Module 12 wrap-up

Tonight we covered keying out green screen in After Effects and exporting the footage as an FLV with transparency.

This is a refresher tutorial of how to do this:
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=93

Note that there are working files to download if you would like to see them, in the upper right corner of the site.

Additionally, Tim recorded this rendering/exporting process as a reminder of how to generate FLV files with transparency:


And finally, here is a link to the .fla reminder of where you should be animating the scene on your iPhone:
http://www.mediafire.com/?c226v2wh5386soz

For Monday, please make sure everyone has the:
1. Party Bus
2. Bus driver
3. SF video

So that Welson can animate the Properties of the bus and so that we can begin animating in class Monday.

Hyper-focus on creating your app demo video in Flash this weekend, minus the video-hand component.

Module 11 wrap-up

We will be meeting in the 3rd floor lounge at 4pm this Wednesday, I
will be joining you guys in the green screen room to animate your hand
gestures for your SmartPhone app demo video.

For Thursday, please animate the first 15-seconds of your app demo video.

For your music video by Thursday:
Sarah will be supplying the Party Bus interior
Gaby will be supplying the animated Bus Driver
Welson will be supplying the Disco Ball
Tomas will be supplying the 6 minute video


Tonight everyone drew for their estimated portion of the music video song:

Intro: 10-20 seconds
1st character to enter bus: Tomas' Raincloud Robot starting roughly
0:15, with the bus driver to keep him company
2nd character to enter bus: Welson's British Monkey starting around
1:15, with the bus driver and the robot to keep company
3rd character to enter bus: Sarah's Marvin Martian starting around
2:15, with the monkey, robot, and bus driver to keep vcompany
4th character to enter bus: Gaby's Pink Bear starting around 3:15,
with all 4 characters to keep company

Start thinking about how you will pass the time! Think of it like Soul
Train, or American Bandstand.


Think about silent films, miming, and OH YEA interactivity!



The 1 minute of your animation should have drag-and-drop ability or a
modified mouse follow of some kind, so perhaps treat your 1 minute
like an interactive game, it may very well be the quickest way to pass
the time.

Module 10 wrap-up

Link to Girl Talk music video song for download

The link to our class character demonstration from tonight

Module 9 wrap-up

Tonight we went over several Flash tutorial resources, including:

http://www.flashandmath.com

http://www.kirupa.com

http://www.miraztutorials.com/50-awesome-flash-cs4-tutorials-from-youtube/

Tonight we also fleshed out ideas for our music video;
It will be a party bus of various creatures driving through San Francisco.




For Thursday, Tomas will be taking a GoPro video of a bike ride through SF and everyone will be illustrating a character and writing a 1-page background of this character, complete with video and/or still imagery MOOD BOARD.

Additionally, you will be answering three fantasy questions that I handed out and mocking up an iPhone app homepage for your favorite one. Please bring in the paper, as I want you to share all 3 ideas.

We are NOT going to be using the green screen room this week, we have decided that the green screen footage will be used for our app demo videos, similar to this footage, and the Lily Allen music video footage (in previous post):

Module 8 Wrap-up

Tonight we learned how to:
Drag and Drop movie clips
Have a movie clip follow a mouse
Hide a movie clip on click

Please explain how you will use these three concepts in your interactive music video.

Some inspiration shown tonight:



Monday's assignment is very similar to what was due tonight.
Invent a SmartPhone application that incorporates both random nouns you were given tonight, and then design a homepage for it, complete with at least one screenshot of how the app looks on the phone.
Also, another 1-page writeup, incorporating the 3 lessons we learned tonight, in addition to addressing more clearly our ideas of how interactivity and green screening will be VITAL to the PLOT of our music video.

Module 7 Wrap-up PART TWO

A fantastic user-editable animated breakdown of the songs sampled in GirlTalk's Oh No is available here:
http://readyrickshaw.com/toob/node/63#0
Perhaps our interactive concept could involve something educational involving the timing of the samples? Just an idea.

Play the song Oh No by GirlTalk here:


Make sure to type out one page (THREE PARAGRAPH MINIMUM) on your Big Idea for the five-minute group music video for GirlTalk's Oh No

Ask yourself these questions to come up with some great storylines:
What movies have I wanted to end differently?
What visuals come to mind when you listen to the song?
What would make a good plot twist?
What is the history of some of these song bites?
Who are the artists in the song and what are the lyrics?
What childhood stories or fables did I love to read growing up?
What funny stories have my friends told me lately that would make a great animation?
What weird dreams have I had recently that would make for a crazy story?
What video tutorial would I like to try?
What flash interactive tutorial would I like to try?



And then ask yourself these questions when narrowing down your decision:
Do I want my story to make someone laugh or cry?
Does my idea make the audience confused or think really hard?
Does my idea really need green screen or interactivity?
Does the song go well with my idea?


Some inspiration shared by your classmates:

Module 7 Wrap-up PART ONE

For Thursday you are designing an iPhone app, and it's homepage, for your classmate.
They should be the inspiration of your app, as a gift for them.
This app should not already be in existence, so PLEASE RESEARCH AND AUDIT existing iPhone app ideas!
I will be doing the same.

Some funny iPhone apps from the past:


Two homepage examples given in class:



If you aren't sure where to begin, check out the categories of apps on Apple's site www.apple.com/iphone Or for the Android https://market.android.com/ Or search YouTube or Google for Best / Funniest / amazing / helpful / ugly / educational / weirdest / useless iPhone apps and see what kind of lists you get!

Module 6 wrap-up

Tonight we went over our Group Animation assignment.
Here are a few examples we played in class, for visual inspiration:




Please read over the class rubric here carefully to make sure you've hit all the important marks for the midterm project.


For interactive inspiration, please consult this award-winning website by Arcade Fire for their song Neon Bible


Here is an interactive music video by the Cold War Kids:
(We won't be incorporating the audio interactivity but the visual we can do)


Additionally, here are two videos on continuing work with the Bone Tool

Module 5 wrap-up

Tonight we covered making a button Play within your timeline navigation.
Here is a refresher tutorial on that:

We learned as far as minute THREE so feel free to stop at 3:00, however he goes on to show you how to make a "Stop" button as well if you would like to see how easy that can be, watch on!

Please remember, you will still need your 15-second banner ad to also go to "sfoutsidelands.com" so think about placement for those two buttons, knowing they canNOT overlap.

For Thursday's class, please bring an illustrated vector pack for your 15-second ad and be prepared to talk about your 15-second story. I highly encourage you to begin animating, as this will save you time for the final Monday deadline.