Final Animation Project

LEARNING GOALS

Create a short (1-2 minute) animation using Adobe Animate CC
Use what you've learned from the Adobe Animate tutorials and Photoshop/Illustrator to apply your knowledge to this final project
Become proficient at using keyframes, motion tweens, movie clips and layers to achieve your animation goals
Create an animation from concept (storyboard) to completion

How to use layers in Adobe Animate
Create Shape, Motion, and Classic Tweens
Create and use movie clips to be more efficient
Add effects (Alpha, tint etc.)
Identify different types of animation styles
Identify the 12 Principles of Animation
Add music/sound effects to your animation (either in Adobe Animate or in Premiere Pro. You might also consider using Adobe Audition.)
Create a storyboard to plan your animation (What is a Storyboard?)

Pexels - Free stock photos and videos
Sound Trap - Link to student account where you can create your own music. The invite code is: CLMKVL2
Pixabay - Royalty free music, stock photos and videos
Adobe Stock - Free stock photos and videos
Imuno - Royalty free music

Choose group members (1-3 people maximum).
Decide what your animation will be about.
- Ideas to consider: Music video, public service announcement (anti-racism, environment, anti-bullying etc.), sports animation, instructional video (ie. osmosis, weather cycle etc.), concept from a short story or poem you've read.
- Out of ideas? Find inspiration here.
Get your idea approved by Ms. Brucculieri
Create a storyboard to plan your animation's "key" frames
- If working with a group: have a 2 minute check-in meeting at the start of each class to assign tasks
Animate!

Storyboard
Final animation exported as a .mp4 file (handed in to Google Classroom AND posted to your digital portfolio).

Intro scene, end credits scene, and at least one main scene
- Intro: Include the title of the animation
- Credits: Include who worked on the film and their roles; song and artist for all music; if you used a short story or poem as inspiration credit the original artist; voice actors; special thanks.
- Main scene: In this case, a scene refers to the "shot type". If the whole story of your animation takes place in one wide shot, this is considered one scene.
Music and/or audio (sound FX, dialogue etc.)
- Add music in Premiere Pro
Use of motion/shape tweens and movie clips
- Even if you choose to do frame-by-frame animation, think of ways you can use motion/shape tweens and movie clips to enhance your animation (backgrounds, objects that have repetitive motion...)
At least 3 different shot types/angles (ie. close up, wide shot etc.).

Illustration of a zoetrope, which creates the illusion of a moving image within a rotating drum by way of a series of still images.(less)

Click on the links below to see the winning films from previous semesters' "Animate Oscars"!

Step 1 (From Animate): File > Export > Export Video/Media
Step 2: Adjust settings (H.264, YouTube 1080p) -- See image below
Step 3: Render in Adobe Media Encoder (don't forget to save in your E drive and press play to export)
Step 4: Open Adobe Premiere Pro, create a new sequence, and import your animation (File > Import). Don't forget to save this to your E drive.
Step 5: Add audio (music, sound FX, voiceover).
Step 6: Export your final animation. File > Export > Media (H.264, YouTube 1080p)
Step 7: Attach the file to classroom and upload the video to Drive so you can put it on your digital portfolio

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