Course: Create a poem using Flash

	Create a poem using Flash This Flash module provides you with guidance and suggestions how to turn a poem into an animated Flash presentation. Instructions suitable for Flash 8 or newer versions Your task is to turn your poem into an animated masterpiece

1	Introduction This module focuses on using motion tweening. Play the game below to test your knowledge of Flash and tweening. Don't worry about the score - you'll have a chance to try again later! Questions from the game file Alternative game - Walk the Plank file

2	Main task - animating your poem Use the guide to turn your poem into a Flash presentation. No prior Flash knowledge is required, but those who have used Flash can move rapidly onto the extension tasks at the back of the document. Create a poem using Flash PDF document

3	Animation suggestions Once you have completed a basic animation you then need to take control of your own masterpiece. The suggestions below (which are also shown in the main document) cover: Scaling & Resizing Filter effects Rotation & Skewing Movement & Easing

4	Developing your work further It is quite a task – but the aim is to try and complete your whole poem in the same way. Be creative - try to come up with your own ideas. Play around with the Flash program to see what you can come up with yourself. Experiment! Turn each line into a separate MovieClip, add additional frame, create the Motion Tween and animate the final frame. However, if you’ve done all that you could then add in images to complement your animated text. Go back to the start of your animation and insert a ‘Layer’ Use the new layer to add in your own images. You could draw them using the Flash tools or use images from other sources. Each time you reach a new line in your poem, just right-click and insert a Blank Keyframe to add new images.

5	Conclusion / Plenary This module has hopefully shown you how to use Motion Tweening to animate a poem. Once you have finished your poem, consider the following questions: How effective is your poem now? Explain 'Motion Tweening' to someone else. What features of Flash have you used to create your poem? Finally, try the game again - can you get a higher score this time?