Character Personality

How can an animator reveal a character's personality? To help answer this, think about an animated character from a TV Show or Film. How would you describe the personality of that character? How was that personality revealed in the TV Show or Movie?

Friday reflective question

For GarageBand/Final Cut artists:

1. Today your goal is to record the narration for your story. Once the narration is recorded you can take that file and extract information from it that will be very valuable for your animators. What information can you obtain from playing your file that will be valuable for the animators?

For animators:

1. Today you will create a simple storyboard that will provide a guideline for you as to the amount of time each scene will take. Once you know that, you will determine your 'framerate'. Framerate is how many frames per second, or how many drawings per second are needed to animate your story. What information does the audio file have that may help to guide your storyboard design in terms of scene development, timing and drawings per second of animation?

The Art of Stop Motion Animation

 At the end of your work today you will answer this survey individually. Make sure to start your survey at least 20 min prior to the end of class. CLICK HERE

Introduction:

There are many methods that can be used to create animation. They all start with 'the art'. For the month of October we will explore the earliest influential animators, their art and their method of animation known as Stop Motion, which is still practiced today. To better understand stop motion you will create your own stop motion animation. You will begin this project on Friday. Today you will read about stop motion and complete a short feedback survey about what you have learned.

You will learn about one of the earliest animators, Lotte Reiniger who was German and practiced animation prior to Disney and most major studios in the United States.

Classwork:
Remaining in your current groups, please read/watch the following websites and movies. At the end of your research (you may work in groups to watch the movies), please take the survey linked above.

(some groups notes-Jacob please join Connie and Emily Che to form a group of 3, Bala, Joshua Han and Yuhun should form 1 group)

Lotte Reininger-read the short paragraph, watch the first 8min movie all the way through
Tim Burton talks about Stop Motion
More Tim Burton about Frankenweenie

Vine's Animator Khoa
Construction Paper 1
Red Riding Hood
Love's making it's way back home
Halloween Candy
More Group Construction Paper Projects

Sept 20th-MAP Integration

Please click here for access to your own web folder that will include a website and google map capabilities.

Travel

Wednesday, Sept 18th

Please continue work on your Infographic Project. At the end of today, please hand in a png file of your progress to this link:

Hand in Here

Remember, you will open the drive and upload your work.

To save as png file:

In Illustrator:
File-Export-Png

Note:
 Bala-please work with Kevin Lee and John Lee to show them how they will edit the content that will go in the popup windows of their map. Bala-you can show them to code.  Show them how to edit the code, and work with them through the process of the first popup window's contents. From there, they should be able to take it over.

Jacob-continue to perfect Connie Fan's MAP requests.

Jacob-Bala and class, on Friday you will all get an html/css file (from Jacob/Bala) and you will go over the code to see how to include your png file in the background of the website, and how to position your map, and how to include the content inside your popups.

Everyone should be working on this project. No other homework. If you think you are finished, look objectively at your work against the design work seen on the visual.ly website. Does your design demonstrate visual heirarchy?

If you are finished, evaluate your work using the rubric linked from this blogspot. How do you think your project will be assessed in light of the rubric requirements? Check them.

The sub will take down any names of people not working.

Thanks

InfoGraphic Rubric

Please click here to view the rubric for your final project.

Your project will be delivered in two parts:

1. In Illustrator final file exported as a png file. You will also need to save a backup file of your project in native illustrator format (.ai).
2. A webpage with an active map. You will get a tutorial from Bala and Jacob as to what you are getting and how to modify the html file to include your active map.

Enter your survey here