INTERACTIVE MEDIA I
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ART COLLECTION

CHARACTER ANIMATION STUDIO FINAL:
This final Adobe Animate project challenged students to combine the skills and techniques developed throughout the course to produce an original animated short with a minimum running time of 30 seconds. Students designed and illustrated their own original characters and visual assets in Adobe Photoshop before importing them into Adobe Animate to build a fully animated scene. Projects incorporated advanced animation techniques including parenting, motion tweens, looping motion paths, creative staging, character and body movement, layered animation, and animated environmental elements such as butterflies, birds, or flying fish. Students also recorded and edited voice-overs, selected appropriate music and sound effects, edited audio in Audition, and synchronized audio with animation to create engaging, story-driven productions. Students also synchronized their characters’ voices with movement through lip syncing and timed animation, creating more expressive and believable characters that enhanced the overall storytelling experience.
 
This final Level 2 animation project emphasized the complete animation workflow—from concept development and character design to animation, sound integration, and final production. Students strengthened their understanding of animation principles, digital illustration, timing, movement, audio synchronization, and visual storytelling while demonstrating creativity, technical proficiency, and their ability to produce a polished, original multimedia project using industry-standard Adobe software.