Meredith Silverman

My thesis paper is now at 1500 words. Sharleen suggested I add the required 500 more by talking about my intended audience and my choice to present the work online instead of on a CD-ROM. Getting close!

I wanted to put in a solid couple of days on animation and sound this weekend, but I was sick on Saturday and Sunday.

Below is a record of what I’ve completed in each animation, and what I have left to do. I’m in OK shape to finish everything I’ve listed, but if I had more time, I could really refine it.

1. Page 3: Tony and Marley on the bike. Tony remembers the fateful performance.

• Mouseover: the scene and the motorcycle move as if they were driving
• Click: dream sequence shows Tony’s memory of the performance
• Mouseover: Tony pulls a rabbit out of a hat, but it hops away (Needs work. Change to click?)
• Mouseover: Marley spins and dances
• Mouseover: audience cheers and throws roses

2. Page 5: Hal drives and daydreams in his truck, thinks about what he saw a week ago.

• Mouseover: truck begins moving (Move image down in frame: white space showing.)
  
• Click: dream sequence switches scene to “a week ago”
• Mouseover: a car with a person waterskiing off the back (She could wave or laugh.)
  
• Mouseover: a huge frog with a ribbon in its mouth jumps across the road and says “ribbons” (Needs sound)
• Mouseover: the Mystery Mobile from Scooby Doo, a headless ghost driving

3. Page 7: Penny at the circus, remembering Tony’s performance.

• Click: Penny remembers Tony and Marley in same scene from Tony’s recollection
• Mouseover: Tony drops a rabbit into a hat, waves his wand, pulls it out, then it hops away and is eaten by the lion
• Mouseover: Marley attempts a pirouette but falls
• Click: a kid’s voice in the crowd says, “Mom, can we go home now?”

4. Page 9: conjoined triplets

• Click: they turn around and hurry offscreen

5. Page 10 & 11: Penny and the circus folk. Outdoor scene shows faraway circus tent, trailers.

• Click: Conjoined triplets scurry into scene
• Mouseover: Sword Swallower sneaks a bite of a sword (Could use sound.)
• Mouseover: Bearded Lady gently strokes her beard
• Mouseover: Penny sighs and produces thought bubble of Tony and Marley on bike
• Mouseover: Tattooed Man flexes
• Mouseover: Acrobat guy clears throat
• Mouseover: Acrobat gal stretches (Animated but not working.)
• Mouseover: Elephant moves trunk
• Mouseover: someone comes out of the trailer — fat lady? Midget?
• Click: circus music comes from tent

6. Page 13: Tony vs. Hal part 1. Tony and Marley are about to get hit by the truck.

• Mouseover: bike drifts toward truck (Should this stop or keep looping? Change to click.)
• Mouseover: road is moving, Tony snores, Rock-a-Bye Baby plays
• Click: Marley barks urgently
• Click: Hal honks horn

7. Page 15: A pickup truck spews flowers onto the bike.

• Mouseover: entire scene animates, with truck, bike, and background moving
• Click: truck dumps flowers on bike (It’s animated but not working.)

8. Pages 16 & 17: Pulled over by the side of the road, Tony and Marley confront Hal.

• Mouseover: Hal rubs his eyes and says “not real, not real, they’re not real”
• Mouseover: Tony drops his helmet (Could go faster, he could look down at it.)
• Click: Marley barks and runs around Tony in a circle
• Mouseover: truck makes idling engine noise
• Mouseover: flowers fall off the motorcycle

9. Page 20: The speech in the dark. The whole screen is black, but you can make out eyes. There’s a crowd assembled around a speaker, who stands elevated.

• Mouseover: crowd jumps up and down and shouts, “freedom, freedom, freedom!”
• Mouseover: speaker says: “Join with me: fleedom, fleedom, fleedom!”

10. Page 23: The restaurant. Tony is seated at a table with Marley underneath it. Lulu is standing, ready to take their order.

• Mouseover: Lulu scratches her head with a pencil
  
• Mouseover: Tony knocks over the salt and pepper
• Mouseover: Marley barks
• Mouseover: a customer walks in and says, “Mister, your dog smells terrible!” (Needs sound)

11. Page 25: The protest. It’s the same scene, but more crowded, and now there are placards.

• Mouseover: eyes jump up and down, crowd sounds
• Mouseover: each placard is yelled out loud
• Mouseover: the speaker leads the crowd in a call-and-response: “What do we want?” Fleedom! “When do we want it?” Now!

12. Page 27: Tony and Marley investigate the cardboard box.

• Tony: picks up the box and shakes it
• Mouseover: Marley wags his tail and sniffs (Needs sound.)
• Mouseover: box jumps a little

13. Page 29: The last leg of the trip. View through the truck’s windshield from Tony and Marley’s POV.

• Mouseover: the road animates
• Mouseover: radio plays a short clip of music or some static
• Mouseover: air freshener spins and goes “sniff sniff aaaaah” (Needs sound.)
• Mouseover: Tony scratches
• Mouseover: Marley scratches
• Mouseover: little dial spins around

14. Page 31: The fleas’ new life.

• Mouseover: each of 7 fleas displays some brief activity

15. Pages 34 & 35: Tony and Penny are reunited. Tony and Penny stand together on the circus grounds, the truck cab open, Marley sitting in the driver’s seat.

• Mouseover: Tony hugs Penny
• Mouseover: Penny laughs and smiles
• Click: Marley jumps out, sits next to Tony, and scratches
• Click: truck honks

16. Page 37: Martha and Hal’s flower shop.

• Mouseover: Hal pulls out a bouquet, sneezes, smiles (No sound.)
• Mouseover: Martha holds Hal’s hand
• Mouseover: door opens and a bell jingles
• Mouseover: open sign turns to closed and sky gets dark

17. Page 39: Flea removal. Tony and Penny sit in the bathroom, Marley is in the bath with bubbles on his head.

• Mouseover: Tony reaches out to touch Penny’s hand (Should be faster.)
• Mouseover: Penny scrubs and giggles
• Mouseover: Marley pants happily, shakes off bubbles

18. Pages 40 & 41: The grand finale. Tony and Marley are dressed up in clown costumes. They give a successful performance.

• Mouseover: Tony trips and the crowd laughs
• Mouseover: Marley chases his tail and the crowd laughs
• Mouseover: Penny smiles and claps
• Click: The words “The End” fill the screen and a flea jumps across them.

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 at 11:05 pm and is filed under Thesis.