Sea to Land Adventure
Scene 1
in Frame 1, add the words, “in
the deep deep sea ” and include an underwater picture
insert a blank keyframe (F6
button) onto the timeline in Frame 36
view the story using the ENTER key
Add, “there lived a “sea
creature” that longed for adventure” onto the blank keyframe
(36)
below the words, create a library
object for your sea creature.
If you forget to create your sea
creature in the library, no problem – when you're done drawing it,
right click on the sea creature alien and click on “convert to
symbol” and when the menu pops up click on “graphic” - this
puts this image in the library – you will see the sea creature in
the menu on the side called library. If the library can't be seen
on the side of your screen, click on WINDOW at the top and make sure
LIBRARY is selected – you can now drag this alien out later when
you need him. Delete the alien from the stage
insert another blank keyframe in
Frame 72
add, “He decided to leave the
deep deep sea in search of adventure” onto the blank keyframe (72)
copy an image from frame 1 on the
the blank keyframe using “Paste in Place” in the EDIT menu
edit the story by adding or
removing frames
save the flash document
When you are finished, go to
INSERT and select SCENE. You will notice you have a completely new
set of layers to work with. It's time to start putting together
your story
Scene 2
On your second scene you
are going to be making the sea-scape that this particular sea
creature lives in! Add the following:
sea life, coral,
plants etc. the environment your sea creature lives in
animals which may
live on this particular sea location
You should make sure
that you are telling the story of the sea creature as we go along.
For example, you could have the screen tell the person watching “The
sea creature lived in the sea city of _______________ and here are
the things that lived there” and then create a key frame and start
making new animals and plants and give them names. You are going to
be creating this story for the next few days so it's important that
you start to use your creativity to make a really interesting
cartoon!
Scene 3
Your alien has
been introduced as well as his world, but now it's time to leave this
place and head off for some adventure! Here's the order of things:
your alien must find
his sea craft. Does he own it? Is he going to “borrow” it?
You decide. You need to make sure that you are constantly using your
text to tell the story.
Once he finds his
spacecraft he needs to get into it and take off leaving his sea city
and travel into the open sea
once in open sea , what
does he see? What does he go around/through/over/under etc.
In this scene you MUST use
a shape tween at least once. It doesn't matter how you do it or what
you do but it needs to be in there. You are quite good at motion
tweens already, so let's add something new to the movie
Scene 4
Your alien has been flying
through the open sea for what feels like forever! He/She/It finally
sees land. Here's what happens:
you need to create a
NEW world. This one has to be very different from the old one. I
mean what's the point of adventure if you just go to the same
looking place as before. But here's where things get strange....
your venture on to land!
Go to Google and start
finding pictures of Earth and cities and fields etc. You are now
going to import those images into your library and you are going to
now animate photos instead of drawing things from scratch! What
does your alien think of land? Does he/she/it fit in or do they get
into some trouble while they are there? This is going to be one of
your longest scenes because this is where the adventure truly takes
place!
Of course
in order to truly appreciate an epic story you definitely need some
epic music!
Scene 5
Your sea
creature has had a chance to see what life on land is all about but
has decided either because he/she/it is lonely for their home or they
have had a bad experience and have just decided that home is where
the heart is. Here's the order of things:
your sea creature has
decided that he/she/it wants to go home so it's time to get back
into the seacraft or go find themselves another mode of
transportation
Once he finds his
seacraft he needs to get into it and take off leaving land Earth and
heading back to the deep deep sea.
what happens to
him/her/it on the way home? Do they encounter any other problems?
Do they see anything else? Has their home changed?
Scene 6
HOME! Your alien has
finally reached his home sea city again. What happens when they
arrive? Do they get reunited? Do they have to apologize for
“borrowing” the seacraft? Do they have a special pet that missed
them? Has their home changed? Finish your movie
strong. Happy endings are great for the soul.
Closing Scene
Closing credits, song
credits, perhaps a tag line to imply a sequel.
If you finish
your adventure, go back through it and make sure it's the best it can
possibly be. This is going to be your mark for your Flash Unit and
starting next week we will be going onto something new.
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