[ Tom ] - Group Meeting Animation Discussion
Friday 22/10/10 - 10:30-12
Today we had another group meeting. As it had been a week or so since our last meeting, we went over our idea again and decided to stick with the transition between 4+ areas of Essex idea.
As of today, the 4 main attractions of Essex that we want to animate are the: air show, beer festival, golf course and lawn mower race.
We also decided on what type of visual style of animation we would be doing. We want to do a realistic style mixed with a little bit of a cartoony style. Like in the Pixar films where the humans have a distinct cartoon style, yet seemingly blend in with the realistic background style.
The intention is to each take 1 of the 4 areas of Essex and do a 15-20 second animation of them. We would then create an inroduction and ending to the animation together and stick them all together. We were a little concerned that the animation would not be long enough, so we deicded that if we have the time we would include a fifth of sixth area of Essex in the animation, if need be.
Finally, perhaps the most significant part if the meeting, we came up with the idea of incorporating Flash into the animation. In other words, instead of creating a continous 2 minute animation, we would make an interactive Flash animation. So for example, we could use the map of Essex that Dan created and then place our 4 landmarks on it. The user would then be able to click on a landmark and watch the short animation while having the option to read up on some facts. This way, the user would have more control over what areas of Essex they wish to learn more about instead of having to sit though an entire animation.
If time allows us, we will submit both the 2 minute animation and the interactive Flash animation.
Today we had another group meeting. As it had been a week or so since our last meeting, we went over our idea again and decided to stick with the transition between 4+ areas of Essex idea.
As of today, the 4 main attractions of Essex that we want to animate are the: air show, beer festival, golf course and lawn mower race.
We also decided on what type of visual style of animation we would be doing. We want to do a realistic style mixed with a little bit of a cartoony style. Like in the Pixar films where the humans have a distinct cartoon style, yet seemingly blend in with the realistic background style.
The intention is to each take 1 of the 4 areas of Essex and do a 15-20 second animation of them. We would then create an inroduction and ending to the animation together and stick them all together. We were a little concerned that the animation would not be long enough, so we deicded that if we have the time we would include a fifth of sixth area of Essex in the animation, if need be.
Finally, perhaps the most significant part if the meeting, we came up with the idea of incorporating Flash into the animation. In other words, instead of creating a continous 2 minute animation, we would make an interactive Flash animation. So for example, we could use the map of Essex that Dan created and then place our 4 landmarks on it. The user would then be able to click on a landmark and watch the short animation while having the option to read up on some facts. This way, the user would have more control over what areas of Essex they wish to learn more about instead of having to sit though an entire animation.
If time allows us, we will submit both the 2 minute animation and the interactive Flash animation.
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