2. Creating the animatic
I first began my production by
creating a brief animatic in
order to get a good idea of
what I would like to accomplish
in the outcome. So, using the
app Sketchbook, I drew the
frames for the animatic, but
changed the potion of the
layers soo that it seems
different in very frame. I then
did the same process with the
rest of the animatic. Once that
was done, I then assembled the
pieces together to make up the
animatic in Dragonframe in
order to create a rough idea of
what I would like to do. Overall,
I found this piece of work very
helpful because it helped me
feel more organised as well as
prepared for what lies ahead.
3. Making the mouth pieces
Next, it was time to make the
mouth pieces for my
characters. I simply did this
by making them out of
plasticine with different
colours to indicate the
different parts of the mouth
such as the back of the
mouth, teeth and tongue. I
then put them in a cup with a
sealed lid so that they don’t
dry in the open atmosphere.
Overall, I found this part very
easy because the shapes
were easy to come up with,
as well as placing the layers
on top was not as hard as I
anticipated.
4. Animating the scenes
Next came the funnest
part of all: animating my
characters. One by one, I
animated the characters,
but with Stan, I had to
use sketchbook to erase
my hand from the shots
where I am pushing him
down, so it looks like he
is doing it himself.
Overall, I found this part
tricky because I had the
change the mouth
movements and the
positions without
causing any major
differences to make it
smooth.
5. Assembling in Dragonframe
After exporting the
frames as JPEGs, it was
time to assemble them in
the Dragonframe app.
Similar to what I did with
the experiments, I
uploaded the images via
image upload, and then
placed them in the right
sections of the sequence.
Once that was done, I
exported the clips into
my files, real to upload
into iMovie. Overall, I
found this procedure
easy because it didn’t
take a lot of complicated
movements of advanced
technical patterns to
assemble the pieces.
6. Making the Intro With all the clips been
completed, it was time to
make the 2D animated
intro. To do this, I did the
same thing as I did with
the mouth experiments,
which was draw out the
frames piece by piece,
and then exported them
as JPEGs into
Dragonframe. Overall, I
found this part quite
challenging because it
was hard to get the purple
bouncy ball to splat on
the ground in the way I
wanted it to, but the
overall result was fine
non the less.
7. Assemble and edit in iMovie
And finally, it was
time to put all of the
clips together. I also
added the voices as
well as the
background music
from iMovie in order
to create a bouncy
and cheery
atmosphere. Overall, I
found this part the
easiest to do because
all the parts were pre
recorded and were
easy to extract, plus
the music all benefits
each characters
personality.
