Period 5 - Final Exam

My favorite animated short is Paperman.
This film is my favorite because it has a sweet story that really expresses the characters' emotions. The animation looks so simple, with clean lines in black and white, yet it is very effective in moving the audience's hearts.
Also, I really love the incorporation of paper airplanes. Paper airplanes are a favorite past time of many children, and the airplanes make the animation especially sweet because it gives the animation a puppy love-like quality.

Your favorite animated series is probably The Flintstones.
I chose my answer because I remember you mentioning something about this series. We also watched an episode in class.
The series incorporated modern-but-caveman-like things, such as technology and names.
The series is set in a fantasy version of the Stone Age.
The series has many running gags such as animal-powered-technology.

My best work this year was my Illuminati animation. It follows the story of two teenage superheros who attempt to save the world, but fail miserably. The animation starts out with a scene with the Illuminati and his sidekick Yoshi in space. The scene then changes to a conversation between the two superheros, Alexis and Tyler. The superheros fly out to space, but the Illuminati soon takes over. The animation ends with a closeup of the Illuminati's face.

My last animation was Grumpy's Special Day. The animation stars Grumpy, a character who tries his hand at a few different activities in an attempt to find his true talent. However, he is discouraged by the boo-ing of some people. He returns home, only to find that Taylor Swift has appeared with her hit song, "Shake It Off". Grumpy is encouraged by the song's upbeat rhythm and dances to the song.

Last animation: Grumpy's Special Day
http://msj2danimation.blogspot.com/2015/06/grumpys-special-day.html
1) I like the flurry of words I added to the end of my animation.
2) I like how I animated Grumpy's ballet dance moves. However, this does not show up in the exported GIF format on Blogger. :(
3) I like the way the song is incorporated into my animation.

Grumpy's Special Day

When the character Grumpy is sliding across the screen, he is supposed to be running in the marathon part, and dancing in the second part. Unfortunately, Blogger does not support the movie-in-a-movie mechanism that I used in Flash. I have not figured out how to change it. Also, the audio does not export in GIF format. On Monday, I will try to reupload it so the audio plays.