Introduction to Flash Animation and Tweening: "The Circle"
Assignment: Introduction to Flash Animation- TWEENING

Overview: Students will be using their newfound Flash skills to create a short animation in which shapes and objects move and change.

The Video Tutorials: You will need to understand all of the concepts in the following tutorials to complete this project:

The Tweens: All TWEENS on this movie need to be at least 10 FRAMES in length. You will be creating a short animation of AT LEAST 300 frames in which the following actions occur:
Starting Object/Shape
Type of Tweening
Notes
Circle Shape Start with a small circle at the left side of the stage.
Circle Shape Circle moves to right side of stage.
Circle Shape Circle moves back to left side of stage.
Circle Shape Circle moves OFF STAGE to the right. (Challenge Tween: +10 points if executed correctly, leave out if you can't get it!)
Circle Shape Circle reappears from OFF STAGE left. (Challenge Tween: +10 points if executed correctly, leave out if you can't get it!)
Circle Shape Changes color THREE TIMES (3 different tweens)
Circle Shape Changes size TWO TIMES (2 different tweens)
Circle Shape Morphs into a rectangle. (1 Frame Rule> Convert to Symbol)
Rectangle Motion Moves across canvas.
Rectangle Motion Change colors one time (1 tween)
Rectangle Motion Disappear, then reappear (2 tweens, taking alpha to zero and back to 100)
Rectangle Motion Expands to be as large as the entire stage.
Rectangle Motion Collapse back to the size of a very small rectangle.
Rectangle Motion Expand back to original size.
Rectangle Motion Rotate in Place FOR AT LEAST FOUR SECONDS (think about your frame rate to figure out the number of frames in this tween)
Rectangle Shape Explodes into 12 tiny rectangles (1 Frame Rule> Break Apart back to a Shape.)
Rectangles Shape Stand in Place for 2 seconds (think about your frame rate to figure out the number of frames in this tween)
Rectangles Shape Reform from 12 rectangles back into one rectangle.
Rectangle Shape Morphs into TEXT of your NAME (Don't forget to Break Apart>Break Apart the text of your name to turn it into a Shape!)
Name Motion Use 1 Frame Rule to turn name into Symbol, then move name across screen.
Name Motion FLIP the letters of your name so that it is reading backwards.
Name Motion While Flipped, move the letters of your name across the screen.
Name Motion REFLIP, so that your name is normal again.
Name Motion Name ROTATES IN PLACE for 3 seconds. (think about your frame rate to figure out the number of frames in this tween)
Name Motion Stands in place for 2 seconds. (think about your frame rate to figure out the number of frames in this tween)
Name Shape Use the 1 Frame Rule to break apart>break apart your name symbol and turn it back into a SHAPE, then MORPH your name into the CIRCLE that started the whole animation. (COPY the circle from the first frame and PASTE IN PLACE the circle into the last frame of this tween)
Make sure to use CTRL-ENTER to TEST YOUR MOVIE before you turn it in!

Project Submission: Do a File>Save As and name your movie

lastname_circle.fla

Projects will be submitted to the class folders on the M: Drive Dropbox.

Grading: Each student will start with 100 Points on this assignment.

For each tween that is missing or incorrect, the student will LOSE 10 points. That means that you HAVE TO GET ALL BUT ONE RIGHT TO GET AN A, 4 TWEENS WRONG OUT OF 26 means you fail!

Note that the Challenge Tweens give you a chance for +20 points on this assignment!