Posty post

Honestly, I did not forget about the blog. The past couple times I tried to upload and post my Quicktime videos from class, but I think it's just too much for Blogger to handle. Really, though. It takes way to long to do nothing in the end.

As excited as I am about learning Flash, I really hope I don't end up hating this next project by making my ideas too complicated. I hope I can actually create what I have in mind without it looking like crap. And I hope I have enough time to get it to my satisfaction. As for the next assignment: Fables = Awesome. I'm a fan of fairy tales and fables (the Fables comic series by Bill Willingham are totally worth a read for anyone who's ever heard any fairy tale story, but that's just my opinion). I'm taking on Hansel and Gretel for this assignment. To give a contemporary spin on it, the witch tricks the kids into coming to "save and feed" her through a television "Just 21 cents a day" infomercial. So they travel to this 3rd world, poverty-stricken country, and instead of leaving bread crumbs, Hansel leaves a path of 21 cent coins only to be picked up by a soldier/George Bush/politician figure, who turns out to be in on the scam. Of course, it was immediately after I completed the storyboard that the idea of replacing all candy references with technology references hit. I'll pitch that tomorrow and see what's suggested.

I was afraid the storyboard would be such a daunting task, but I actually had a lot of fun putting it together and choosing which frames I wanted to include in it. I just hope it's up to the expected standards.