Saturday, 19 May 2012

Okay, now what?

I'm proud of my latest flash, don't get me wrong, but let's be honest. Despite our efforts, the voice acting was pretty mediocre between Lewis and I, and the movement looked pretty shoddy.So, I'm setting a few goals to help improve on my voice acting and animation. 

Firstly, I want to do simpler characters (probably stick figures) in my next flash so I can focus less on their appearance and more on what they're actually doing. More objects, backgrounds and movement would be good, so something action filled is the target for the next animation. On top of that, I'd like to mess around with sound effects, so I'm going to start building up a library of those.


As for the voice acting, I think dubbing something would really be good practice. If you're not sure what I mean by dubbing, check out some of my favourites on YouTube:




It'd be good to try out some of my other voice styles; I especially want the opportunity to speak with my fake lisp. *giggl* I might even bring in some new people to voice act for me, who knows.


And finally, down the line I'd like to make an interactive flash, or even a flash game. Nothing fancy, maybe a quiz game or a choose-your-own-adventure kind of thing. Should be fun. 

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please leave them in the comments, or any other way you can contact me.

Friday, 18 May 2012

Student Strangled, Mission Accomplished

Okay, I bit off more than I could chew, but I sat there like a disgruntled child with its vegetables and chewed through the night. 


It may look like a rough copy, but this is as far as I'll go with it. The lip syncing and non-stick figure characters was exhausting, especially with erratic movement here and there. I'm aware that I sound nothing like Mr Symonds. He's one of a kind after all, and about 4 or 5 times my age. This is the second "real" flash I've ever made and the longest one too. Please enjoy this horrifying little tale I share with my friends. Keep in mind there's no preloader, so give it a little time before playing.