Allergy Adventures

The Story Board

(I am certainly not known for my art)

Staging

I had the flower and cannon meet using the rule of thirds. The goal was to try and draw attention to the cannon and away from the stairs.

Further, the cannon doesn't move until the flower finishes saying hello to keep the viewer focused on the flower.

Squash and Stretch

As the cannon sneezes, the body of the cannon squashes down before releasing one last sneeze!

Arcs

The cannon ball follows an arc on its initial release.

Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose

I used Pose to Pose on the cannon ball. I went back to add a very subtle bounce after the initial hit (cannon balls are heavy), but found this was easiest after having its landing point marked.

I used straight ahead with the cannon animation.

Challenges

Though this animation went alright, there were a few things I had trouble with:

Exporting the file as a .mov
Terrible wood texture: after viewing, it seems that it makes the balls movements harder to see

Things I Learned

Key Frame editing played a big role
I am terrible at physics-done-by-hand

Sources

Sneeze Sound: http://soundbible.com/526-Sneeze.html

Sniff Sound: http://soundbible.com/958-Sniff-Short.html

Hello Sound: http://soundbible.com/769-Hello.html

Bigger Sneeze: http://soundbible.com/202-Achoo-Sneeze-Sound.html

Cannon & Flower: TurboSquid

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