The following is a reflection in which my term 3 project, The Animation Project, entitled:
1. Describe What You Had To Do For The Assignment.
What I did in this assignment is as stated. What I had to do is construct an animation using an animation service of my choice. In my case, I chose the animation editor, Moovly. I also had to place this animation upon my Weebly website. The animation included information of our choice, but, had to be at least 30 seconds long, and, in some way or form, enhance our website. In my case, I use this animation to enhance my website by using it to display information about me, like, what I want to do in the future and where I go to school. Also, in conclusion to this project, I had to present it to the class and a partner of my choice and I had to also evaluate each others websites for improvements upon presentation.
2. Describe the technology skills you had to use to complete this assignment.
The technology skills I had to use for this assignment is as stated. I had to gather a brief understanding and evaluate a few animation tools to see which one best suited my needs for this project. The knowledge I had to know for this project from these tools was how to navigate around each tool, and how to successfully incorporate certain information into the animation to give it purpose. Also, for this project, I had to use my acquired knowledge of the Weebly developer. This consisted of using my knowledge on things like adding pages, paragraphs, banners and much more to enhance the construction of my website.
3. Describe what you learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work.
What I learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work is plentiful. I learned lots of knowledge in working with the different parts of the Moovly developer and also improved on my Weebly website development skills in the process when learning how to incorporate this animation upon my website. I also learned how to use an animation to really bring out substantial information and attract interest to a website.
4. Explain what you did well in this assignment.
What I did well in this assignment is as stated. I incorporated a good amount of information about myself in my animation. I also made my animation colorful and with lots of moving objects within the animation. Lastly, I made the different portions or objects of the animation point out to the audience. What I mean by this is I tried to keep the color or each object different so that every part of the animation could be observed by the audience rather than just one particular portion of the animation.
5. Explain what you would do differently to improve your work in this assignment.
What I would have done to enhance my animation better on my website is as stated. I would first try to incorporate a more realistic looking animation, as, the mouth of my character does not move and eliminates the realistic view of someone talking to the audience. Also, I would try to make the animation of my objects more realistic looking. What I mean here is the bird moving through the sky on my animation did not look like it was moving like normal birds do, which, in my opinion, throws off the interest of the viewer looking at it. Next, I would try to incorporate brighter backgrounds onto my animations. Instead of the animation leaving a happy, warming feel, in my opinion, dark backgrounds demonstrate more of a depressing atmosphere which makes it essential to improve this in the future. Lastly, based on peer evaluations, I should attempt to add motion to my character. However, with Moovly, I am still not sure if I can do this or not. Depending if I can or not, I should definitely, as restated, incorporate movement into the characters speaking.
What I did in this assignment is as stated. What I had to do is construct an animation using an animation service of my choice. In my case, I chose the animation editor, Moovly. I also had to place this animation upon my Weebly website. The animation included information of our choice, but, had to be at least 30 seconds long, and, in some way or form, enhance our website. In my case, I use this animation to enhance my website by using it to display information about me, like, what I want to do in the future and where I go to school. Also, in conclusion to this project, I had to present it to the class and a partner of my choice and I had to also evaluate each others websites for improvements upon presentation.
2. Describe the technology skills you had to use to complete this assignment.
The technology skills I had to use for this assignment is as stated. I had to gather a brief understanding and evaluate a few animation tools to see which one best suited my needs for this project. The knowledge I had to know for this project from these tools was how to navigate around each tool, and how to successfully incorporate certain information into the animation to give it purpose. Also, for this project, I had to use my acquired knowledge of the Weebly developer. This consisted of using my knowledge on things like adding pages, paragraphs, banners and much more to enhance the construction of my website.
3. Describe what you learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work.
What I learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work is plentiful. I learned lots of knowledge in working with the different parts of the Moovly developer and also improved on my Weebly website development skills in the process when learning how to incorporate this animation upon my website. I also learned how to use an animation to really bring out substantial information and attract interest to a website.
4. Explain what you did well in this assignment.
What I did well in this assignment is as stated. I incorporated a good amount of information about myself in my animation. I also made my animation colorful and with lots of moving objects within the animation. Lastly, I made the different portions or objects of the animation point out to the audience. What I mean by this is I tried to keep the color or each object different so that every part of the animation could be observed by the audience rather than just one particular portion of the animation.
5. Explain what you would do differently to improve your work in this assignment.
What I would have done to enhance my animation better on my website is as stated. I would first try to incorporate a more realistic looking animation, as, the mouth of my character does not move and eliminates the realistic view of someone talking to the audience. Also, I would try to make the animation of my objects more realistic looking. What I mean here is the bird moving through the sky on my animation did not look like it was moving like normal birds do, which, in my opinion, throws off the interest of the viewer looking at it. Next, I would try to incorporate brighter backgrounds onto my animations. Instead of the animation leaving a happy, warming feel, in my opinion, dark backgrounds demonstrate more of a depressing atmosphere which makes it essential to improve this in the future. Lastly, based on peer evaluations, I should attempt to add motion to my character. However, with Moovly, I am still not sure if I can do this or not. Depending if I can or not, I should definitely, as restated, incorporate movement into the characters speaking.