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Theme: Flash
(Intermediate)
Prerequisite:
Photoshop 1, Illustrator 1 & Flash 1
Description: This
module will continue where the Flash I module ended. Students will
continue learning Flash Animation for online presentations and website design. Students
will complete a number of animation projects.
Parameters:
Access to a computer, software (Macromedia Flash 8.0, Flash 8.0 Video Files,
Flash Exercise Files, Adobe Photoshop CS2), scanner and/or digital camera.
Notes:
You have 18
classes to complete this module.
In this class,
time is of the essence and you will not have time to chat with friends, play
games or do other assignments. You are allotted 1 class period for each
day. If you fall behind, you are responsible for completing all module
components outside of class time (before class, lunch, after school) or for
homework.
All assignments
are considered due at the end of the class on the due date. Assignments
handed in after these times are considered late. All assignments handed in
late will receive the following deductions. There are no exceptions.
1 day late
– deduct 10%
2 days late
– deduct 20%
3 days late
– deduct 30%
More than
three days late – 0% for the assignment (although the assignment will
receive a grade of 0%, it must be completed in order for the student to
receive credit for the module).
If the
assignments are due on the Wednesday and are not handed in until the
Saturday, this will be considered as one day.
Plagiarism or
any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Students
caught trying to copy the work of others will receive an automatic “0%”, and
be referred to the administration. In addition, the offence will be
recorded in the student’s permanent file.
Grading:
Grading your work is straight forward task for your instructors as rubrics are
used for each and every assignment. Components for these rubrics dictate what
grade you will receive in several specific areas. These component grades are
then tallied up and a final grade for your assignment is recorded. Your grades
are nonnegotiable.
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LESSON 1:
Timeline & Masking
How to use color in strokes and fills is
critical to your success. Understanding
gradients and other coloring techniques will
only make your presentations even more
attractive.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Use a timeline
Mask
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Timeline Effects
Masking
Animated Mask
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Rain
in the Tropics
Open your
Flash for Kids workbook and navigate to the Rain in Tropics
section on page 77. This will count as your first
assignment in this module.
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Create a folder within
your Graphic Design Folder on your network drive and call it Flash II.
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Within that folder
create another folder called Rain in the Tropics.
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Within that folder
create another folder called Assignment 1.
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Save Part 1 to Part 7 in this folder.
Save the FLA files, and also create a
SWF file for
each
Complete all seven parts of Rain in the Tropics.
Below you'll find the exercise files for this assignment.
Properties and tools.
Rain in the Tropics Thunder bolt.fla
Rain Sound.wav
Thunder Sound.wav
Winter Wind.wav
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this assignment.
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Project 1:
Animating
Multiple Instances and Masking
Your first project is
based off of the Canadian Winter assignment on page 111 in your
Flash for Kids
workbook. Your task is to create an
animated movie using the skills you have just learned. Most of your
objects in this movie should be bitmap graphic images of high quality which have
been converted to GIF's.
Project Check List
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Set your stage
dimension to 700 pixels wide and 600 pixels high.
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Use a
background picture suitable for your
story.
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Incorporate multiple animated instances
showing motion. (i.e.
raindrops or snowflakes falling
from a cloud or skydivers from a plane).
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Masking (your
multiple objects coming/falling/shooting out of something).
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Motion Paths.
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Sound.
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Bitmap
pictures
should be converted to .gifs so that they exhibit
no background.
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Use all the skills you have learned so
far in Flash. Zooming, Fades and Sound
for example.
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The entire animation does not have to be
just the race. You can have a opening
title, introduction of your
characters, the event with the falling
items, the consequences, and
finally end credits.
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The overall length of
the animation
must be 25 to 30 seconds.
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The frame rate should be
adjusted so that the animation flows
smoothly, approximately 20-25fps. If
the animation is jerky, slow the frame
rate down to compensate.
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Save your project as
project1.fla along
with its accompanying SWF file. Save
them in your Flash 2 > Project
1 Folder
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this assignment.
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PROJECT 2 :
Animation Short of a Historical Event
This project will
consist of you creating a animated short of a historical event of significant
proportions. You will need to include all of the animation skills
you have been learnt to create this final work. The topics that
you be able to choose from are limited. They have been chosen for their
historical importance. If you are not familiar with these events, you
will have to do some research them.
Choose from one of the
four following topics:.
Apollo Project
1066 & The Battle of
Hastings
The Manhattan Project
Guttenberg's Printing
Press
These are the four topics
you get to choose from. 2 of them are significant military events that
shaped the world and 2 of them are peaceful events that changed mankind's
outlook and the way it thinks. You must tell the story of this
event. After watching your short, someone who has NO IDEA of what this
event was beforehand should walk away with a basic knowledge of the event.
You should make sure that you not only touch on the event itself during your
animation, but the events significance as well!
Style:
You have 2 main
styles you can use for this project with a 3rd style being a combination of the
1st and 2nd style.
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Style
1: This style would showcase your animation in a 'PowerPoint' style
work. Think of a Ken Burns documentary with a soundtrack and pictures
popping in and out for the view to watch. You would incorporate text,
pictures, sound and possible short videos into this style of animation.
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Style
2: This style of animation is much more like an animation short or
short film. You can use animation, or pictures that move (i.e.. South Park).
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Style 3:
This style would be a combination of the first two
styles.
