Works perfecct when u select preview youll see the video
Also in the end I will remove the guid-lines, by deleting their layer,
So you wont see the lines either.
Day 1
Well I think I have made the basis of my popup today. What I mean by this is, that now that I have the slide action of the bottle done, I cand edit it to make it look better, add backgrounds etc. But the action is the most important. All I have to do know is just edit. According to my plan I should've completed these steps over a period off 4 days. But I guess the fact that I could copy the keys, made the process much quicker.
So im ahead of the plan, done the most important part, and now I have 1 week to edit my work to create something interesting.
But I made a big modification in my plan according in criterion B.
I had planned to make a pop-up that will make like those power-point presentation where everything pop-ups gradually and leaves the screen and so on, and I also found another program SWFslide, which converts files into a pop-up code.
But then I changed my whole plan. I used flash instead, and I received a few codes from Mr. Hare, which allowed me to make my pop" much more professional and cooler. It extended my options, and I think that flash is a much more better program to use, and it also it converts it to a flash file, and using the codes, I can easily create a pop-up .
Day 2 22.3.09/27.4.9
I had created a pop-up by the 27th, it was good but I didn’t really like the design that much.
To make it I first took a curtain for the internet, edited and deleted the white background, brought it to flash,
Made a rectangle box, and in it added the train of the bottles.
But I though it looked not that nice, it looked a 2 minute job.
So I decided I was going to make I nicer model.
Day 3 28.4.2009
Today I have to create the shooting parlor it-self
Open photoshop.
Take any curtains of your wish from the internet, and edit in photoshop with the magic wound so that there is no background, and that is had been cropped like this.
Next drag the curtains into flash. And leave it unseen there in a layer called curtains.
Draw a shape like this in flash. With angles 45.
Next re-draw the same shape but in a smaller size, bring it above this shape and cut it out. What this allows it that it makes a whole within the shape, acting as the border of the parlour.
Now bring the curtains back to sight and send in to the back, so that u have the curtain in the parlour, and after that, draw two thick brown straight lines, acoss the curtain in the back, which will act as the base for the bottles to go across. After that send it to the file, where the bottles are.
Day 4 3.4.09
I have edited the parlour so that it fits properly the train of the bottles.
There is problem though. Because earlier I didn’t set the positions of the bottles right, I cannot change it, so now my parlour, has bottles going across the top bar, but nothing beneath. It would look really odd, if I had only bottles on the top and nothing beneath. So I could add another series of bottles which are bigger beneath.
So I will use exactly the same technique I have done before to make the train of bottles, except the only difference is that it will be bigger, and slower, and beneath the other ones.
DAY 5 6.4.09
While constructing the big bottles, use the lines, I was using them as rulers, to navigate the postion of the bottles. Also you cant see the parlour, I have blocked it so that I can easily make the train for the biggies. And if u look closely you can see that all of the layers have been organized into folders. This makes everything much easier.
After im finished with creating. I will delete the rulers, re-appear the the parlour and it should work hopefully.
Also remember to have the right gaps in the timeline between the key-frames really important, and that each bottle is on different layers!
DAY 6 8.4.09
How it looks, when Im finished. You can see that I edited the size of the stage, really important, this allows everything to fit.
DAY 7 10.4.09
Im nearly done all I have to do now is to add a gun marker, I will use a set of codes to make it become the cursor. But first I have to create the cursor. Which you can see above.
DAY 8 11.4.09/12.4.09
Now after I had created my crusor, I edited the size and the colour, and then I selected it, pressed F8, turned it a movie clip,
After that, I pressed f9, and added the above code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
_x = _parent._xmouse;
_y = _parent._ymouse;
}
And wooolah!
This is a preview of how the pop-up looks.
But you cannot see it, though I have added a large box, with alpha > 0%, over the whole pop-up, which is button. And it is connected to the original website of the beer. So when u press it, it automatically connects you there.
I first drew the box, made it 0% alpha. Then pressed F8 turned it to button format. Then selecting the box pressed F9, added these actions,
And I have completed my pop up !!!!
on(release){
getURL("");
}
Creates a new layers, which
You can see through the arrow
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My Performance
At this point I think this project was a disappointment. Despite gathering a lot of use-full research on how advertisement is produced and what step are taking to ensure that the message reaches the target audience successfully. From my criterion A, I also learned what things teenagers are looking for when they see advertisement - on the net, videos posters , websites etc. I also learned how the psychology of teenagers works around advertisement , and I gathered many tips things to add and to avoid. I based my design specification on those learning , and keeping those tips and all the research I did - I wanted to porduce hopefully something that would really work.
For my criterion B I think I came up with many feasible designs. I tried to put them in as much as detail but its hard to cover everthing. I made a them on paper, and then took a picture and added them to my file. Some of it is not readable so visit the orginial document for that. I liked my idea of making a video the most, but I think that wouldve have been professional looking because I didn’t have real actors, or the right space, Nor the right props. Therefore I think It woudlve looked very amateur and the message wouldn’t have reached my target audience with the bang I would be looking for!
Criterion C. I think that I made a very accurate plan. It was very tight, but easy. I tried to give the most time consuming criterions the longest time allocation. And also I gave specific days for editing and just looking over the critierons.
I think that if I stuck with the plan I could've completed this project 5 days before the due date. Though because of only having 2 hours a week of computer lesson. Most of the work I did was in those clases. At home due to the reaching deadline of the end of the term and other-deadlines we were swamped with project and I didn’t really have time work on my computers at home
Citieron D. Due to the time shortage I faced for this project. I couldn’t really produce a product. Though I have chosen the product and already created a plan and a few designs of how I want to produce it, but I just couldn’t get my hand under it and produce the actual thing.
Despite being behind schedule and not being able to read the deadline, I think I worked quite hard in classes though. I did most of the work I could, and I think I had a sustainable progress. Though I should’ve worked a bit more at home.
Lets just see my plan again. And I want to see if it meets my design specifications.
I think that if I got 2 more weeks I could successfully produce my product easily. My plan is actually to create a power point presentation of how I would want my pop up to appear on the website. I want to then collaborate it onto jQuery where I can add the presentation into the program to create a pop-up code.
To test my product I said I was going to create a questionnaire that I will send around the Year 11, and other years. This is ideal because my target audience is teenagers, and adults.
The questionnaire is below. Also the questionnaire will be shown with a picca of the product.
I was thinking of also posting the pop-up on the ishmoodle and see how many people would click on it and add a counter. This will allow me to see if people notice my product or not.
