Final Synopsis

This flash project was definitely a challenge. I've only ever really touched on this program, so it was difficult to try and understand everything. What I liked most about this project was being able to create something and see it actually play out on the screen. I really wanted to make my text come alive. With the quote I picked I feel like there were a lot of key words in there to play with. The most difficult part of this project was figuring out timing. But towards the end, I think I finally got it down. It was helpful to step back, take a break and come back to it 10 minutes later. Overall, I'm quite happy with how far I've come with this project. I figured out things that I never thought I'd be able to do. I think it's very simple, but easy to read. I'm happy with how it ended up, but it would be interesting to see where I could take it with more knowledge and time.

Class Critique/Progress Report

During our class critique, professor Fender offered some really good advice. He suggested to ease my transitions a little better. Right now they're kind of harsh. I'm still trying to figure out certain things. The layers and symbols have been the hardest for me to figure out. Professor Fender also suggested I repeat some of the same movements throughout the whole movie. For example, I have a lot of my text making some sort of impact in the first part of the movie, so I want to incorporate that towards the end. The critique was very helpful, he gave me some great ideas that I've started working on. Right now, I have all the text in my movie and I got most of the timing issues figured out. Now it's just making the final tweaks and making sure everything flows really well together.