Avian Flu

Avian Flu a flash animation from Brain Pop. It is a site targeted for children ages 6 - 12 a very informative website with tons of facts and related topics, in this case it was about Avian influenza also known as the bird flu the flash gave different terms that are important to know as well as facts. The images that were used were simple yet I think they were well organized and made it easy for the viewer to understand. Some of the scenes in this flash were still images with just the sound of the boy talking. Other scenes had simple movements that make the animation more alive, for example when the boy is jogging and the chicken and pig move their feet. The robot mostly just blinks his eyes and the 3 lights it has on the chest changes colors and that makes it more active. After the flash is done it also has an Interactive quiz that will test your knowledge on the video that you just watched.

Ride the Fence

The Coup Ride the fence animation is targeted to an audience that is anti-everything in this case political mostly like the government, war and narco to name a few, however even though it is anti-many things the message seems to be "pick a side" which is way they repeat "ride the fence" so many times. Like the character on top of the Ride The Fence words is trying to balance on them, because it doesn't know what side to choose. The colors are plain and fit the topic just black, gray, white and gray, and blue orange and a little red are used to emphasize some scenes. Most of the scenes are repeated during this flash, and some images are looped, there seemed to be a lot of tweening. The music made this animation come to life and because it has a quick nice beat to it, I think it is what kept this animation interesting because the images moved to the rhythm.

Paper Wars

Paper Wars was created by Ed Skudder I enjoyed this stick figure Flash animation, because it was a different approach bringing these stick figures to life by given them movement. The way I figure this flash was done is that the stick figures body parts had to be done individually because it is not just there eyes moving or blinking they’re arms and legs move a lot. The boy’s hand that had to move as if it was drawing instantly was also excellent, the way he erases the stick figures make it seem so real. It begins by a stick figure fighting a dragon for this girl and then this other stick figure with sun glasses and a bike thinking he is so cool takes the girl and once again he fights for her and gets rid of the “cool” stick figure. So this flash animation has a war and a love story to it. Some of the sounds were over used and didn’t belong in certain places. The audience can pretty much be everyone, because at one point or another we all scribbled during a class and or meeting without getting caught. Unlike the ending of this flash, the boy that is drawing during class has some movements like his eyes blinking and his left shoulder at the end of the flash and arm reaches over to give the teacher the paper, that part was very well presented.

Another one of Ed Skudder’s creations is
Rou Bo I enjoyed Paper Wars it is original.