INTRO to class website and Slack
INTRO to Motion Design Possibilities
TOPIC 1: Aspects of Moving Image
Review frame rate, duration, speed, keyframes, in-betweens, early animation years
- Handout on Frame Rate
- Ugly Interactive Frame Rate Tool
- Lecture: History of Moving Image // going over the early years of motion/animation
- Examples: Thaumatrope, Zoetrope, Stop-Motion, Early Anim (+ modern interpretations)
ASSIGN Exercise 1 Brief: Animated GIF
HOW TO: Photoshop Timeline
- Demo Video / Step-by-Step: Animated GIF Methods in Photoshop
- Files: Additional example files to look at
OPTIONAL Tools
- Using Rough Animator
- Using Procreate (skip to 2:30)
TOPIC 2: Storytelling
DUE SATURDAY by MIDNIGHT
- Read Storytelling Chapter
- Read Storyboarding Chapter
post the following to Exercise1 Slack Channel:
- List of brainstormed ideas for “unsatisifying”
- Rough storyboard/sketch for your sequence. (can be photo or scan or digital. try to keep file size down.)
- Links to online examples you find inspirational to this project. Feel free to reference examples provided on the project brief.
DUE NEXT TUESDAY CLASS TIME
post the following to Exercise1 Slack Channel:
- Finished GIF uploaded to Exercise1 Slack Channel (1080x1080px, 12fps, at least 5 seconds, gif)