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  1. Fall 2013 Project #1: Story Development due Tuesday, September 10.

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / August 27, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Complete the following:
    1. Create a web portfolio space of some kind to post media developed for this course and that could be used afterwards to show your work. You may create your own site using HTML, CSS, etc. and host it on your student web space or use some third party setup that could include hosts such as Carbonmade. It may be simple, now, but work to make it a clean and professional portfolio-style site rather than a blog, etc.
    2. Post the videos from your homework up to this point. (2D and 3D animation exercises).
    3. Complete, post, and submit via Dropbox your story pack, consisting of the following:
      •           — A .pdf file that includes the title, premise, and treatment. (All programs on MacOS may print to PDF. On Windows, use Acrobat or a free program such as CutePDF).
      •           — The same file (or another .pdf) should include the script with proper industry formatting (consider something like Trelby if needed).
      •           — The same file (or another .pdf) should include the shot list with framing descriptions and also storyboard illustrations (with 16:9 or 1.85 aspect-ratio frames, one per page). For bonus, also complete overheads for each scene.
      •           — The same file (or another .pdf) should also include at least one color-key per scene.
      •           — A movie file (1280 x 720 H.264 Quicktime .mov) that contains the animatic with possibly rough sound and/or dialogue.
      •           (All of the above should be in one folder named 320_YOURLASTNAME_P1_STORYTITLE with clearly named documents).
    Due Thursday, September 5 by class-time. Be prepared to present any aspects of your story. Ideally, you should be able to read your logline/premise and then play your animatic and have it stand alone to tell your story!  (Or at least with a little narration from you, if absolutely needed). Then show your color key(s) to show your visual style/art direction/palette. That should be about it. If you have to read your treatment or script or storyboard descriptions — you might not have done your job thoroughly.
    Posted in Assignments
  2. Fall 2013 Homework #1: Warm-up Animation due Thursday, August 29.

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / August 27, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Complete one hand-drawn and one Maya ball-bounce animation. Upload your two Quicktime h.264 .mov 1280×720 files to Blackboard by sometime Thursday, August 29. No project files needed, yet.
    Posted in Assignments
  3. Fall 2013: Welcome to a new semester!

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / August 26, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Welcome back!  Here’s to a fun and useful semester!
    Posted in Announcements
  4. End of Semester Announcements

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / May 3, 2013 / Leave a comment
    • Very nice work on the short, everyone!
    • Make sure to upload any errant assignments by Saturday if you wish to receive credit for them.
    • Make sure that each individual uploads own shots and other assets created as well as text description of work for the final project!
    • Hope to see everyone at the screenings on Tuesday!
    Posted in Announcements
  5. End-of-Semester Screenings

