Homework for Monday!

Your homework is simple:

A. Find all of your C-level shots, and complete those shots in 5 frames or less!
 (extra credit if you can complete all of your remaining shots in 5 frames or less!)

B. Continue working on your animation! Use the techniques I have shown you in class today!

C. Plan ahead for next class. We will discuss schedules for your animation!

Here is a recap of some of the text notes from today's class. If you were absent, refer to the board in class (if it hasn't been erased,) and additional notes from your classmates for additional resources. Expect a packet of post production information next monday!


:::NOTES:::

“FRAMES”: Are the name of each segment of your animation when you are compiling it digitally.

“KEYFRAMES:” The frames of animation that you tell the computer is “the most important”

• Having two keyframes creates AUTOMATED animation called “interpolation”
• Interpolation is one of your biggest tools as a digital artist.

BELIEVABLE ACTION OVER TIME (2-D Animation):

• something moves, while something else stays still.
• copy / paste is your best friend!

THE LIBRARY:

• keeps track of all art created on that layer.
• Drawings are ordered by # of drawings, not layer position.
• SCENES —> DEFAULT DISPLAY —> DISPLAY ALL: Lets you interact with pegs!

ADVANCED ANIMATION CONTROLS:

• Select Drawing: Drawing appears purple.
• Select Peg:  Drawing appears yellow.

MORPHING AND EFFECTS:

• relies on: the number of objects, and the shape of objects.
• the number of objects needs to be the same

What to Do for Wednesday:

1. Before class on Wednesday, turn in VIDEO FILES of any scenes you have animated in to the PROGRESS_10_12 folder on the server!
2. Come to class with your production schedule PRINTED OUT! I will take time Wednesday to review each of your schedules and give new information for planning the rest of our films!
• before the end of the semester, we will make time for audio production, effects animation, color, cleanup, and plenty of refinements!

*repost from last wednesday*

Create a PRODUCTION SCHEDULE for your film! Make a professional calendar that shows me your plans for accomplishing your film! Include these moments:

* Lineart

* Color

* Sound Effects Recording

* Compositing (putting your film together)

• Be Specific!  This should be a document you put together, not a list of notes in your sketchbook. The more prepared you are, the better we can plan the second half of the semester as a class. I need to know what kind of special effects or techniques you are thinking about using, so we can make time for them.

Homework for Monday October 10th

A. Turn in EVERYTHING you have produced this semester to the MIDTERMS folder!
Make a folder marked "lastname_firstname" and place inside it the following folders:

• character_designs
• model sheets for every character, in full color.
• environment_designs
• environment designs for your story in full color
• storyboard for your animation
• (exported as "three pages horizontal", PDF.)
• prop_designs_video reference, and_extra_artwork
• any additional important artwork you have created to help us better understand the story.
• animatic (exported at a quarter resolution)
• the animatic for your film. It should be loaded onto the server in the folder, and should play without errors!

B. For homework: Continue animating!  Have at least 9 seconds of your film properly animated! This will help you keep a good schedule as we continue to work on your film! To be working on a great schedule you need at least 12 seconds animated by Wednesday!

C.  Create a PRODUCTION SCHEDULE for your film! Make a professional calendar that shows me your plans for accomplishing your film! Include these moments:

* Lineart

* Color

* Sound Effects Recording

* Compositing (putting your film together)

• Be Specific!  This should be a document you put together, not a list of notes in your sketchbook. The more prepared you are, the better we can plan the second half of the semester as a class. I need to know what kind of special effects or techniques you are thinking about using, so we can make time for them.

Homework for Monday, 9/26/2016

Next week is the start of the animation section of class! I need you to complete the following for a grade by Monday. 

#1 FINISH DESIGNING EVERYTHING!
At this point, each of you should have a full preproduction package for your film. This weekend:

• SCAN AND COLOR YOUR CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS!
• Make all changes to your storyboards and animatic. Label every scene and section of your storyboard accordingly.
• Export your storyboards from Toon Boom Storyboard Pro.
• Produce FINISHED, COMPLETE, PROFESSIONAL environment designs for your story, with color!
• Produce FINISHED, COMPLETE, PROFESSIONAL model sheets of your characters with color!
• DO NOT LEAVE THESE MODEL SHEETS IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK!
• Export your Animatic from Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, and bring it to class ready to turn in!
• Pick six(6) seconds of your animation to start with next week.  Pick a section in the middle of your story so you have time to work on your craftsmanship.
• Bring your StoryboardPro files to class. We will open them up and create scenes based on the work you have.

#2 REVIEW "The Making of Wakfu (located on the server)"

• This video contains a TON of useful information of the professional animation process. I want you to watch this video (if you have not already) and make notes. Be prepared to talk about this film in class on MONDAY!

#3 Continue improving your ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS!

• We are going to spend a lot of time this semester making the best environments we possibly can. I want you to continue doing research on them and  present to me ideas you have for using your environments further on Monday.

#4 Film ACTING reference of the six seconds you want to animate.

Your reference can go over six(6) seconds. But from now on, you will show me reference footage of the sequence you are about to animate. We will make sure you have quality reference to work with!

Our New Reviewing System for the Next Stage of Class

As you continue refining your artwork, we will need to make sure everyone has good opportunities to view your work and have it reviewed by other students! Because of this, you will need do the following by next class:

1. Create A blog, specifically for this class, that documents the progress of your animation as you go.
2. Create A youtube or Vimeo page that you can embed to your blog with in-progress clips of your animation.
3. When you create these two sites, you must UPLOAD a .mp4 of your animation to youtube for easy viewing. 
4. Post images of each of your designs to your blog and the server, inside the "Animatics and Designs" folder. 
5. Continue updating this work. When we are out of class, we will post comments for each other. Details on how will be covered next class!

Homework for Monday:

1. Continue working on your storyboards and animatic! Bring a new animatic and storyboard to class, fully exported!
2. Begin work on your character designs. Produce at least preliminary character designs and 1 environment design for your characters!  Warning: THESE WILL BE REVISED!
3. Come up with a list of sound effects, music, or special effects you may need for your story!