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Review Exercise 5: Instagram Story

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In small groups, watch each other’s Instagram Stories and provide feedback on what is working and what can be improved.

Look at the following aspects:

  • Innovative concept to encourage or inform about voting locally
  • narrative (beginning, middle, end, start w/ a hook, end w/ call-to-action)
  • design aspects (vertical layout, typography, color, graphics)
  • natural motion
  • temporal design (pacing, transitioning, consistency/variety)


Introduce Exercise 6: Moving Poster Brief

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+ Download Poster Frame
Go to Google Drive to Download the “moving poster” folder. The illustrator file includes a border that I want you to put over your poster in After Effects. Before you bring the illustrator file into After Effects however, you will change the “description” and the “designed by” text in the illustrator file. Make sure to install the typeface provided first.

+ Read the following:

+ Look at Inspo


Demos

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Watch at least one of these:

Additional


DUE THURSDAY

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  • Link to inspirational examples of Moving Posters.
  • Share 3 poster choices and additional brief research about their designers from People’s Archive.
  • Draw up rough storyboard ideas for the 3 different posters. Then in class we will choose one.

DUE NEXT TUESDAY

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  • At least half of your animation finished and in your After Effects timeline ready to share with classmates for feedback in class.

DUE NEXT THURSDAY

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  • Upload final Exercise 6 mp4 to Vimeo or YouTube and link to Exercise6 Slack Channel.
    • 1080×1920 vertical format
    • .mp4 file format
    • 10-15 seconds total