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / April 23, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Please read below and follow, except for one small change — #4 should say for this class “This has been a student production of the Art, Computer-Science, and Film-Studies Departments at University of North Carolina Wilmington.”
    ****************************************
    The Spring 2013 End-of-Semester Student Film Screening will be held in King Auditorium on Tuesday, May 7 @ 7pm.
    Film Studies majors may submit projects completed in any 300 or 400 level FST course for screening consideration.  A faculty committee will select an evening’s worth of submissions and announce the program on Monday, May 6.
    SUBMISSION DEADLINE AND GUIDELINE INFORMATION (please follow carefully):
    1.       Films/videos must be submitted by 2pm on Friday, May 3 (no late entries will be accepted).
    2.       An End-of-Semester Screening folder in the media drive of computer 20 in the edit lab (the computer next to the sound booth) will be set up with two folders ~ one for .mov files and one for
              project information.
    3.       Submission Format: All projects must be submitted as Quicktime movie H.264 files. For instructions on how to properly compress your film as an H.264 data file, see the bottom of this e-mail.
             *** Please include 2 seconds of black at the beginning and also at the end of your film
    4.       Projects must include the end credit in their video: “This has been a student production of the Film Studies Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington” No Abbreviations.
    5.       .mov files need to be given the name of the film itself (i.e. “1001 Uses for Clown Makeup” *not* “Final Edit,” “Doc Final,” etc.)
    6.       Please also create a Rich Text Format document (.rtf) formatted exactly as below (please make sure your are saving this as an .rtf and not .doc or .docx):
    Project Title (run time including credits) FST course number Course Name
    Director Name(s):
    A short description/synopsis of the project (25 words or fewer).
    *For example:*
    1001 Uses for Clown Makeup (7 min.) FST 302 Intermediate Documentary
    Director: Smedley Jones
    A short documentary about the variety of colors contained in a kit of clown makeup and how they are being used by today’s generation of clowns.
    For more information, please contact Andre Silva at silvaa@uncw.edu
    Instructions for Exporting video in the H.264 format:
    To export a quicktime movie of your project in Final Cut Pro in the H.264 format,
    follow the steps listed below.
    1. In Final Cut Pro: File > Export > Using Quicktime conversion.
    2. A window will pop up. In the “Save as” box name your project and save to the
    appropriate place.
    3. Still in the window – toward the bottom you will see “Format – Quicktime Movie
    - Options.” Click on “Options.”
    4. A second window will open. Under the Video heading, click the “Settings . . .”
    option (a third window pops open) and select “H.264″ as the compression type if
    it is not already set and make sure the “Quality” is at best. Click “OK,” to close
    this window.
    5. Then, again, under “Video” in the second window, click the “Size” option.
    6, For “Dimensions” choose either 1280 x 720 or 1980 x 1020 depending on the size of your project sequence.
    7. Make sure that your sound settings are 48KHz 16bit.
    8. You can uncheck “Prepare for Internet Streaming.”
    9. Click “Save.” Your project may take a few minutes or more (depending on the
    length of the project) to export.
    Posted in Announcements
  6. Production Goals for this Week (By Thursday)

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / April 16, 2013 / Leave a comment
    • Well-named asset .mb files for all props, sets, and characters in the production that may be referenced. Even if these are lacking something still such as finished textures, etc., they should be complete enough to reference in another .mb file.
    • Have layout and modeling work together to generate a scene file for each scene in the script where all of the other assets are referenced and well-organized and named in the outliner.  These should be tested for rough animation and rendering as well.
    • Pre-lighting completed based on these scene files.
    • Layout dept. generates a .mb scene file for each shot in the storyboard/shotlist where the props and characters are blocked as well as the shot-camera keyframed for its composition and movement.
    • Shot assignments and files named well and accessible for all of the class for animation to begin.
    • Discussion of a revision and approval cycle for the shots by the animation department.
    • Plans for final lighting and rendering (probably done by each individual with supervision of those departments) and submission to editorial.
    • Plans for sound, music, and the final edit.
    Posted in Announcements
  7. Production Crewing List

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / April 2, 2013 / Leave a comment
    It is here.
    Posted in Announcements
  8. Quick Lip Sync Class Example

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / March 19, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Here are the files used today.
    Posted in Announcements
  9. Basics of Facial Rigging and Animation

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / March 19, 2013 / Leave a comment
    We’ll be discussing working with characters for facial animation.  Here are slides for today’s discussion.
    Posted in Announcements
  10. Spring 2013: Homework #5, Character Design Prep

    Posted by Eric Patterson
    / March 19, 2013 / Leave a comment
    To begin preparation for your next project, the character design, modeling, and rigging, we need to get started soon so that you have something to rig by the end of March. With this in mind, your homework for this week is to complete your initial character work:
    • Research and find reference material for the type of character that you would like to create.
    • Work through several sketches and/or a maquette (bonus).
    • Create your image planes.
    • Start a Maya project folder with at least something in it started toward modeling.
    • Upload initial work to Blackboard for a homework grade by Thursday, March 28.
    Posted in Announcements, Assignments
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