MDDN 241: Poster

MDDN 241: Final Animation

MDDN 241: Development of sound

MDDN 241: Animation no sound

MDDN 241 : Sounds

The main background song i intend to have for my animation is Lightless Dawn by Kevin Macleod (Royalty free Music). It creates an eerie, mysterious kind of feel but also makes it seem a bit more like an adventure, which is the outlying important idea behind the animation. The short character, Crank, is lonely and wants a friend, until he finds the tall character, Clinkz. Crank will follow Clinkz anywhere just so he could have a friend, even though following him may get him hurt and he gains nothing from it.

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?keywords=lightless+dawn&Search=Search

MDDN 241: Rendering

All of the scenes have finished rendering! YAY! Im currently in the process of adding sounds to the final product and make it fantastic! In the mean time, here are some more rendered scenes!

MDDN 251: Fried Sensor

As i was linking up the sensor to the circuitry with the LEDs connected and the code written out, i managed to accidentally plug the wrong wire into the wrong place. This resulted in SMOKE coming from the motion sensor, it being so hot that i burnt the skin off my thumb and the sensor no longer working.

I FRIED A SENSOR!

This is really unfortunate, and it means i have no sensor unless i scavenge something from another device. The place that i purchased the sensor from in the first place would take to long to deliver a new sensor, which means i can't purchase from there again. Fantastic.

This is a really unfortunate event results in me not having a final prototype to present to the class, but just working off images and videos i have taken before the sensor fried on tuesday morning. Hopefully imagery is enough.

MDDN 251: Video of work

MDDN 251: Images of Final

MDDN 241: Milestone

Milestone - Out of the total 26 scenes that will make up the entirety of the animation, i have fully rendered 16/26. Things are coming along great, and scenes aren't taking overly long to render the passes.

MDDN 241: Some rendered shots of my environment and scenes

MDDN 251: Mistake and new concept

So i made a foolish mistake with the concept that i originally had and the motion sensor i had purchased. The PIR motion sensor is an "OFF" or "ON" type of sensor, which meant that it either detected motion or it didn't. Sadly for me, i realised this quite late into the assignment and didn't have a chance to right my wrong while at the same time fully completing the prototype. The type of motion that my chosen concept entailed was more of a webcam type motion detection. It pays to read fully about the type of component you're purchasing before you do so. Therefore, to use this new motion detector that I have purchased, i need to change my concept.

My first idea of a new concept was to create a motion responsive Night Light for toddlers. The way that it would work would be the motion sensor would detect the movement in the restless child at night, thus turning on an LED that would illuminate a section of their room in a soft light. Then once the child falls asleep and is still, the motion detector will not sense any motion, and will turn off after a certain amount of time. For example, if the child is still for more than 20 minutes, and the sensor is off for that long, the sensor will automatically shut down until the switch is reset the next night. This is implementing a power saving method that most other nights lights don't use, making it more unique. Also, there will be a sound detector that will make the night light run as well, which remains on but only has a small amount of detection, so the light will turn on if the child is loud enough for example, waking up at night and crying, calling out, going to the bathroom etc. will all make the light turn on.