Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Flu - Eric Huber will fill in for me today.

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to update you on classes.  In an incredibly unorthodox week, I still have the flu! And I'm still out.

However, classes are still on.  Eric Huber will be filling in for me today, and you are free to ask him any questions about your animated shots, films, storyboards and the like.  He will not be there the entire day, but will be on hand at the beginning of class to offer help. 

In lieu of these circumstances, I will be at the school this weekend to assist students when I'm able. Also, ALL FINAL ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOW DUE DECEMBER 11th.

On December 4th, we will still hold screenings, but they will be guided more towards making improvements than final assignments. It just doesn't seem fair to expect final projects from all of you if I'm not there the week before to help students with their production challenges and the like.

I'll get better as soon as possible and head back to teach all of you. In the mean time, drop in-progress shots on the server in the FINALS folder and send questions to me via email.  You can also send me your phone# and I'll do my best to call and answer in class as well.  As always, please email me if you have any questions or need any assistance. 


 I wish you the best of skill today!

Monday, November 20, 2017

Homework for Monday, November 20, 2017

note: This blog will soon be updated with a studyguide for finals.  It will be a nice review of everythign we covered so far!

FINALS PART II:
Come to class with the following:

  • STORYBOARD:
    • cleaned up with greyscale shading
      • shading represents either tone and color of characters, or lighting choices in each shot.
    • properly timed out in STORYBOARD PRO with proper naming of:
      • scenes
      • action notes
      • any dialogue if it occurs
  • ANIMATIC:
    • properly timed out to the point where you DO NOT need to re-export it. We call this "Locked Down" in film-making and cinematography.\
  • ANIMATION:
    • Start work on your 6-second scene!  Bring lineart for your animation to class!
    • Color will be handled next week!
  • **CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS: 
    • lock them down for next week!