INDIVIDUAL ASSIGN. 1 (20%) – PERSONAL BRAND IDENTITY (STILL DESIGN)

STORYBOARD

Scene ?

   

The character coughing in blanket, surrounded by viruses.

Narration : If people drinking dirty water, their health will suffer.

Sound Effect : The sound of coughing

Background Music : Hopeful & uplifting music

Scene ?

The skull and crossbones appear and show the information with water dropping.

Narration : Globally, 2 million people die each year from water pollution disease

Sound Effect : Warning sound effect 

Background Music : Hopeful & uplifting music.

Design Prosess

For cough people, I adjusted the scale of character which is add the keyframe on scale at 0.08 seconds ( scale 178%), 0.15 seconds (scale 175%), 0.21 seconds (scale 178%), 1.02 seconds (scale 175%),1.06 seconds (scale 178%), and 1.11 seconds(scale 1.75%). These keyframe also repeated from 2.10 seconds until 3.12 seconds to create the state of the character coughing, accoring to the cough sound effect.

Next is the viruses appears around the character. From 0.17 seconds until 4.04 seconds, I added key frames on the same timeline in scale and opacity. For virus layers 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 ,I adjusted the scale to 200% to 100% respectively until the last keyframe. At the same time, the opacity is adjusted to 82% to 100% respectively to create the animation that the virus liiks like it is breathing and repeats the animation around the character. On the contrary, virus layers 2.4,6,8,10 and 12 ,I adjusted the scale to 100% to 50% respectively until the last keyframe. At the same time, the opacity is adjusted to 49% to 73% respectively. Therefore,these viruses look small and far away, so the opacity is reduced.

Scene ?

For skull animation, I added keyframes on position, opacity and  scale. I adjusted the position of skull from center to left. From 0.00 seconds until 6.04 seconds, I added the keyframe on scale which is 12.7  % and last keyframe is at 6.04 seconds which is 123.2%. I adjust the scale to make it looks like the skull is breathing to catch the viewer's attendion about the death.

I make the water dropping effect and text animation ' typewritter' according the video I had search. After the skull move to the left, the text 'Globally, 2 million people die each year from water pollution disease' appear gradually. At the same time, there have water droplets dropping.

Sound Effect

I found the sound effect 'cough' from Pixalbay.

I found the sound effect 'warning' from Pixalbay.

Challenges and Solutions

1. My computer couldn’t handle too many moving virus animations
Challenge: I wanted to show the viruses flying around the character to create a more dynamic and realistic effect. But my computer couldn’t handle too many movements at the same time—it would lag or crash.
Solution: I changed my plan and made the viruses look like they were “breathing” instead. I did this by adjusting their opacity and scale with keyframes. This made the viruses seem alive and floating, without needing heavy movement animation. It was a creative solution that still looked good and saved computer power.

2. Syncing the animation with sound effects
Challenge: It was hard to match the coughing motion with the sound exactly.
Solution: I carefully adjusted the scale keyframes of the character to follow the rhythm of the cough sound. I repeated this several times to make it feel natural and believable.

3. Learning new animation skills
Challenge: I didn’t know how to make text animation at first, especially the typewriter effect.
Solution: I watched tutorial videos and practiced. In the end, I successfully used the typewriter text animation to show information clearly and with style.

Self  Reflection

In this animation project for SDG 6.1, I learned that using vector image and movement is a great wat to raise the public's awareness. I found out that around 2 million people die every year because of dirty water, and a lot of people did not appreaciate the clean water they possess in the same time. This causes a lot of people did not know how to save water and it made me understand how serious this problem is. I wanted to use animation to help people understand and take action to it.

Besides, I improved my skills in After Effects. I learned how to use keyframes to change size and opacity, like when the character is coughing or when the viruses are moving around. I also matched sounds with the animation, like adding coughing and warning sounds, and I used hopeful background music to make the message feel serious but still positive.

I also learned how to do text animation using the typewriter effect, which made the information appear in an interesting and clear way. Besides that, when I had some problems with the software or tools, I learned to find other ways to solve them, instead of giving up. This helped me become more flexible and creative.

I used simple symbols like skulls and viruses to show danger and sickness. That taught me that even simple visuals, when used with motion and sound, can send a strong message.

Most importantly, I learned that good design is not just about looking nice. It’s about sharing a message that can teach people, make them feel something, and maybe even inspire them to take action.

Video Referrence

After Effects to create 2D water droplets

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15V4y117Fj/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=d5edfd7b04730831fa088f157a5ae1a7

How to make TYPEWRITTER effect in adobe effects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtDtALyN3rY