Rough cuts due for individual and peer feedback. In-class production continues.

December 2: Fine cuts due for individual and peer feedback. In-class production continues.

December 5: Project 3 due for class presentation. Location TBA

Section B

Project 2 due first class following strike.

Continue class work.

Mondays: 1 pm – 5 pm and 9 pm – 2 am [9 hours]

Tuesdays: 5:30 pm – 2 am [8.5 hours]

Wednesdays: 9 am – 12:30 pm and 9 pm – 2 am [8.5 hours]

Thursdays: 5:30 pm – 2:00 am [8.5 hours]

Fridays: 5:30 – 2:00 am [8.5 hours]

Weekends until 2am

As well, there are 10 iMac’s in the learning commons running Final Cut Pro and they are accessible during the regular hours and 30 iMac’s running the Master Collection of Adobe CS3. The 10 iMacs are marked with a little blue dot and they are located in the corner close to the new Tim Horton’s.

Classes suspended until CUPE 3903 strike is over.

Section G

Animation lecture with Tara Donovan and Phil Bonner 1:30-2:30. Read pages 35-101 from The Animator’s Survival Kit.

Project 2 due for class presentation

Meaningful Objects representation and descriptions posted to blog

Deadlines: November 18—script and storyboards; Nov 25—rough cut; Dec 5—final projects due
Grade breakdown: See page 2 for breakdown. Project 3 is worth 30% of your final grade.

Project 3 is intended to enhance your understanding of the language syntax of time–based communication and to continue your exploration of the concepts and techniques involved in the integration of images, animation, typography, video and audio. You will produce a 1-2 minute video that expresses a subjective point of view and aims to produce a significant level of emotional engagement with your viewer.

This video will incorporate animation (any kind), type, video, and/or still images, will contain at least one track of audio (voice-over) but can also include type-based narration. It will be constructed using After Effects as a composting tool in conjunction with Final Cut Pro/Express as the main editing platform.

Process
1. Expand your written descriptions of your meaningful objects by building a story around one, some or all of these objects. Flesh out your descriptions into a script, outline and storyboards. You may base your writing on a personal event or family history/lore or you may bring in an additional element such as a poem, news item or a piece of prose.
2. Record and edit a  voice-over narration that is based on the script. This audio track will match the length of the intended video. Post to your blog.
3. Concurrently, develop a sequence of visuals and adapt into your storyboard using illustration, photo, text, etc.
4. Create an animatic video, that combines both the voice over and storyboard.
5. Shoot, capture, record, draw the elements of your video.
6. Edit your material into a rough cut, post this to your blog, and export an mov file for critique.
7. Refine your roughcut (as per peer and instructor feedback as well as your own reflection) into a final video ready for class presentation

Creative Brief
Include the following in your blog:
1. Title—possible name, working title
2. Overview—description of concept
4. Audience—who is the intended audience and how this will be considered in project?
5. Key Message—what do you want your audience to learn from your work?
6. Content Planning—what content you will include and how will it will be structured?
8. Bibliography—relevant sources used in work
9. Visual/Conceptual References—images and ideas that inspire your concept

Storyboard
You can use a storyboard template or you can construct your own. Remember that storyboarding is used for planning and need to communicate the significant frames in your sequence. Be sure to adequately annotate your frame with the accompanying text.

Specifications
Duration: 1-2minutes including title. End credits can extend beyond 2 minute duration.
Format: final video is HD or SD; aspect ratio of your choice; colour or black + white; sound
Other: visuals must contain animation elements; audio component (option to include type-based “narration”)
Credit information should appear at the end of your work to include:

Creator’s name
Course/section
Project title
Professor’s name
York/Sheridan Joint Program in Design
Acknowledgment
Yourname©2008

Deliverables
1. a DVD version submitted in hard format
2. mov file submitted to instructor
3. a page on your individual blog that includes:

•video linked to page from Vimeo or youtube
•a final design statement (no more than 200 words)
•credit information
•work-in-progress including: object representation and descriptions, creative brief, storyboards, script, peer feedback, any other relevant research. This may also be submitted as hardcopy/pdf.

Schedule
November 11
Intro to project, discuss meaningful objects and expand on ideas, write a script, collect visual material (video, illustration, photos).
Animation Lecture (November 11) – Tara Donovan and Phil Bonner

For next class—scripts, storyboards, visual material

November 18
Work on storyboards, refine and record voice over, gather and produce video elements, assemble videos

For next class—present rough cuts

Nov 25
In class production/ peer and instructor critique

For next class—fine-cuts for class critique

December 2
In class production/critique

For next class—finalize project

Make-up class, week of December 5
Projects due for in-class presentation, room TBA

Evaluation

Concept development: demonstrated understanding of formal and conceptual concerns with regards to video structure
« weight 30 »

Creativity: developing a creative and unique video based on the project guidelines, and ability to experiment with the format of the project
« weight 30»

Final video: technical and aesthetic quality and control of the final video in terms of composition, aural details and editing and attention to detail.
« weight 20 »

Meeting project deadlines: useful, well-considered rough-cut peer feedback given in written form, peer-feedback received and incorporated and/or taken into consideration, participation, ability to explain your conceptual, creative, aesthetic and technical decisions.
« weight 20 »

Rough cuts ready for class presentation and critique.

Students can attend Tara Donovan’s animation lecture on November 6 in David Gelb’s Thursday 12:30pm time slot or on November 7 in my Friday 12:30pm slot (both at York). The lecture will be 1 hour long and will begin at 12:30.

Section B—Friday November 7

Tara Donovan’s animation lecture 12:30-1:30pm

Class final critique Project 2

Assignment 3 distributed.

NO CLASS October 28.

Project 2 Rough cuts due November 4

Section B

NO CLASS October 31

Project 2 final projects due November 7

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Project 1 Presentations. Project 2 concepts and storyboards due. Post boards to blog.

October 24—Section B

Project 2 Rough cuts for class critique. Read handouts: Time Code Standards, How to Digitize, When to Cut, Shot Terms

This week we have an in-class camera workshop. Please read the handout, “The Video Camcorder” before Friday’s class.

Have a rough-cut of project 1 ready to exchange with a class-mate by October 3. This activity will occur outside of class time.

Section G

Upload exercise 3 to your blog or email to me by September 30.

Have a rough-cut of project 1 ready to exchange with a class-mate by October 7. This activity will occur outside of class time.