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january 26, 28 (mon.and wed.)--Introduction, objectives, resources, expectations, requirements -- animation discoveries weblog - ongoing assignment to be completed April 19 -for Wednesday, January 28,, read essay by Lev Manovich, What is Digital Cinema? REMINDER CHECKLIST:
ANIMATION, TIME-BASED DIGITAL IMAGING
View / Discuss (in class, as time allows):
LAB: An orientation to Media Services is a strict requirement for access to production equipment used during the semester.
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for Wednesday, January 28,, read essay by Lev Manovich, What is Digital Cinema? |
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february 2 and 4
LAB:
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for Wednesday, Feb.4, review Introduction (pages 7-25) from textbook, Digital Art by Christiane Paul |
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february 9 and 11Pixillation Animation exercise due this week: Monday, Feb.9 View / discuss:
LAB:
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february 16 and 18Audio recording monologues and sound signatures of place due on Monday, Feb. 16 Listening / discussion of experimental audio mixes (a tentative list):
LAB:
No class on Wednesday., Feb.18 - Rally Day. |
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february 23 and 25Sound Montage Sketchbook assignment due this week: WEDNESDAY, Feb.25 . (note this extended deadline)
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for Monday, March 1, Read Chapt. 2 "Digital Art as a Medium" (pages 96-111) from textbook, Digital Art by Christiane Paul | |||
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march 1 and 3Mon., March 1st. Brief review of ongoing animation discoveries weblog assignment. Have it begun and posted at your website with at least 3 entries. Discussion of textbook chapt 2 of Digital Art by Christiane Paul View / discuss (tentative list):
Exploring Diegetic Effect in Animation LAB: Text and Sound Animation with Flash vector graphics SUMMARY 1: Timeline, Keyframing and Tweening SUMMARY 2 (with assignment parameters) involving:
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march 8 and 10FLASH ANIMATION ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAY March 10 Video viewings in preparation for next project (this week and after spring break):
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march 15 and 17No classes this week - Spring Break |
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march 22 and 24
Action vrs. Behavior: Movements for graphic animation -- Video camera exercise due on Monday March 29
View/discuss film/video examples of loop structures (distinct from narrative structures) in time-based media. The following works apply this looping structure to (or derive looping structure from) human behavior and movement:
LAB:
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march 29 and 31Action vrs. Behavior: Movements for graphic animation -- Video camera exercise due this week, Monday March 29 Action Vrs Behavior: assignment: Part 2 Interactive Video (due monday, April 12)
View/discuss film/video examples of graphic abstraction through analog and digital image-processing. Focus is especially in relation to human gesture, repeating or "looping" actions that contradict or supplant narrative structure (sense of beginning-middle-end) with musical-rhythmic structure that can extend indefinitely in time:
LAB: graphic abstractions of optically-gathered images
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april 5 and 7View/discuss:
continue Action Vrs Behavior: assignment: Part 2 Interactive Video (due next monday, April 12) LAB: handling interactivity
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april 12 and 14LAB: "Bare-bones" Intro to 3D imaging with "open source" 3D animation software, Blender3D Assignment due Monday and Wednesday of this week - Action Vrs Behavior: Interactive Video Written treatment due Wed. Apr.14 for final project with: Individual meetings, to discuss Final Project ideas. |
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april 19 and 21Animation Discoveries Blog competed by April 19 with 10 linked citations and brief commentary on each, posted on your website. open lab session for final project and individual meetings Wednesday: Individual meetings, to view Final Project work-in-progress (required) |
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april 26 and April 28Monday: open lab session for final project (Instructor will not be in town during class period)
CRITIQUE Wednesday April 28 DUE on Wed, Apr.28 : FINAL PROJECT DUE with a CD-ROM compilation of all your semester projects, including animation discoveries blog. Reminder when buring your CD-ROM: move the files, first, to the computer hard-drive. If you try to burn to CD-ROM, the files that are on your external hard-drive, it may cause an error.
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