Finally Larry is done,we have filmed him and he is uploaded.Im really pleased with the way the film turned out,the photos were edited to create a vintage feel and the 8-bit style music complements Larrys naive style.
There were 3 different shots in the film,a first person when Larry is sneaking up on Leona,a follow shot when he chases her down the path and a(I think)establishing shot for where he chases her round the trees. Combining these different shots allows to keep the audiences interest by making there eye follow (and miss) some points in the action.

Robota

Flashy

Flash project by ~balsamicsub on deviantART

Here is my finished flash movie.It works,thats all I can say about it.
Reckon I need to come up with a better idea.

This is a stop frame animation film about a muffin who goes traveling,he is a builder who lives on an island with a load of cakey friends.One day he decides to make himself a boat.He wrecks his boat on an island inhabited by fruits and vegetables,they are weary of him at first until he helps them create a town using his building skills.He falls in love with a butternut squash and she makes him a house out of a melon.He discards his sugary topping under the instruction of all the veggies and feels alot better.One day he decides to return home,his new friends build him a boat and his squashy lover gives him some seeds as a parting gift.When he returns home he is shunned by his sweet companions because he removed his icing.He plants the seeds that he was given in his window box.That night there is a bad ass storm which floods the town and threatens the live of the folk that live there.The muffin harvests his carrots from the window box,builds a tower and saves everyone.
This film looked like wicked fun to make and has a kind of healthy eating moral although it is slightly disturbing when the muffin and butternut squash get it on.

Interactive Narrative

I have attempted to solve the interactive narrative brief using a combination of photography and some crappy vector graphics.Im not massive on illustration either in photoshop or illustrator but it was the easiest way of quickly creating some assets and trying to get to grips with the software.I found flash frustrating for a couple of hours but when I got into it it wasnt so bad.
Im not well pleased with my current draft but I have learned the basics of Flash and can see the potential of the program relating to interactive narratives as well as animation.
The main problem I had with this project was trying to be creative and learn a new peice of software at the same time,and I think my idea wasnt great either.
I shall upload my video as soon as I find someone to shew me how.

The White Stripes - Fell in love with a girl

This video is amazing! Must have taken so long to create.It was directed by a guy called Michel Gondry who has directed music videos for Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk.There apparantly a section of the video that used computer animation,I think it is the close up of Megs face as she turns to look at Jack while he is chasing her because it looks alot more realistic for the close up.One of a few wicked stop frame White Stripes videos.

Flash Game

http://samgine.com/sprout/
This Flash game combines simple narrative with some really quite beautiful animation in a naive style.The interactivity is pretty basic but effective and works well with the narrative and I love the originality of the idea.

This is a Stop frame animation video that I stumbled upon.Its fun and has an extremely personal feel that I really enjoy.I particularly like the way he uses a montage effect with the photographs to create the scenes.Also dig the way that he has brought the outside world into his apartment.