#motion remix

* What was your assignment asking you to do?

The assignment was asking me to write in some detail the current use of motion graphics, to think of and plan out my own motion graphic sequence, and to then produce the motion graphic sequence.

* What was your idea/proposal?

My idea was to have two characters talk to each other, and, using a common ‘joking phrase’ (for lack of a better term) people use, and create a scenario around that. My chosen phrase was “What’s up?” “The sky.”

* What method/software did you use to produce you graphic and why?

I used Adobe Flash to create the sequence, and Photoshop to create/edit a couple of the assets used. I used these programs because I find them the simplest to use for the purposes already outlined.

* What went right and what went wrong?

The animating of the characters and assets went a lot better than I thought they would, however the creation of the original characters was a problem, as I couldn't make the Bone Tool in Flash work properly with the characters.

* If some thing did go wrong, how did you correct it?

I fixed the above problem by creating different parts of the body across multiple layers, rather than having one layer to control everything.

* If you did it again, would you do it differently? and why?

I would make the characters and other assets look better than I have here, as the sequence doesn't look as good as it could have looked.

* What is your overall feelings about how this assignment went?

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