Public Awareness Animation

For the last two weeks, we have worked on an animation assignment about public advertisement. This assignment was entertaining and very informational due to us choosing a topic of our choice. I chose texting and driving because seen many accidents caused by being distracted at the wheel.

My Experience Using Flash CS6

Recently I have been working with Flash CS6. This program is used to create simple animations and also complex ones. Personally I think this program is really interesting to use and I would like to put it on my list of careers. Here are some examples of some I made:

Windows Movie Maker

In class, we learned how to use the Windows Movie Maker. This program helps makes videos that you see on the Internet. It can add music and sound effects. This program helped enhance the pivot video I made. Here is an example of it:

Pivot Animation

For the past weeks, I have been working on pivot animation which is really interesting. Mine was alright but others really put work into it. Some challenges I had to overcome was getting a fluent motion into the figure to make sure he actually moves like a human and not stiff like. Here is an example of a pivot video:

10/17 Learning Reflections

This week we mainly worked on a group project. Our group project was divided into 5 parts. My part was to research client server architecture and provide photo examples. We have a leader on our team. She showed true leadership skills and made sure everyone was on task and doing the assignment correctly. I also learned of the 7x7 rule of power points presentations.

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Industry Podcasts and Professional Communties

Two professional podcasts that I have listened to is:


http://www.rookiedesigner.com/2013/04/rookie-designer-139-finding-freelance-work/

http://boagworld.com/season/7/episode/0701/

These podcasts were very good. The first one describes one person's experience as a free lancer worker. The other was describing code discrimination in today's work ethics