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ANIMATE YOUR OWN FABLEA n i m a t i o n : F i n a l E x e r c i s e S e m e s t e r O n e

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WHAT?

WHY?

HOW?

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You will use the stylus and computer to cre-ate your animated fable.

This culminating activ-ity will demonstrate the skills and abilities that you have developed during the course of the year.

Create your own Animated Fa-ble from initial concept through fi nal animation.

ANIMATE YOUR OWN FABLEA n i m a t i o n : F i n a l E x e r c i s e S e m e s t e r O n e

Greg N’s Fable from 2009-2010

ObjectivesThe students will research an Aesop fable, develop the characters and setting(s), story-board the fable, create an animatic (rough draft/animated storyboard), and then create a final draft of their animated fable with sound. They may use either Flash or Toonboom!

OverviewDigital Storytelling is a multimedia convergence of many things that you have learned during the semester. You will have the chance to apply all of the lessons that you learned or practiced during the semester while creating your own animated fable.

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STEP ONE

Brainstorm visually telling the story.

Make sure you like the story and will be able to make an interest-ing animation from the story.

Before you start drawing/sketch-ing, what tone/style are you look-ing to have in your fable?

Do some research and decide some possible character looks and anything else you think you will have to animate.

Spend 5 to 10 minutes reviewing Aesop Fables online. Choose a story that you can visualize.

You can put your own twist or modern spin on the fable as well.

Each fable can only be used one time per class..

instructor: mr. sheridan carlmontarts.com [email protected]



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This will be a perfect time to ex-aggerate or simplify your designs based on your tone. Is the story a comedy? Drama? Emotionally intense?

You want to plan on the various expressions or emotions that your character(s) will display during the fable. Artwork by J. Sheridan

Now that you have decided on the story, start developing the main characters.

This example shows some sketches of the main character.

As you are developing the char-acters, keep in mind the tone that you have decided to use.

Poses or expressions that are very typical will be helpful when you are storyboarding or animat-ing your fable.

Artwork by J. Sheridan

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STEP SIX

Continue Developing your story-board. Spend 3 days working on the drawings for the storyboard.

Having a good storyboard will make creating the animatic much easier.


Now you can develop your storyboard from your story and your character sketches.

In the storyboard you are work-ing on planning out the story visually.

The drawings do not have to be perfect- the most important thing is showing the characters and how they interact either with each other or the environ-ment..


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Finish the storyboard.

Pair/Share with two of your neighbors to get feedback on your storyboard and give feed-back on their storyboard.

As you fi nish up the storyboard, keep the animatic (the animated storyboard) in mind.


In Step Seven you are continuing to work on the storyboard.

You may need to refi ne, adapt, change, or delete the storyboard.

As you look over your story-board- Are the situations and characters clear?


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Create your animatic from your storyboard.

You should be able to complete your animatic in 5 days or less.

When you are done export your animatic in Quicktime movie us-ing standard resolution of 550 x 400.

Make sure to save your original Flash or ToonBoom fi le- as the Animatic is going to be used for creating your fi nal animation.

Artwork by Pendleton Ward.

Work on the animatic now.

For the animatic you need to scan, photograph, or draw your storyboard on the computer and then assemble the pictures in either Flash or ToonBoom!

Go tohttp://tiny.cc/carlmontand watch the Animatic

This animatic is a title sequence for an animation called Adven-ture Time.

Artwork by Pendleton Ward.

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STEP TWO

Start work on your Final Ani-mation in either Flash or Toon-Boom!

You are going to refer to both your animatic and your story-board.

You need to have the Final Ani-mation fi nished in two weeks.


Pair/Share your Animatic MOV with two of your neighbors to get feedback on your animatic and give feedback on their ani-matic.

The more complete the animatic is, the easier it will be to create a Final Animation from your ani-matic..

You want to be thinking about your Final Draft as you get feed-back from your peers.

STEP TWELVE

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Continue working on your fi nal Animation.

When you are done export your Animation in Quicktime movie using the resolution of 800 x 400.

Pair/Share your Animation Final MOV with two of your neighbors to get feedback on your Anima-tion and give feedback on their animation.

Artwork by Greg N

Post your fi nished MOV fi les to our online community at animation.carlmontarts.com

Give two constructive comments to your peers Final Animations.

Artwork by Greg N

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STEP TWO

Complete the Critique Form which is in the Exercise Folder. Be sure to answer a minimum of two sentences per question.

Gather all of your fi nal fi les together and make sure you have included:

[ ] FLA/ToonBoom File[ ] MOV- Final Quicktime Movie[ ] Storyboard Files[ ] Animatic FLA and MOV[ ] Critique Form

Turn in ALL fi les when you have completed the critique form.

If you are done you can look at the “Done-Early.pdf” in the Re-source Folder.Artwork by Greg N

STEP SIXTEEN

STEP FIFTEEN

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D e d i c a t e d t o t h e g r e a t e s t w i f e i n t h e w o r l d & a l l c u r r e n t a n d f u t u r e s t u -

d e n t s . G o f o r t h a n d c r e a t e a r t !



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Lesson designed by Josh SheridanWebsite mrsheridan.comemail [email protected]

Artwork byGreg N

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Cover Artwork by Greg N

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