My final animation is a 30 second or so animation about a robot that really wants a lava lamp. The premise is that the robot is bored playing with the toy truck, but then he sees the lava lamp. He wants it, so he tries to get it. First, he tries to climb books, but is unsuccessful. Then, he tries to balance on a ball, but rolls right past the shelf. Finally, he tries riding his toy car off a ramp made from books onto the shelf, but he just barely misses and knocks into the shelf, causing the lava lamp to fall over. Then, the child whose room it is runs into the bedroom, slamming the door shut. This causes the lava lamp to fall and break, and the toy robot collapses in frustration and anger.
Here is my storyboard:
I used many principles of animation. Among them are anticipation, arc, exaggeration, and appeal. I designed the robot model and book model myself, and borrowed models for the desk, door, car, and lego man. I also borrowed sound effects and music from the public domain.
Here is my final video project, titled iWantRobot:
Difficulties, regrets, and frustrations I had included not being able to render my final project because I couldn't find a free program that consolidated hundreds of png frames for each frame in time for the due date. I have the rendered images, but no software capable of combining the images. Also, all of the action seems to be in fast motion. It would benefit from everything being generally slowed down. Rendered image:
