Making a 2D Animation

ntro
I am going to be making a 2D animation sequence, some of the themes that it will have are as follows: Black Comedy,Death,Violence,Recreations of movie sequences and other possible pop culture references. The sequence might also contain homage references to other famous animators like Terry Gilliam for example.

Research and Ideas

As seen on my other assignment I can make a graphic image in flash move this means I could make a car or a skateboard or a similar object that you use to move around quickly in flash using the Freehand graphic tool or by having an image of said object and turning it into a graphic I can then follow the same steps to make it move across the screen here is a screen shot from my other assignment that shows my own work.

I could also use the shape tween tool to make and animated sequence I have used this tool before and have exampled my work in the first assignment, it showed how to make a sequence using a shape tween. Here is the finished version of the shape tween in gif form:

My research in the first animation led to a trailer for the animated Batman adventures this type of show is inspirational as it contains the dark themes and violence that I might use for my idea (obviously the show was targeted for kids whereas mine will be more focused towards adult themes like murder,violence,drugs etc) however the fluid movements of the sequence is a great guide for animated violent sequences.

Idea 1

For my first idea I thought that a homage or a recreation of a famous movie scene/ TV scene this would save time in think of an original idea but it would a lot harder in recreating the sequence in flash this would also depend on the complexity of the scene in question, the scene could also be black comedy inspired (IE jokes about death) this again would be a recreation of a TV/Movie scene.

I thought  of this idea because when researching the history of animation I watched different film and movie scenes that contained animation, it got me thinking of watching other live action films in an animated sequence, so I watched some of my favorite films as 'research'. For example the shootout scene in Reservoir Dogs is one of my favorite movie scenes and could be recreated easily by taking cutouts of the characters in the scene and making their mouths move and adding the audio from the scene here is the scene in question, the actual flash part would be the initial 10 sec build up then 10 secs of shooting and falling to the ground. 

Idea 2
This idea is a lot simpler than the first idea it is a simple but effective I thought would tell a short story about a man walking his dog and the things he sees in a  20 sec period this animation would be full of color and bright imagery as he experiences his walk ( this could be overlapped by suggestions he is actually tripping on LSD) the world will then morph into horrible imagery and scary things, he is shown crying and being scared, the animation cuts to him on his sofa drooling and dying this idea was created when I watched the film 'Scarface' the drug addiction that slowly brings him down led me to an idea that showed how dark and horrible drugs can be. To be funny and slightly lighthearted I will do this to the track 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' a popular song by the Beatles that was about tripping of LSD and general drug taking I also will use this flash animation as a good drug deterrent as it shows the extremities that people go to while under the influence of drugs. I think this animation will be great for the selected target audience who are people aged 17-21, this selection of people is most likely to be curious about drugs.

The story has since been changed to the character running into a monster and fleeing (DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS)

Characters for Idea 

Jim-the main protagonist-Stick figure-Divorced his wife took everything from him. Lives in a small shitty apartment

Various Creatures- Things Jim sees when tripping they torment Jim (inner daemons)










One of Jim's monsters (inner demons)it takes the form of a bull with razor
 sharp teeth

Jim 2:  












Background


Jim's Mind Forest:

Here I have started my animation, I have added a key frame to the time line and a classic tween to make it look like the character is moving into frame. 

I have also added a classic tween to another layer, on this layer the monster comes into frame quickly, and will roar. 

The character will scream and turn and run away (all sound effects and titles will be added post) this was achieved by creating a copy of the character and flipping it. 

Then he runs off stage and the monster sits there brooding 

Then it ends 

I have now finished the post production and will upload the finished project to blackboard