"Franimation" - Spring '09 (click to view)
New Media Capstone

"Franimation" was made for my senior New Media capstone at UMaine. It is a curriculum-based animation adapted from "Le Petit Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was made for a middle school French class in Bangor, Maine, in collaboration with the teacher, Alex Todorova. "Franimation" was designed as a learning tool to engage students and help immerse them in the language in a new way that was made specifically for their curriculum. Key components that were integrated to increase student comprehension and engagement include: built-in interruptions allowing for student input; lip syncing and subtitles; understandable emotional reactions of the animated characters; and, various anecdotal scenes inserted to further relay the story.

Created with Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut, GarageBand, and Dreamweaver. To view with subtitles, simply click the chicken on the home page, or click here.