May 2nd

Today my aim was to combine animation with more movement in the live action. Also i wanted to experiment with hand drawn into Flash. I imported live action video footage into Flash. Using a graphics tablet i was then able to draw the animation straight ontop of the live action, ensuring that the animation matched up with the live action perfectly. This process was really succesful as i found that i was able to change my animation slightly if i needed to and copy, delete and edit frames. I then took the live action layer off and added a green layer behind the animtion. I then exported this and put it into Final Cut over the better quality live action file. The idea was that i could key the green colour out so's to have just the animation. For some reason this didnt work which was very annoying and frustrating. It seemed that a setting on Final Cut wasnt allowing me to key the colour correctly. I will try it again to try and get it to work.
The process of animation on Flash was succesful however and i think this will be how i animate my final video.

In the evening i recorded my Grandpa reading the story for the narration. I realised from research that it is easier to animate to sound rather than the other way round. i recorded his narration using my video camera and i can then take the sound off the video to use. The narration is great and i think its going to work really well.