Last Day of Class

Today was out last real day of class. We decided to take the final exam on our actual last day instead of taking it over finals week. We came to class and got everything we need to know for the test and then that was it. I finished my Deconstruction ad already so I got to leave early.

Deconstruction Ad

For the final ad, I decide on using the animation that breaks apart and comes back together. Instead of just stopping at that, I added a little something extra. Once the ad breaks apart. It comes back together in the end. There is an extra step included. It will still run on a loop, but it is more interesting than just coming together and separating again. The site would not let me upload the animation. Instead, I have uploaded a picture of the original advertisement.

Deconstruction Ad

On Friday, I created a second animation with my advertisement. Now I have to decide which one is better. I need to figure out which ad fulfills all the parts of the assignment. In class, I used layers and separated the text and boot. For the second ad, I made the text and boot come together by spinning from opposite corners. Next, I reversed it and made them spin out. Lastly, the two images glide along and come together in the middle. The Sunsilk bottle also appears in the lower right hand corner. I cannot decide which ad I like better. I don't know if I should use the ad that spins the entire time, or the ad that spins and glides. Well, I will decide by tomorrow morning when I upload my ad in class.

Deconstruction Ad

For the second day in class working on our project I decided on an ad. I am going to use a Sunsilk ad. It is an Anti-Frizz ad. It is a picture of the stiletto boot. Inside the boot reads "My frizz is so wild even a dominatrix couldn't tame it." At the bottom of the ad is a little anti-frizz Sunsilk bottle. First, I separated the text and the boot and then made them each movie clips. Next, I made the bottle its own movie clip. I put all three movie clips together and motion tweened them. The boot and text spin clockwise and the bottle spins counter clockwise. They spin at different times, and then come together and then at the end, they explode. It came out well for my first time. I do not know how to do a lot on Flash though. I do not know how to do the shape tween. Once I learn how to do more on Flash, hopefully my ad will get better.

Deconstruction Ad

Today in class, we began our final project. It is the Deconstruction Advertisement. We will be using Photoshop and Flash. First, we take the graphics apart in Photoshop and animate them in Flash. I am going to use a Red Bull ad. It is a picture of a genie, a lamp, and a man drinking Red Bull. I am going to animate the tail of the genie. I am also going to try to move the lamp so it looks like the genie is coming out of it. I have the first part of the project done. I have to wait until the next class to start part two.

Flash

Today in class, we started learning how to use Adobe Flash. We started learning how to import files to the library and how to create animation. I got confused with it some and I was having a hard time. When I did it the first time, I used the motion tween. The second time I tried doing it with the shape it was not working. Instead of getting the arrow to show animation, I got dashes and nothing happened. The picture just disappeared and there was no animation. I am going to have to keep working on it and practicing. I will figure out how to get it working.

Political Ad Recreation

The first ad that is posted is the original Camel No. 9 cigarette ad. It reads Light and Luscious. The second ad is my recreation of the Camel ad. It reads Light and Lethal. I only changed one word but it gets the point across. Smoking obviously is bad for you and kills you. With changing luscious to lethal it creates an entirely different mood. I used the same text and colors to create the new message. It goes along with the original ad and it looks like it belongs. I used both Photoshop and Illustrator to recreate this ad.