Digital Media-2D Assignments

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All Friday journals due Friday 7, May. You must have 10 dated entries. The entries need to be in ONE file, named 2nd semester journal.

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Assignment 1

Optional

Using a yellow post-it note pad make a flip-book of the subject of your choosing. Possible subjects: a bouncing ball, a stick figure walking or running, etc.

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Assignment 2

Due 01/15/2010

100 points

Go to Aniboom.com and create an account. Do the Shapeshifter tutorial. Create an animation of a bouncing ball.

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Assignment 3

Due 01/22/2010

100 points

Using Aniboom.com's Shapeshifter create a person/animal walking or running across the screen. Arms and legs should move and show motion.

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Assignment 4

Due 01/22/2010

100 points

Research and come up with the definitions of the 12 principles of animation. Also define "persistence of vision."

Timing Slow In and Slow Out

Arcs Follow Through and Overlapping

Secondary Action Squash and Stretch

Exaggeration Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose

Anticipation Staging

Personality Appeal

Websites to get some reference material:

http://www.rizawerks.com/how/12principles/12%20principles.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation#The_12_principles

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Assignment 5

Due 02/12/10

300 points

Create a character for a Movie/Animation. Create 10 storyboards of different scenes in the movie/animation. Use these storyboard websites as a guide.

http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/articles/animation-storyboard.htm

http://www.theclayman.com/giant-storyboards.html

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~movieboards/fortonboard1.html

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Assignment 6

Due 02/26/10

400 points

Turn your 10 storyboard scenes into an animation using Aniboom.com. Do the best you can recreating your character with the basic shapes in Shapeshifter. I will not grade your animation until your storyboards (Assignment 5) are completed.

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Assignment 7

Due 03/05/10

100 points

Watch the CreativeTech tutorial on how to make an animated GIF.

Now create a 10 second countdown header like you see at the beginning of old movies.

Steps:

Open Photoshop.

1. New file

2. Image size: 7 inches wide x 5 inch high at 72 ppi.

3. Use the type tool and create 10 layers with the numbers 1 thru 10. Each number must have a separate layer.

4. Once you have your 10 number layers, go to Window ->Animate. Create the frames for your animation.

5. Set the delay on all the images except the first to .1. The first frame should be about 5 seconds.

6. Select two adjacent frames then click on the tween icon on the frames. Set to 9 frames.

7. Repeat for the remaining number frames.

8. Important! Save your file as a .psd file. If you save as a .jpg you lose all your layers!

9. Save the animation as a animated GIF. ->File ->save for web and devices.

10. Save it to your class folder. Open it in the net browser and play it.

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