Flash animation

Unfortunately after many attempts my story boards would not scan into my email account.This has been discussed with my tutor Eve, and we will try again at a later date, but for now, here are the annotations to my storyboards. sorry for the inconvenience :)

Flash Animation. 
If above video isn't working or the quality isn't good enough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I752H5-bVng


Climb animation final evaluation.


The font and sounds used in this are located at the end of this post, however a few have been edited so that the timing and noises made are suitable for the timing on the animation. The font Motor Oil was chosen because of the shape of the m, as the point is perfect as a mountain peak. After loading it onto here the movements are a bit juttered but does not ruin the overall idea and substance of the animation just the appearance.


Positives- I really like the font choice as it is strong and sturdy for the base of the mountain and then the m is the perfect shape of mountains. The movement of the b imitates that of a humans and this is strengthened by the noises that accompany it. the b flipping around to be/place a flag on top of the mountain was a quirky idea i really liked. The overall idea was simple and effective with quirky little touches which i really enjoyed.


Negatives- Unfortunately my flash skills aren't the best and all of the ideas weren't able to be executed to a smooth clean standard. Many of the movements probably had an easier way to create them, however because of the limited skills I have, everything was created with motion tweens. Some of the movements aren't as smooth as id like them to be, so it created a little bit of a stiff motion.


Improvements- knowing how to create shapes in flash would've been really helpful so in hindsight i should've researched how to do that more. The sounds fit, however some of the transitions are a bit sharp and harsh and so learning the sound editor would've been helpful as well. To improve the overall animation if i had more time i would probably record my own sounds and work on smoothening out the movements and just work on the speed in some areas. :) 



Websites can be found in the links, shortened to tidy up post and save space.


Font used- Motor Oil 1937 and can be found here.
Sounds used
- Winner 01 here
- Groan 01 here
- Footsteps up wooden stairs (recorded from underneath stairs) here
- Pant 01 here
- Impact thin wooden box fall here
- Tree branch fall on leaves and twigs here