Storyboard: The Eagle and the Arrow

I have created the storyboard below highlighting the different frames in the fable.

Frame 1: An Eagle was soaring through the air.

Frame 2: Suddenly it heard the whizz of an arrow.

Frame 3: The arrow came soaring towards the eagle.

Frame 4: The eagle found itself wounded to death with blood pouring out of it.

Frame 5: Slowly it plumits to the ground.

Frame 6: Looking down upon the arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes.

Ball Animation: Basic key frames

In todays tutorial we learnt how to create a basic animation of ball rolling around on a plane. Using create key frames automatically and manually and also positioning, scaling and rotation as well as introducing basic animation tools.

Initial Idea 3: The Wind and The Sun

The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.

"Kindness effects more than severity."

I have chosen this fable as it reminded me of being a child in primary school. I like the idea of the sun and wind competing against each other. The fable has three main characters which would not be too difficult to create. However I am unsure of how i would create the wind and would possible have to include more objects such as trees and leaves to show the scene is windy.

Initial Idea 2: The Eagle and The Arrow

An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes. "Alas!" it cried, as it died,
"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

I have chosen this fable as a second idea because I think I would be able to achieve the arrow and the eagle successfully. The fable only has two main things to include so I think I would be able to model them without too much difficulty. I would also have to design the eagle to look cartoon like as achieving a realistic bird with its feathers would be quite hard.

Initial Idea 1: The Two Fellows and The Bear

Two Fellows were travelling together through a wood, when a Bear rushed out upon them. One of the travellers happened to be in front, and he seized hold of the branch of a tree, and hid himself among the leaves. The other, seeing no help for it, threw himself flat down upon the ground, with his face in the dust. The Bear, coming up to him, put his muzzle close to his ear, and sniffed and sniffed. But at last with a growl he shook his head and slouched off, for bears will not touch dead meat. Then the fellow in the tree came down to his comrade, and, laughing, said "What was it that Master Bruin whispered to you?"
"He told me," said the other,
"Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch."

I like this fable because of the image it creates in your head, the fable can also be linked to everyday life because you have to know who to trust. The animation would use both a human and an animal, which shows a good contrast. I think however a bear would be difficult to animate as it is fury and capturing this to look realistic would be difficult to achieve.