Hope Animation

This was by far the most difficult assignment we've done so far. I was so stressed out about this project and am so glad that it all worked out in the end. My poem is all about hope and I wanted to tie that in with my picture. I used Dorothy's ruby slippers as my focal point for hope.

I wanted to achieve many things with my animation. First off, I wanted to bring people's attention in with the topography of the words. Second, I wanted the words to pop out and move about the screen without seeming too busy. That is why I choose not to animate all of the words. I also choose to not add special effects to all of the groups of words, but simply have them come onto the screen.

The hardest part of this project was figuring out how to add effects to the words. Surprisingly, I quickly figured out how to create the animation frames I needed. I figured out that all I had to do was close the eyes of what I didn't want at that time. After this, it was a great deal of experimentation and frustration. Sometimes I would find the effect I thought was perfect and then it would change the rest of my slides as well. So, I would start to freak out. I wouldn't be able to fix my mistake and would have to back track completely.

Once I figured out how to add some effects it became slightly more enjoyable, but the stress never really stopped. I wanted to make sure that everything worked out.

I am proud of my final picture the most. I am definitely proud of myself for figuring out how to animate the words, but I am really fond of my picture. I think it looks amazing and is exactly what I wanted.