Well the stick death had to include a number of things.
·
frame-by-frame
animation
·
importing
and using bitmap graphics
·
motion
tweening
·
shape
tweening
·
simple
character animation using motion tweens
·
animating
with scenes using sound in animation.
The
animation is based on the popular stick death comedies that have been around
since the late 90’s. The animation is based on the original blocky basic bitmap
style from that time with the exception of the background which is a photograph
taken from Flickr.
The story takes place on a road
where we see the stick man walking along. He doesn’t see a bump in the road so
he trips over and slowly falls to an agonising death. The stick man slides
along the road and a puddle of blood comes out. Later we see a bird hopping
along onto the road, he stops and squawks. The bird has an idea and a light
bulb flashes above his head. The bird goes closer to the puddle of the stick
man’s blood. The bird opens his beak and a tongue appears, the blood starts to
disappear and when the bird has had his fill he backs away out of the scene.
Later, a mound of soil appears as the
body decomposes. Much later grass grows out of the mound. Much later still,
flowers grow out of the soil. Then later again, a small sapling grows out of
the ground. Finally a large tree grows out of the ground and the animation
finishes.
The Storyboard
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| Intro Scene 1 |
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The Animation has no sound yet, I need to get out there now and somehow capture sound of a bird squawking. Either that or I record a song in the old school way of using a microphone and instead use a pre-recorded bird which might sound a bit better. Still this animation has proved so difficult.
Before I show the animation know this;
The animation will be 2D and look very cartoony; the characters
the stick man and stick bird are comic book line drawings that have been
animated. The animation is mostly frame by frame drawn with a few tweens in
here and there.
The animation will be around 30 seconds long.
The resolution will be set at 400 x 300 as most people will likely view the animation in a small window on YouTube. The animation will be saved for the web in swf format.
The animation should take no longer than a week to make once planning is complete. The animation has been completed in Adobe Flash and most of it is frame by frame which did affect the length of it time it took to create.
Brigid Visser
Professional, creative, media design from
CR8:V-Design.
Contact me:
brigid.visser
