Animated Music Video

Assignment

• • • • Create an animated music video to a song of your choice using Adobe Animate.

Getting Started

• • • • You will need a set of headphones for this project.

      • Create a New Animate Document

        • • • Select HD 1,280 x 720 from the Presets 

            • Change the Frame Rate to 24

            • Make sure the Platform Type is Flash ActionScript 3.0 

VIDEO REQUIREMENT

• • • • Acceptable choice of song - school appropriate (have Mr. Myers download it for you.)

      • A collection of photos that represent some of the lyrics (imagery) of the song.

      • Some of the lyrics of the song appearing as text.

      • Take your time and pay attention to the details.

      • Level 4 work is achieved by making the photos and text match up to the lyrics.

      • You DO NOT need to complete the entire song for Level 4. (a good target is the end of the first chorus.)

      • Time on task is a big factor in your mark. (Quality over Quantity)

      • You will be given approximately 5-7 classes to complete your animation. 

Animate Shortcuts

• • • • F5 – Insert a blank frame - Extend your animation over multiple frames without changes

      • F6 – Insert a keyframe 

      • F7 – Insert a blank keyframe

      • ( . ) - move over a frame to the right.

      • ( , ) - move over a frame to the left.

      • ENTER - Plays your movie in the timeline

      • CTRL + ENTER – Previews your final movie (also creates an .swf file)

      • SHIFT + F5 - Removes frames

      • SHIFT + F6 - Removes keyframes

      • Create new layers for each new object in your animation.

      • Use scenes to break up your animation into manageable chunks Insert > Scene.

      • To display the scene panel: Window > Other Panels > Scene. 

      • Motion Tweens need to be converted to symbols

HOW TO ADD YOUR SONG TO ANIMATE

• • • • Step 1: First you need to import your song into the Flash library. Go to File > Import to Library

      • Step 2: Create and rename a New Layer with the title of your song.

      • Step 3: Click on the first keyframe of your song layer.

      • Step 4: In the properties panel, click on the sound drop down menu and select your song.

      • Step 5: To be able to hear your song in the timeline, you must select stream from the sync drop down.

      • Step 6: If you want to see your music file visually in the timeline, you will have to create frames (F5).                 

Exporting your animation

• See Note on Exporting Your Animation

Examples