What I've Learned So Far

1) What have you learned how to do since you started working on your senior project?
A: I've learned the process of animation. I know the steps need to be taken to produce an animation. The one I'm most familiar with at the moment would be painting/ coloring since my uncle specializes in that area. I also know about different techniques to animation.
2) Post evidence of this accomplishment.  It can be in the form of a picture, video, document, etc..

A: As shown here, I started off with a sketch and then I work on darkening and shading it. Then I mixed some colors to get to the shade I wanted and it turned out like this.
3) What research helped you to do this and how?
A: My interviewee, was my main resource for these drawings. He specializes in texture and coloring of animations. I haven't gotten to the digital part of animation just yet, but this is how the images are done by hand. 

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

1. For my independent component, I plan to create a stop motion animation. I will make a setting as well as characters and using a camera, will take multiple pictures of the characters. Each picture will be moved barely and when speed up the frames, it will make the photo seem like they are really moving. 

2. Animation takes a lot of time. Making the models for characters as well as the set would take a couple of days to complete. There is also taking a bundle of photos of the characters moving just a bit. I would need 24 frames per second to make it a smooth animation. It took over a year for the first animation to be made and that was only ten minutes so I'm thinking of only making mine 2-4 minutes. 

3. Stop motion is a type of animation. It uses the same process as digital animation. As I go through the process, I'll be able to figure out which part plays the most important role to the creation of an animation. 

Defining the Essential Question

1. What is the most important aspect of creating an digital animation?
2. most important- most useful and crucial to the production of digital animation
aspect- factor, part
digital animation- the appearance of motion by displaying one image after another.
3. Sketching a storyboard for scenes and timing audio to scenes
4. A Simplified Approach by Josh Halas
Types of Computer Animation by Dennis Hartmen
How Does Animation Work? by Lauren Vork

Blog 5: Second Interview Question

1. How long have you been working at Blizzard? How long has Blizzard been in production?
2. What is Blizzard's most popular game? How long did it take to create it?
3. What are the other games Blizzard has created?
4. What is the average time it takes to make a video game at Blizzard?
5. What do you contribute to the production at Blizzard?