final thoughts

I got it done. That took a while.
Two or three of the transitions dont flow nicely 100%, but I am satisfied with the overall result. Fun to create despite the little problems.

The blue dinosaur intro is probally my favourite scene since I like his character design better and I think the sphere landing with the spring effect with easing looks nice. The sand that blows past the sphere gives it a 3D impression, playing around with 3D space with flat looking objects and characters is interesting.
The final result looks like what I was going for, although if i had more time I would have added more objects (clouds, etc) and more textures. I need to practice with textures in flash, because I found you have to move the texture as well as the moving object.

Hopefully the viewer can determine that the two characters have met before. Perhaps a quick flashback would have helped this.
I added the ending which challenges the viewers sense of perspective. The lizard that notices the beams of energy in the middle of the animation (with little perspective), comes back in the end to show the viewer that in reality the fighting fire/electric dinosaurs are actually really tiny comapared to the lizard. This idea came rather late, and I think could be developed for more clarity.

When making it I thought to myself "what would I want to see in a fire vs electric dinosaur battle?" So I noted those ideas down while listening to the song. I chose the song because I liked the energy and attitude of it, and it gave me that gut feeling of excitement, and connected the music with the potential animations. For example the "explosion" of the chorus would go nicely with a "explosion" of movement, and obviously the fast parts require fast action.

The still frames worked nicely as they differ from the rest of the animation because of the overlayed textures which I feel gives it an epic quality like pages from a book about a legend. Because they are only visible for half a second or so, this makes the viewer want to see it again, a technique I have noticed while watching some of my favourite online flash animations.