Ahsen)

= DESIGN =

Design 1
I have chosen this design because I had spent the most time with it, it looks good and it has to do with bullying which happens in lots of schools. This design starts when a stickman (Jordy) starts to bully a person he does not know and underestimates his skill. Then it all ends up that Jordy turns into a pile of ashes. **(This does not actually happen in real life!)** **This design has a total of 6 layers involved!**

Design 2
This design is my least favorite one because it doesn't have that many layers used, it's not that colorful and there isn't enough action going on. What happens in this design is a stickman shows off on his skateboard and showing his good looks not paying attention to the traffic and etc... Then what happens is that he gets hit by a car. **(This does happen in real life!)**
 * This design has a total of 6 layers involved!**



Design 3
This was my second favorite design because it has color, has a moral but it doesn't have that much action involved and doesn't have a use of that many layers. In this design a person is smoking on the side of the street and people come near him and then die of suffocation. Later on the man that is smoking dies. **(This can happen to people that smoke!)**
 * This design has a total of 5 layers involved!**

why you changed them || Yes || No || No || long || N/A || N/A || N/A || the scene || Yes || Yes || Yes || why certain choices are good and bad || Yes || Yes || Yes || people enjoy the animation || N/A || N/A || N/A || stickman's mistakes and the good things that happen || Pretty much || Pretty much || Pretty much ||
 * Design Specification || Design 1 || Design 2 || Design 3 ||
 * Must follow the story board || N/A || N/A || N/A ||
 * Must list the changes and
 * Must have 6 scenes || N/A || N/A || N/A ||
 * Must be at least 150 frames
 * Must have some writing i.e. || Yes || Yes || Yes ||
 * Must have different layers for
 * Must be of good quality || Yes || Not really || Yes ||
 * Must use motion tweens || N/A || N/A || N/A ||
 * Must have a good understanding
 * Must have action involved || Yes || Not really || Not really ||
 * Must have color || Yes || No || Yes ||
 * Must be good enough that most
 * Must educate others from

Overall the best design that has been evaluated against the Design Specification is design 1. Next is Design 3, and then finally Design 2. = PLAN =
 * So I chose Design 1 first of all because it's the highest in points in the Design Specification and also because it looks better quality and will be a challenge for me!**


 * ==**Date**== || ==**Task**== || ==**Resources other than basic ones (computer, monitor, mouse, electricity)**== || ==**Use of resources**== || ==** Comments **== ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Open Google Chrome and Wikispaces === || ===Google chrome, internet, wikispaces=== || ===Internet for being able to go on goggle chrome and wikispaces. Google chrome so that you can go onto wikispaces and look at the plan.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Open your unit 4 page=== || ===Google chrome, internet, wikispaces=== || ===Internet for being able to go on goggle chrome and wikispaces. Google chrome so that you can go onto wikispaces and look at the plan.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Open assessment criteria=== || ===Google chrome, internet, wikispaces=== || ===Internet for being able to go on goggle chrome and wikispaces. Google chrome so that you can go onto wikispaces and look at the plan.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Look at design specification=== || ===Google chrome, internet, wikispaces=== || ===Internet for being able to go on goggle chrome and wikispaces. Google chrome so that you can go onto wikispaces and look at the plan.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Look at chosen design=== || ===Google chrome, internet, wikispaces=== || ===Internet for being able to go on goggle chrome and wikispaces. Google chrome so that you can go onto wikispaces and look at the plan.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Open Flash CS6 or MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Make 7 Layers=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw a person that is going to be Mc. Giver for the 1st layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw a person that is going to be Jordy for the 2nd layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw a bowling ball for the 3rd layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw a sword for Mc. Giver for the 4th layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw the land or hill for the 5th layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw the sun for the 6th layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === I was not able to complete the following things for the 6/5/13 because the Flash MX 2004 kept on tuning off. === ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===With the pencil tool draw the sky for the 7th layer=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === I was not able to complete the following things for the 6/5/13 because the Flash MX 2004 kept on tuning off. === ||
 * ===6/5/13=== || ===Make 30 more frames and in these 30 more frames Mc. Giver should have sliced the bowling ball in half=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === I was not able to complete the following things for the 6/5/13 because the Flash MX 2004 kept on tuning off. === ||
 * ===7/5/13=== || ===Make 40 more frames and within those frames Jordy should have blocked the arrow of which Mc. Giver shot=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===9/5/13=== || ===Make 20 more frames within those 20 frames Jordy should have just shot from a saw machine gun=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== ||  ||
 * ===13/5/13=== || ===Make 45 more frames and within those frames Mc. Giver should have blocked his shots with a force field and taken out an unusual thing=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === I was not able to complete this task at school because it was Student Led Conference day and there was no school on that day. So I had to do it at home. === ||
 * ===14/5/13=== || ===Make another 20 frames within these frames Mc. Giver should have shot the laser beam and Jordy should have turned into ashes=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === I finished my entire creating stage on the 13/5/13, so all the following things are completed. === ||
 * ===14/5/13===

