Intro + handling metalwork storyboards

Here are the storyboards I showed you in class today.

The intro: stop motion animation of cutlery inspired by the history of Sheffield, references are made to the rivers and water power which promoted the industries and the growth of the city (and therefore its population). The history is not meant to be told in a objective way, it was just the inspiration for the animation, however it may still be recognized by some.

Metalwork handling: The idea is to have stop motion clips showing how metalwork should be handled and what to avoid. They are meant to be fun and short. Here are 3 examples.

Ideas

THis is a quick example of what I would like the background to look like, as well as the button before, during clicking, and then after.
SO it would start of whole, crack and explode, then change into the object. Sick!

stop motion intro

I have been doing some tests for the intro animation, I will show them to you in the meeting tomorrow. Here are some screenshots.

Layout for Learning Application

Basic Layout on what the menu will be like.

Characters

Yeah man thats cool. Get some colour up and well animate him for our pitch on Thursday. Also ive nearly got a small basic game sorted. Post some stuff laters.

Characters

Create some quick initial character ideas!

Let me know what you think...













Created this one with the idea of a         This one with the idea of a
latex glove because of handling              pomander, one of our objects :)
the metals etc.

Creating flash memory games research.

Just had a quick look around for any ways of creating a flash memory/ match the card game in flasg.
I found three links that look promising.

1)http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/10151-create-a-memory-game-with-actionscript/

2)http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/05/02/creation-of-a-matching-game-with-flash-and-as3/

3)http://www.ehow.com/how_7355693_make-memory-game-flash.html

It's all looking pretty ActionScript intensive!

Cheers

Games for Pitch and Final Presentation

Check out http://www.candystand.com for some ideas on what games we want in the package. Let me know so we can come up with some ideas!!!!

CANDYSTAND LINK

Pitch

Pitch half done guys, get some ideas posted for it if you dont mind. anything that we can put in. learning techniques, articles anything will do. Cheers

Logo. Check it Out.

New Logo for us to put on our minutes and agenda and also our powerpoint to make it more professional.

Group Meeting

Met up today, Luke, Jamie and Maria to discuss ideas on our project and what input we want in the final output. Also what we will be doing for our group pitch. Decided to use powerpoint and some short examples of media to portray our pitch.

Our Blog

Hey guys this is where we put forth ideas for our project and keep a record of what we are doing and how. Cheers!