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At last I have finally reached the third unit of my first year here at Bournemouth Uni, which is the Audience Unit, based mainly around flash animation for us interactive media production people.

The Breif for this unit states as follows: 

1. Research ‘animation in relation to audience’ and identify four different animation examples which you feel appeal to four distinctly different audience groups . Write 100 to 150 word on each example to explain and justify your choices, and obtain images or clips to illustrate your examples.

2. Based on your research findings, storyboard and create a short Flash animation of your own which would appeal to one of your selected audience groups.  Use ActionScript to explore interactivity, and the ways that giving control to the users can affect the narrative.  Also feature the use of sound/music). Explain your choice and solution, including how it relates to a particular user group.  

During the lectures and your research you will discover that there are also many different animation media and techniques (chalk, oil on glass, paper cut-out, cel-layers, plasticine,  puppetry etc).  However for the purposes of this project your chosen solution must be achievable using Flash software. Your solution may be either a complete short idea or a partially storyboarded larger idea, but in either case you must use movement and sound to showcase your solution. 

Aim for a user experience of between 1 and 2 minutes.

3. Use Flash to create a website which contains your research images and text, your storyboard, essay assignment and the completed Flash animation.

Bournemouth University Audience Unit Brief 2009

When I first got this brief a week and a half ago (apologies for my lack of posting on this blog due to medical reasons), I realised that I got a hell of amount of work to get through within 4 and a bit weeks and it also doesnt help that I will have to write an essay on top of this work load as well. The lectures have been nice an not told what the essay title is for this unit is yet and probably spring it on us next week, me thinks. not looking forward to that !!!

But on a positive note with this unit, I’ll get the chance to learn lot about animations and their workings and how the audience work within today’s media society.  

My next post, which will be posted later on today or tomorrow will be about my research into four different animations of my choice.