16/5/13
|| ===Make 30 frames and within those frames the ashes should have turned into the words "The End"=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually create your animation.=== || === Completed === ||
 * ===16/5/13=== || ===Go back and make sure that all your frames and layers are flawless=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004=== || ===Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually check your animation.=== || === Completed === ||
 * ===16/5/13=== || ===Upload the animation onto your unit 4 page using the instructions on the Unit 4 webpage=== || ==Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004, goggle chrome, internet and wikispaces == || ==Flash CS6 or Flash MX 2004 so that you can actually save your animation. You need goggle chrome, internet and wikispaces so that you can upload your animation onto your unit 4. == || === Completed === ||

Attempt **in Evaluating**

 * I think that the create is going to be quite successful because this plan is pretty detailed and it shows you the resources needed. However it might not be successful because I might not be able to complete each part in a day. The other possible thing that could happen is that I could become sick on one of the days so I might have to do it at home. But if that does not happen I think that the creating stage will be a success! I think that the final product will have a huge success against the design specification**

This animation that I have created in both Flash MX 2004 and Flash CS6 is about bullying.
=STOP BULLYING!!!= In this animation Mc. Giver is the good guy but has a sword for protection. Jordy is the bully and starts to bully Mc. Giver by throwing a bowling ball at him and then it goes on.

media type="file" key="Animation for create (Unit 4).swf" width="360" height="270"

**Changes made to the product**
There have been several changes that I have made to the final product! The changes are listed below.
 * I didn't use the standard pencil tool but rather used the line tool. This is because the line tool is neater and can make straighter lines than the pencil tool.
 * I didn't have Mc. Giver slice the bowling ball in half because it would have been too hard for me to have it sliced in half. Instead I had it stay in one piece and reflect off of Mc. Givers sword and stay in the animation for the entire time.
 * I didn't have Mc. Giver slice or reflect the bowling ball until the 45th frame, but in my plan I had said that he should have done it on the 30th frame. I had changed this because I needed to have it going a little bit slower otherwise it would have gone to fast.
 * I didn't have Jordy block the arrow shot by Mc. Giver until 50 frames later, but I had said in my plan that I would only have happen 40 frames later. I had changed this because I needed to have it going a little bit slower otherwise it would have gone to fast.
 * I didn't have Jordy shoot the saw machine gun until 40 more frames later. I had originally said that he should have shot 20 frames later. I had changed this because I needed to have it going a little bit slower otherwise it would have gone to fast.
 * I didn't have Mc. Giver block the bullets and take out a unusual thing until 30 frames after, but I had said in my plan that it would have 45 frames instead. This time I had changed it because I needed it to go a little bit faster than it originally was suppose to be.
 * I didn't have Jordy's ashes turn into the phrase 'The End' for 60 more frames, originally in my plan I had said that it should have been only 30 more frames. I had changed this because I needed to have it going a little bit slower otherwise it would have gone to fast.


 * For the creating stage I was not able to prove that I used different layers, had motion tweens, or others but some of my friends can prove that I have used motion tweens and different layers in my animation. Why I was not able to prove that I did those things and put them onto wikispaces was because I had used a trial version of Flash CS6 and it had expired before I had time to prove the certain things that I needed to prove and put it onto the wiki. **

EVALUATE
====I think I did excellent on my final product but there were some downs on my tests and design specifications according to the people who I had test the product. The results of the testing are listed below in the tables!==== 6 = It asalutly does 5 = It basically does with a little bit of a change 4 = It kind of does but not really 3 = It doesn't really and there are a lot of changes 2 = It There a huge amounts of changes 1= It just about doesn't at all and there are tremendous changes 0 = It just doesn't at all

you changed them || **Yes** || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || long || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || the scene || ** Yes ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || why certain choices are good and bad || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** || people enjoy the animation || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || stickman's mistakes || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * ====**Design Specification**==== || ====**Myself**==== || ====**Yash**==== || ====**Mother**==== ||
 * Must follow the story board || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must list the changes and why
 * Must have 6 scenes || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must be at least 150 frames
 * Must have some writing i.e. || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** ||
 * Must have different layers for
 * Must be of good quality || ** Yes ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must have motion tweens || ** Kind of ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must have a good understanding
 * Must have action involved || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must have color || ** Yes ** || ** Kind of ** || ** Yes ** ||
 * Must be good enough that most
 * Must educate others from

**Changes that could be made:**

 * Yash** - Very good but you need to improve on your motion tweens and the education bit, but other wise well done
 * Mother** - You did excellent on your animation just the different layers I wasn't to keen on
 * Myself** - I think I did very well, but like Yash said I need to improve on my motion tweens and also the educating of others


 * ===**Design Specification**=== || ===**The Final Product of this unit**=== ||
 * **Must follow the story board** || **My final product basically did follow my storyboard other than that the bowling ball was not split in half**
 * and Mc. Giver didn't proclaim 'Ha Ha' after killing Jordy.** ||
 * **Must list the changes and why****you changed them** || **I have listed the changes in my final product that were related to my plan and designs.** ||
 * **Must have 6 scenes** || **Yes I had 6 scenes involved in both my final product and in my designs.** ||
 * **Must be at least 150 frames**
 * long** || **My final product had at least 150 frames infact my final product was a total of 254 frames.** ||
 * **Must have some writing i.e.** || **In my final product I did have some writting in the beginning but that was the only period of which I had**
 * writting.** ||
 * **Must have different layers for**
 * the scene** || **I was not able to prove that I used different layers in my product but some of my friends can prove that**
 * I used 7 different layers in which I put in the sun, sky, Mc. Giver, Jordy, the sword, and many others.** ||
 * **Must be of good quality** || **I would have to say that my final product is of great quality for my age, the moving is fluent and the**
 * product looks of good quality.** ||
 * **Must have motion tweens** || **My final product doesn't really have motion tweens in it but yet it kind of does.** ||
 * **Must have a good understanding**
 * why certain choices are good and**
 * bad** || **This final product kind of shows you a good understanding why certain choices are good and bad by**
 * having Jordy start the fight and then Mc. Giver finishing it.** ||
 * **Must have action involved** || **My animation has quite a bit or action involved by having weaponry being shot at each other all the time.** ||
 * **Must have color** || **My animation has color all over so I don't think that there are any negatives on that.** ||
 * **Must be good enough that most**
 * people enjoy the animation** || **I and others would have to say that this animation is very enjoyable but it's just a little bit too short for**
 * people to have the time to sit down, relaxe, and enjoy the animation.** ||
 * **Must educate others from**
 * stickman's mistakes** || **This animation kind of educates others about Jordy's dumb mastake and what can happen.** ||

**Changes in the way I worked on each stage of the Design Cycle**

 * Investigation - Could have worked less on the Pre-exercises because I ended up spending several hours working on them**
 * - Could have worked a little bit more on my current situation and problem, and the design brief**
 * - Could have added a couple more tests**
 * - Could have worked a bit more on my research**
 * Design - Could have justified my choice of a chertain design in a more relivent way**
 * Plan - Could have worked on my plan a little bit more and think more deeply into the situation**
 * - Could have worked harder on my attemp in evaluating**
 * Create - Should have made the create so that it educates others in a better way**
 * - Should have proved the data by print screening the imformation before the trial expires**

**SO ANIMATIONS CAN BE USED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT POOR CHOICES!!!**
the design specification. I need to have more research involved. In the Design Brief there has to be the W's and the H. || Like I said, base the Design Specification acording to your research. || one of the designs against the design specification. The design specification for the designing stage has to be in full sentences. || Justify the Designs in a more clear and spacific way. Put more imformation in why I chose a certain design over all the others. || attempted to evaluate the product. || I don't think I need to improve the work next time just do the same as I have done. || stated the changes, but I didn't prove that I had different layers. However my grade was not affected. || I don't think I need to improve the work next time, however I need to prove the imformation that I need to. || stated ways that I could change in how I worked in the Design Cycle and said what was good about my product. || I don't think I need to improve the work next time just do the same as I have done. ||
 * ==Stage== || ==Grade== || ==Reason For Level .== || ==How to improve next time .== ||
 * ==INVESTIGATE== || 5 || I didn't have the research related to
 * ==**DESIGN**== || 5 || I hadn't really justified my choice of
 * ==**PLAN**== || 6 || Because I did well in my plan and
 * ==**CREATE**== || 6 || Because my create was excellent, I
 * ==**EVALUATE**== || 6 || I had three people evaluate my product
 * ==**ATTITUDES IN**==

**TECHNOLOGY**
|| 6 || I had gotten this grade because I had done all the tasks on time. || I just need to do my tasks on time like I have done in this unit. ||

New Words from this Unit:

 * Flash MX 2004
 * Flash CS6
 * Animation
 * Timelines
 * Keyframe
 * Blank Keyframe
 * FPS (Frames per Second)
 * Onion markers
 * Modify Onion markers
 * Conversion between graphic and symbol
 * Text animations
 * Panels
 * Layers
 * Stickman