Down to the Wire

This quarter has been more hectic than most for some reason. It could be because I have two scripting classes or it could be the two part-time jobs plus freelance. Nah….I can’t really count one of them anymore because it is more like a contract job than a part-time job. Whatever the reason I have been insanely busy. I can’t wait til break. I have been wanting to update my intro to scripting project and play around in Flex, among other things. The main reason I’m looking forward to the break is that I’ll finally get a chance to relax a bit and work on my professional site. Finally! I also want to get this blog’s content better organized and incorporate it into my site design.

I hope everyone’s quarter is going well. I’ve gotten most of my assignments done it’s just a few things left that I need to really work hard on to complete. Only two more weeks left….better get back to work.

Spring Cleaning

In an effort to better organize my information I have created a new blog for my Intermediate Scripting class. I will shortly be setting up an individual blog for my Programming Logic class. (but it can wait til tomorrow cause it is already almost 3AM and I’m very tired)

The pages I created for the two classes on this blog worked well for retaining the information I needed to present for my assignments, but it left little room to provide comments.

For some reason the comments are disabled after two comments are posted. Despite my efforts to correct the problem no more comments can be posted to those pages, much to my disappointment. So for the time being I have created the additional blog. If you are interested in keeping up with the posts for my Intermediate Scripting class you can follow the link on the main page or from the About page. I have also included a link to it above.

As soon as I get my domain setup I will establish the blog there and create a more cohesive and fluid environment for it.

Under Construction

Well the links I setup for my Flash work are currently not working cause the teacher has archived the files from their original location. I will be setting up my own site and will re-link the files once that is accomplished. So just a heads up if you try to use the links to see any of my Flash work I apologize for the inconvenience. The problem will be corrected as soon as possible. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Also, I will be reorganizing the blog to accomodate the previous flash class assignments and for the classes I will be posting assignments for this quarter.

Flash Intro Final

Here is my final intro with preloader. Still having some issues that will have to be corrected.

Final

White Rabbit Flash Intro

Week 9 Assignment:

Here is the progress on my intro. I still have a lot more to add to it but so far I think its turning out nice.

Intro Progress

Preloaders to White Rabbit

Week 8 Assignment:

Below are the two versions of my preloader for my white rabbit site intro. Let me know what you think. I’d like to say I coded them myself but I had help from my teacher cause what I wanted to do was a little more complicated than what he demonstrated in class.

Version 1 with percentage counter

Version 2 with bar

Banner Ad the Sequel

Week 6 Assignment 1 Homework:

Took me a little while to come up with the second banner ad. I still think it could use some improvement but I tried doing one with more cel animation. I made sure to reference the logo at the beginning and display it longer at the end.

Banner Ad 2

Week 6 Assignment 2 Homework:

I’m going to make the necessary corrections to my first banner ad and re-post it but for now here is the previous banner ad with an active invisible button that links back to my blog.

Banner Ad 1

Cel Animation is Fun!

Week 5 Assignment 2 Homework:

I got to try my hand with cel animation in Flash it is a lot of fun, but time consuming. If I had given myself more time I would have done more but I think that what I got done turned out real cute. Hope you like it.

Big Fish Cel Animation

Flash Banner Ad: Final

Week 5 Assignment 1 Homework:
I think that for my first animated banner ad it turned out well. I had some problems trying to sink up the onion skinning animation with the movie clip. I tried adding frames and spacing out the animation on the timeline it comes pretty close but still it could be better.

Examples of Title Design: Part II

Week 4 Assignment 2 Homework:

Catch Me If You Can: Okay so this week I got to choose one out of the two title designs I had to review and it was whatever I wanted so I selected Catch Me If You Can. I love this movie and all though it has been awhile since I’ve seen the movie it has one of the better title designs that I have ever seen. I love how the type is incorporated into the “scenery” of the storyline. It moves and grows with the action taking place on screen. Its a brief preview of whats to come….and its pulled off wonderfully I don’t see anything that needs to be changed. The music selection works well with the storyline of the movie it starts out slow and works its way into a faster pace. The rhythm of the title elements is perfectly in-sink with the music. I really like how the type grows and moves with the action providing scenery and props for the characters running about. The shapes are relatively simple and work well with the type selection. The size relation of the type and the 2D characters varies throughout the title sequence and creates a strong sense of depth to an otherwise flat illustration. An example of the type working with the characters….well two examples actually:

1) Is the part where the protagonist is running from the detective in a business suit and in the foreground are two typist. The credits move up out of the typewriters as they type in time with the music.

2)The series of over head lights towards the end: the type forms parts of the lights and pulleys that the protagonist jumps around on to avoid capture.

The title sequence is provided below:

Vertigo: The next title sequence selection is Vertigo. I like Alfred Hitchcock movies but I’ve never seen this one. I thought it was a bit funny that James Stewart’s name was placed just below the woman’s nose which made it look like a mustache. The title emerging from the eye was rather creepy. Interesting use of tinting by starting out with black and white and moving to a red just before the title emerges. The opening sequence definitely held true to the theme of the movie, although the spinning objects reminded me of spin art or those geometric graph patterns that a friend created for me one time. I can’t say whether the title sequence lent itself to the movie’s theme (cause I haven’t seen it) or not other than the obvious spinning cliche for the word vertigo. The use of the spin art/geometry graphic forms was over used. I understand for that time the effects available were a bit limited but another than effectively creating the uneasy, off-centered feeling for someone that has experienced vertigo it wasn’t all that creative for an opening sequence. It didn’t really tell me that much about what the movie will be about so I found that very disappointing. But it may have been what he wanted to accomplish with it. I’m not really sure.

The movie intro is provided below: