Script

Sound Effects, Dialogue	Action
Alarms buzzer	Title on screen, zoom out to show numbers are on alarm clock, it goes off and a person wakes up.
Traffic	Superhero waiting for bus, normal people awkwardly wait next to him.
Eating sounds, quite fire sounds	Person eating cereal calmly, doesn’t notice fire behind him.
Traffic	Person running down the highway, at the same speed as the cars around them. Drinks coffee, etc as if in car.
Dinging of elevator closing	Cat and mouse get into elevator; doors close, as mouse looks nervous.
Dinging of elevator closing	Doors of elevator reopen on another floor, mouse has eaten cat.
Traffic, crashing, screaming, dog panting	City street is crushed by large falling object, then again; zoom out to reveal giant dog chasing ball.
Howling wind, crackling fire	Penguin walking through the deserted artic; then walks inside a house and sits by a fire.
Squeaking	Person sitting a computer using real mouse.
Breathing, squeaking of wheel, pen scratching as rats take notes	Person running, zoom out to reveal he is running on hamster wheel, monitored by giant lab rats dressed as scientists.
Biting, screaming	Person takes a bite of fruit, fruit screams in agony
Cheesy dance soundtrack	Pan across high school dance, reveal bear in tuxedo.
Sounds of people sitting around doing normal things	People living in a house of cards
Lughing, jeers	“Normal” person is ridiculed in world of tattooed/mow-hawked people.
Laughing	Giraffe with no neck laughs at skinny elephant.
Whooshing sound of sun moving quickly	Tiny planet where sun rises/sets almost instantly.
Optional “I don’t get” it at the end	Mime performing for blind audience.
Ambience	Pan past ships in bottles, which get increasingly weirder/less stereotypical.
Ambience, robotic sounding ridicule	Robotic moving person walks up to normal moving person, who ridicules him in very robotic voice.
Bird sounds, appropriate ambience	Person walking through sand, with footprints in front and not behind. Birds fly backwards
Squeak of metal turning	Giant wrench using person to tighten nuts/bolts.
Meowing/barking	Raining cats and dogs.
“Aaaaahhhhh”s	Raining humans in cat/dog society.
Golf swing sound	Zoom out to earth being used as golf ball by giant aliens.
Ambience	Pan past snowmen, normal, bodybuilder, inverted.

Subject to change, obviously.
As the scenes are almost entirely unrelated, the order may be changed; possibly even as late as the editing process.
I want the order to be increasing in weirdness throughout, from the relatively normal to the incredibly bizarre, which may not be apparent until they are animated.


You may notice that the number of scenes has changed from my premise.
I decided 42 was too many to finish in this class, since they all feature different backgrounds/characters, even if it is the answer to life the universe and everything.
So I know have "25 Random Scenes."

Progress

Well I have been working on the script for my animation.
It is almost complete, but it is still handwritten so I have to type it up before I can post it here.
I don't know when exactly that will be ready, but I will definitely have it up this weekend sometime.

Tutorial 1

Here is the first tutorial.

This one is the first one, made with only the ease in/out slider, and keyframes:



This is the second one, made with the custom easing graph, and no keyframes:

Premise

Well here it is, my premise.

The title of my animation is "42 Random Scenes"
The content will be just that, 42 unrelated scenes with no plot whatsoever.
I want to make them bizarre, surreal, and very random.
Not only will they be unrelated, they will be unexpected.
The beginning will be less unusual, but as it progresses, the clips will become more bizarre.
Because of the number of different scenes in unrelated locations (characters may be reused, not sure yet), the design will be fairly simple.
I know this seems very non-descriptive, but the script will have all the details.

Favorite Work

Here is some of my favorite work.


A subtle animation from animation 2:



A dynamic action from animation 2:



M.C. Escher's relativity recreated in 3D for Digital Form Space and Lighting:






















And last but not least an evil tricycle wielding robot:

Favorite Animations

Well I guess a favorite animation would be hard to pick, but here are some I like:

Any Pixar movie or short, especially The Incredibles.

Shrek, Ice Age, Robots.

Most Disney movies.

I do enjoy shows like South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, but sometimes not so much for the animation.

Since this is a flash class I guess I should put some flash animation.
I enjoy Homestar Runner, Charlie the Unicorn.

I guess that's all I can think of right now.

About Me

So, my name is David.
I am a junior animation major at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
I don't really know what to say about myself so here is a quiz I stole.

1. Hometown: Atlanta, Ga
2. School: Savannah College of Art and Design
3. Major: Animation
4. Favorite Color: Blue
5. Favorite Food: I don't know, pizza? Hamburgers? I don't think I have a favorite.
6. Favorite Animal: I don't know if I have a favorite animal.
7. Favorite Movie: Um, maybe Monty Python and the Holy Grail if I had to pick.
8. Least Favorite Movie: There are too many to choose from.
9. Favorite Band: If you made me choose, I'd have to say Nirvana. Other favorites include The Offspring, The Foo Fighters, Audioslave, and Blink182.
10. Favorite Artist: Probably M.C. Escher.
11. Favorite Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy
12. Favorite Show: I don't know that I have one favorite
13. Favorite Video Game: I don't play enough video games to have a favorite
14. My only weakness: Physics and law enforcement. If it weren't for them I'd be unstoppable.