Animation and graphics to present a piece of writing

Assessment Details

This project provides evidence for the following standards:

Project Overview:

Graphic Design often requires the Designer take an abstract concept (eg. an emotion, belief, expression) and present it in a graphical form. This is known as Visual Communication and common examples of this are found in branding where the culture of an organisation is represented with colours, shapes and imagery; and graphical interface design where icons are used to represent ideas and help people perform tasks (eg. folders represent file storage, a Home icon representing the root directory of a web site).

Designers also often have to learn new tools and techniques while designing solutions as different issues will have different requirements. This is one of the things that makes Design a challenging and exciting area to work in.

This project is going to require you to interpret and represent one of three pieces of writing from students in the Year 12 Creative Writing course. These students will be your stakeholders on this project and will also need to identify the target audience for the story. The final solution must take both the stakeholders and target audience(s) into account.

You will be using motion graphics and animation techniques (2D, 3D) and tools (GIMP animation, Pencil, ZenCub3D) and will be presenting the final solution for the Creative Writing students to give feedback on. We will aim to upload the final solutions to YouTube so you are able to publish and then get feedback in a relatively simple environment.

Brief Statement

Visually represent a piece of written work using animation tools and techniques for online presentation to the stakeholders and target audience.

Specifications

The following elements must be present in your design:

• key elements of the written story represented visually
• output in a format that is suitable for presentation (swf, gif, avi)

You will also need to provide your own specifications for:

• the animation style used (ie. 2D, 3D)
• the tool/technique you intend to use (Gimp, Pencil, ZenCub3D)
• the physical dimensions of your animation (width, height)
• intended length of the animation
• target audience
• stakeholders and key factors that influence the project

Requirements:

Design Process

You are expected to demonstrate that you have worked through the design process to produce your final solution.

We expect to see:

• brief documentation
• description of the stakeholders
• identification of key factors that could affect the project
• resources required to complete the project (time, access to stakeholders)
• concept sketches exploring different ways of representing the written story
• project management evidence (timesheet, planning, milestones etc)
• Ongoing evaluation of your ideas
• A final evaluation of your solution

Achievement Requirements

To achieve in this project you will be required to complete the following tasks:

• Produce a brief using this project outline as a base
• Identify and describe the target audience
• Evaluate
  key factors that influence the final solution
• Produce a final solution that meets all the requirements of your brief
• Produce a plan that outlines costs (time) and milestones that allow you to complete the project on time
• Manage the project and your time using computer-based tools