AO3 This is where you use Flash to create your own Pizzalicious advert. Follow the instructions below to create a basic advert however, you ll need to change this to fit your own design! 1. Load Flash 2. Under Create New click on Flash document a blank screen should appear:
3. Look at the Properties panel at the bottom of the screen. Click on the Size button: 4. Change the Dimensions to 710px wide and 110px high. If you wish to, change the background colour too: 5. Start a new Word document and add the title Explanation for AO3. Take a screenshot of the blank Flash screen and explain what you ve done (e.g. This is the start of my Flash advert and I ve changed the size to 710 by 110 pixels.)
6. Look at the timeline near the top of your screen. Hover over frame 21 and right-click. Select Insert Keyframe. 7. Go back to frame 1. Using the text tool draw a large box and type Are you hungry?. Select a font and font size that looks appropriate using the options at the bottom of the screen. HINT: You can change the text to anything that you want this is just an example.
8. Take a screenshot and paste it into your Word document. Write a sentence to explain what you ve done. 9. Now go to frame 21 click on it and you should see your text disappear. Click on Frame 41, right-click and select Insert Keyframe. Click on frame 21 and then 10. Repeat step 5 to add some additional text in perhaps this time it could say Can t be bothered to cook?. To improve your work further you could find some images that link with your text and paste them in too. To insert an image, save the image as a JPEG into your Unit 20 AO3 folder. Then go to File and Import. Click on Import to Stage. To resize the image, change the dimensions in the properties box at 11. Take another screenshot and explain what you ve done the bottom if you ve of added the screen. images, explain how and why you did. 12. Move to frame 41 and repeat what you ve just done (you need to add a new keyframe on frame 61 and then go back and add text frame 41). (You choose what text to add in frame 41 - it could be something like, 'We have the Solution')
13. You should now have three different sections for your advert and be at frame 61: Don t forget that this is just an example you can create your own version add in what fits with your design! 14. Next we are going to add in a Motion Tween. This will make the Pizzalicious name zoom in from the distance. On Frame 61: Type the work Pizzalicious into a new textbox. Change the font, colour and size until you are happy with the look.
Make sure the Pizzalicious box is selected. 20. Next press F8 on your keyboard (if nothing happens, check to see if your function lock key is selected). You should see the Convert to Symbol window appear: 21. Give the symbol a name e.g. Title make sure the Movie clip option is selected and then press OK. 22. Hover over frame 81, right-click and select Insert Keyframe : 23. Go back and click on frame 61. Click on the back arrow (top left of your screen) and right-click on your Pizzalicious symbol. Select the Free Transform option:
24. Drag the corner of your Pizzalicious title and shrink it as small as you can: 25. Click on frame 61 on the timeline and you should see the Tween options appear in the Properties panel: 26. Click on the Tween dropdown menu and select Motion
27. Take a screenshot of your work, paste it into your Word document and explain what you ve done (e.g. I ve made the Pizzalicious name zoom in from the middle of the screen. I turned it into a symbol and then shrunk it. I create a Motion Tween to make Flash animate from the small to full size title.. ) 28. Select frame 110, right-click and choose Insert Blank Keyframe. If you select the wrong one, undo your work by pressing Edit > Undo. 29. Your Pizza advert now lasts around 9 seconds. You need to make it last at least 15 seconds. Try adding in some additional sections where you can include pictures, special offers (e.g. Delivery within 30 mins or your next pizza is free ) or anything else. 30. The best way to end the advert is to include a phone number for people to use. Just make one up! You could animate the number using Frame-by-Frame animation. Add a new blank frame to your animation (use the Insert > Insert Blank Keyframe option) on frame 130 )
Go to frame 110. 31. Add a new textbox but just type one number of the phone number: 32. Right-click on the next frame and select Insert Keyframe this will create a copy of your existing textbox. 33. Type the next number of the phone number: 34. Repeat this keep using the Insert Keyframe option until you have every digit of the phone number. 35. On the last frame, where the entire number can be see, press the F5 key about 15 times this will add in additional frames to make sure the number stays on the screen.
For merit, you will need to Loop one individual element. You will also need to change the frame rate. Research online on how to do this!!! 36. As always, take a screenshot, paste into Word and explain what you ve done explain about Frame-by-Frame animation. 37. Check to see how long your animation now lasts click on the final frame in the timeline and you ll see how many seconds it lasts for: 38. If your advert doesn t last for 15 seconds, you need to add some additional frames in. See what you can do 39. Once you have reached 15 seconds, press File > Publish Preview > Flash. This will preview your advert. 40. Watch your advert through is it good enough? Would you order a pizza? If not, try to think how it could be improved. Try adding additional images or change colours. As always, take screenshots and explain the work you are doing.