Animation and Video Life

Bat Storm meets Pain . This past fortnight I announced that I had begun work on Episode 2 of Bat Storm by releasing two and a half trailers. I say a 'half trailer' because the third one I released was a re-creation of the second one using different software - more on that later. The truth is I actually started work on Bat Storm Episode 2 way back in the second half of 2011 (around September I think). Which is when I made the first few scenes of the first trailer I released last week. Bat Storm Ep2 Coming Soon by etourist on GoAnimate This airport scene was never part of Episode 2 - not even back then. It was just an idea I had which was triggered by the scene in Superman Returns where Superman catches a crashing plane. I had the thought what if Batman had been there in that scene? There's really nothing for him to do. You could suggest that he would use his 'smarts' to tell Superman to save the plane but really, does Superman need Batman to prompt h...

GoAnimate's new Anime Theme. This week drag'n'drop animation site, GoAnimate , launched its new Anime theme (sample image pictured above). The theme represents the most significantly different new style added to the site since the launch of their 2012 Election theme mid to late last year. (Note that I'm excluding the Business Friendly theme because that's only available to business users). Unlike the 2012 Election Theme the new Anime theme comes with it's own character creator and, in the future, it is planned that you'll be able to buy action packs too (just like the Lil' Peepz themed characters). As of writing this the Anime character creator is limited to just a few different facial, hair and head features and doesn't yet include outfits. Though you can buy ready made characters with different outfits which you can modify the head, hair and facial features of. The characters themselves are classic Anime style and seem to centre around sc...

A popular type of animation to make on GoAnimate is Interview Shows. Seems easy enough right? Send a bunch of questions to your guests, have them record their answers then put the whole thing together like a standard, TV talk show. I've watched a lot of these shows on GoAnimate and a common technique is to send off the same list of generic questions to every guest. Things like... Why did you start using GoAnimate? What is a favorite animation of yours? Who is your favorite animator on GoAnimate? What is your favorite animation on GoAnimate? There's nothing wrong with these type of generic questions in themselves and it's not wrong to ask them. However, when you get a whole list of these questions in a row and you ask them of every guest, it makes for a very impersonal interview. Especially if you have more than one guest on the same show. It makes the interviewer appear lazy. Interview shows are all about giving the viewer a personal experience with your gues...