Sept 28

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Look at Exercise 1: Animated GIF

  • Innovation of concept
  • Attention to rhythm, duration, pacing, smoothness
  • Consideration of the animation principles (natural movement)
  • Employment of narrative principles (beginning, middle, end)
  • Exploration of motion and screen space
  • Composition design and quality of graphic elements

Discuss chosen methods, frame rates, and any trials/tribulations.

TOPIC: Motion Design/Animation Principles

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Motion Design Foundation Elements

Motion Principles

12 Animation Principles Disney Resources 

TECH: After Effects

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Intro to After Effects Demo Video

  • includes interface intro, composition settings, animating the position, scale, rotation, and opacity of basic shapes, easing, trimming and moving layers, moving the anchor point, adjusting the work area, and rendering

Intro to AE written step-by-steps

  • includes animating position, rotation, scale, opacity, easing, moving anchor point, and rendering

After Effects Apprentice Book
Optional: You can refer to Lesson 1: Basic Animation and some of Lesson 2: Advanced Animation in After Effects Apprentice for more help.

General Beginner Tutorials that can help you with AE:

ASSIGN Exercise 2: Intro to AE/Motion Principles

Complete this exercise to get familiar with After Effects, motion, and animation principles. Use only After Effects shapes to save time – keep it very simple and focus on motion, easing, space, and animation principles.

DUE THURSDAY

  1. Finish first 5 parts of Exercise2. You don’t need to render/export or upload, but just have it finished in your AE timeline.

DUE NEXT TUESDAY

  1. Upload Exercise 2 mp4 to Vimeo or YouTube and link to Exercise2 Slack Channel.
  2. Should be 1920×1080, mp4, and between 30–50 seconds. 

If you need help or have questions, post them on Exercise2 channel on Slack over the weekend. Classmates can help each other out.