Task 6 - Storyboard

(*note) The colours of the arms are hard to see

In order to plan out my storyboard, I decided to create a storyboard to plan out the possible animations I could do. As seen below is the basic storyboard I created. I used PowerPoint to create my boxes and the stick figures within them. Due to the basic nature of Power Point, I was unable to provide a detailed model for each pose, so I settled for stick figures. I decided to aim for 5 separate animations for my puppet, should I have the time. The five animations I chose to aim for where walking, running, jumping, lunging and spinning as seen above. I felt that they were animations that ranged in complexity that I felt could accurately represent my experience with 3D animation. I created the storyboard, in order to give myself an idea of how I wish to animate my Dada puppet. I chose power-point to complete my story board, due to its easy to use nature.

Walking:

The first animation I chose for my storyboard was the walking animation. I chose this because the walking animation is arguably the most well known, and would demonstrate that I know how to complete basic animations. Also, puppets are generally made to walk in real life for various reasons, for example, if they were to be used in a play, they would be made to walk for the narrative.

Running: 

I chose running as my second animation due to it being a variation of running. This would allow me to complete this particular animation more quickly, due to the fact I can simply speed up the walking animation.

Jumping:

I chose this as my third animation because I felt jumping was the natural successor to walking and running. My puppets legs cannot bend due to their design, so I believe that the jumping animation would be much simpler than it would be normally.

Lunging:

I chose to start with more complex animation for my fourth one. I decided to go with lunging. I felt this would be appropriate due to the fact having four arms on my puppet will give it a better lunging animation and it may improve the complexity of my overall puppet animation.

Spinning:

I chose spinning for my final animation. I did this because that animation is easy to carry out and is complex enough to demonstrate my knowledge when it comes to 3D animation. It also will be bolstered by my puppets multiple limbs, will will fill out the screen and give the animation more depth.