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ARTD 2812: BC Multimedia: Classes 4-6

ARTD 2812: BC Multimedia

Class 4: SEPT 17

Cell Animation- Intro to Adobe Animate
Importing graphics and sound

Importing images
Motion tweens
Shape tweens
Text
Alpha Effects
Motion Effects
Importing Sound

Class 4: Screenings

SNL Reel Audio
Scott Roberts, I am A Wizard
Joanna Priestly, Voices
Waking Life Documentary
Waking Life Trailer
Ronald McNair, Eyes on the Stars
Deborah Stratman,Hacked Circuit

Class 4: Deadlines

Read: The Function of the Studio (when the studio is a laptop) by Caitlin Jones

Due: Project 3: SOUND COLLAGES
This due date is important!

Class 5: SEPT 24

Working with Bitmaps and Rotoscoping

Importing images and video
Masks and textures
Movieclips

Class 5: Screenings

Kristin Lucas, 5 Minute Break
Jacke Goss, How to Fix the World
GI JOE advertising
Blake, Duncan, Kilimnick, History of Glamour

Deadlines

Due- Everyone shows 5 seconds of animation next week...
READ: Interviews | Stop Making Sense: Martha Colburn’s Anxious Animations

Class 6: OCT 15

Intro and Discussion of StopMotion

Persistance of vision, range of animation techniques
time lapse vs. stop motion
In class work with DragonFrame

Class 6: Screenings

Examples of StopMotion and Pixellation* William Kentridge, Fete Galante* Johan Ripma, Tape

David Herbert
Gumby and Pokey television show
Fantastic Mr. Fox
White Stripes "Final Button to Button"
Norman MacLaren, Neighbors

Class 6: Deadlines

Due- 5 seconds of animation. Storyboards and/or animatic for Project 4
Prep for Demo: Please bring toys, moveable objects to class next week for in class demos.