Project Check List
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Each
animation must be 80 - 90 seconds
long
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The
bit rate for your
animation should be set to ensure a smooth movie. Approximately 20-25 fps.
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Use a
background picture suitable for your
story.
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You must include a
opening title page. This title page should be at least 5 seconds long.
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You must include a
closing final page. This page should be at least 4 seconds long.
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All text durations must be considered.
Your reader must be given time to read.
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You must use sound in
your short. You can record your own voice or use sound clips.
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Use all the skills you have learned so
far in Flash (i.e.. Zooming, Fades and
Sound).
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Bitmap
pictures
should be converted to transparent GIF's so that
they exhibit no background where
appropriate.
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The video
must
explain the significance of the
historical event.
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The subject must be portrayed
accurately. No historical
mistakes.
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Save your project as project2.fla along
with its accompanying SWF file. Save
them in your Flash 2 > Project 2
Folder
Be creative in this work. Use sound appropriately.
Feel free to record your voice for a voiceover. You can use any sort of
music you want. Don't forget the skills
you first learned, like fade in and fade out, zoom in and zoom out and so on and
so forth.
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this project.
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LESSON 2: Buttons and Movie Clips
In this lesson you will learn how to make 4
different kinds of buttons as well as create
animated movie clips.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Create basic buttons
Create rollover buttons
Create rollover with down buttons
Create invisible buttons
Make an animated movie clip
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Button Types
Basic Buttons
Rollover Buttons
Rollover Buttons with
down
Invisible Buttons
What are Clips
Clip Instances
Animated Rollover
Movie
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LESSON 3: Action Script Essentials-Part 1
In this lesson you will learn the basics of
Action Script, see how a slideshow is made
and be introduced to popup menus.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Understand the basics of Action Script
Create a Slideshow
Work with Popup Menus
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Time-based vs.
user-based actions
Actions panel
Script Assist
Stop on frame
Get URL
Slide show
Creating a pop-up menu
pt. 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2: Four
Picture Slideshow
Using the just watched
slideshow video as your base, create a 4 picture slideshow of your own.
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Use any
four pictures of your own choosing.
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Create your
own forward and backward buttons.
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When finished,
save your FLA and SWF files to Flash 2 > Assignment 2 Folder
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this assignment.
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Lesson 4: Action Script Essentials-Part 2
In this lesson you will continue learning
the basics of Action Script, continue with
pop up menus, create scrolling text and
learn about Movie clips.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Create Pop Up Menus
Create Scrolling Text
Understand Movie Clips
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Creating a pop-up menu pt. 2
Creating a pop-up menu pt. 3
Scrolling text
Controlling Movie Clips
What are Scenes?
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ASSIGNMENT 3: Scrolling
Text
Using the just watched
Scrolling Text video as your base, create a simple scrolling text of your own.
When finished, save
your FLA and SWF files to Flash 2 > Assignment 3 Folder
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this assignment.
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LESSON 5: Action Script Essentials-Part 3
In this lesson you will continue learning
the basics of Action Script involving
pre-loaders. What they are and how to
build and use along with loading items to
your flash work.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Load various items such as a SWF file and
PNG's.
Understand pre-loaders
Build and use a pre loader
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Loading SWFs
Loading JPEGs, GIFs,
and PNGs
What is a preloader?
Building a simple
preloader pt. 1
Building a simple
preloader pt. 2
Building a simple
preloader pt. 3
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LESSON 6: Sound-Video & Templates
In this lesson you will learn about
importing sound, sound buttons, importing,
compressing and using video along with an
introduction to Flash templates.
Lesson Overview
At the end of this lesson the student will
be able to:
Import Sound
Create Sound On Buttons
Create Music On/Off Buttons
Import, Compress and Use Video
Start this section by watching the following
videos.
Importing sounds
Supported formats
Sound on buttons
Music on/off button
Importing and
compressing video
Using the Flash 8
Video Encoder to compress video
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Project 3: Creating
a Template Slideshow
This next
project is going to involve you creating a slideshow using the templates that
are available in Flash 8.0 Professional.
Project Check List
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Use the
modern photo slideshow that is in your
template.
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Make a
photo slideshow about ASK. Your
classes, friends, places you hang out
and your activities.
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Graphics should be sharp, high quality,
display no pixilation and be relevant to
the project.
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The overall length of your
slideshow
must be 55 - 60 seconds. Your frame rate should be
adjusted so that your animation flows
smoothly.
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Save your project as project3.fla along
with its accompanying SWF file. Save
them in your Flash 2 > Project
3 Folder.
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this project.
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Project 4:
Create a Movie
This
project will consist of you creating a Flash movie. The original digitally
filmed movie will be converted into a Flash movie.
Project Check List
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Use a
simple digital camera of your own or a
friends which can capture short movies.
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Make the
movie about yourself, ASK, your friends,
and interest of yours or something about
Kuwait.
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Use and
incorporate sound. Either music or
dialogue.
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Convert the
movie into a Flash movie.
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You should sandwich the movie between an
opening and closing title that you
create.
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Bitmap
pictures should
be converted to .gifs so that they exhibit
no background.
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Use all the skills you have learned so
far in Flash. Zooming, Fades and Sound
for example.
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The overall length of your animation
should be 55 - 65 seconds (not
counting your titles).
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Save your project as
project4.fla along
with its accompanying SWF file. Save
them in your Flash 2 > Project
4 Folder
Click
here
to see the the rubric for this project.
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