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, Tumblr, etc.
2. Post the videos from your homework up to this point. (2D and 3D animation exercises).
3. Complete and submit your story pack, consisting of the following:
•           — A .pdf file that includes the title, premise, 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.
•           — 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).
•           — 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 .zip archive folder named YOURLASTNAME_320_P1_STORYTITLE.zip).

 

Due Thursday, Feb. 7 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).

Look over your previous animations, think about discussions in class and the text, and animate a similar animation as to the first exercise. Try to communicate more dynamic movement with character. 1. Animate a “drawn” (no circle shape tools) ball bounce (with horizontal and vertical motion, at least 4 bounces — probably 40 frames or so) in 2D. (See your book for more practice and info). 2. Animate the same in 3D using Maya. 3. Brainstorm and generate a list of settings, characters, and character motivations. Choose at least three sets of these that would relate. Submit a text file containing three log lines based on these. Upload two movie files and a text file. [No Maya files needed, yet]. (Due Tues., Jan. 29).

Complete one hand-drawn and one Maya ball-bounce animation. Upload your two Quicktime h.264 .mov 1280×720 files to Blackboard. No project files needed, yet.