Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Final Project


Hey all, our final project screening will be on Thursday, December 10 at 1:00 in MA 110. Have your film uploaded to youtube or vimeo with a link posted on your blog.

A couple of updates for you...

1. It looks like you'll be able to do a youtube link for your animation submission. This is good news! Details to follow. Here is the information for the Ashland Independent Film Festival LAUNCH competition.

2. I just received word from Jeff Golden that IP films is looking for material as well. They are focused on public television distribution, so this would be a great opportunity to get some broadcast exposure for your work. Very nice! The deadline is similar to AIFF, so you should submit here as well.

Really looking forward to seeing your stuff!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Week 3: Symbols & Tweens

Okay, hope you're all well and good. Here's a basic intro to Symbols in Flash.



Once you've gotten the hang of symbols, you're ready to do some Tweens. "Tweens" stands for "in-betweens" as in you, the human, sets the keyframes, while the computer interpolates the changes between the keyframes for you. The tweens we're doing will require that the drawing to be tweened is first converted into a symbol. Behold.



And for that extra magic touch... nested and instanced tweens!
ooh:

Ouch!

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Animation Week 2: Symbols and Tweens


Okay, let's work with abstraction! Oskar Fischinger did it, so let's give it a go...
In order to facilitate our lazy 21st century approach (no paper and wire), we'll learn how to work with Symbols, Instances, Nesting, and Tweens. It'll be fun...

To begin with, watch these videos that give you the basic tools you'll want to play with to start making some cool animations. These videos are important! Especially in a 2 credit course. Absorb the delicious knowledge.

For next Tuesday, October 13, post your efforts, and we'll take a look at what you come up with. Throw some sound in as well - good times.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Animation Week 1: 100 frames

Due: Tuesday, October 20
1. Make a short animation.
  • 5 - 10 seconds long.
  • Include sound.
  • Any combination of frame by frame and tweenin' is fine.
  • Convert to video and post to youtube or vimeo
  • Both your writing and your video should be posted on your blog.

Here're the basics...


2. Write about your process of creating the animation. How did it develop? What changes did you make in the process? Discuss your use of the "iterative process."

3. Write about something you like and why you like it. It could be an object, an experience, a place, a person... What are the key emotional/subconscious processes you've noticed are essential to your like/love of this something? How does your something activate your physical senses... Try to go beyond the superficial/widely accepted reasons for liking something... What are the "wrong" reasons for liking your something? Misprision, baby... Dig until you start getting somewhere unique to you... Uh like William Blake did with Milton, y'know? Yes, post this writing on your blog.

File:Milton a Poem copy D 1818 Library of Congress object 1.jpg
William Blake, Milton, c1810, etching, watercolor.

Here are the films we watched in class: