2D Animation for Interactive Media

FINAL critique ALL Sections Together

2009-05-22T02:29:10Z

This class will be devoted to viewing your final projects. Attendance in mandatory. Submit all projects in advance to Professor Oyzon.

10B: Work Session

2009-05-15T19:04:55Z

10A: Course Eval, and Troubleshooting

2009-05-15T17:14:13Z

We will have a brief exam based upon vocabulary and concepts taught this quarter. The remaining time will be spent addressing any issues regarding creation of your final project animation.

9B: Watching that corpse

2009-05-08T19:03:06Z

This is a week 9, do it all in one session event. Submit your videos an hour prior to the end of class and we will string them together, add sound and watch them.

9A: The Exquisite Corpse

2009-05-08T02:22:04Z

Today we will stitch together your various contributions to the Exquisite Corpse and screen them. You will be given a flash movie as a starting point. Create a minimum of a 10 second animation incorporating the movie. REQUIREMENTS: * ensure it begins with a white frame * ensure it ends with a white frame * the animation should go through at least one loop then you can do whatever you want. * includes your name. (You may make your name an animated element) and your name should be readable for 3 seconds. * the animaton must be a minimum of 10 seconds long (the 3 seconds of your name included) * export it as a quicktime movie and turn it in to the prof of the day by one hour before the end of class Download the flash files from MYCOURSES This loop may suggest different forms and movements. It could merely be the start of a chain of events. It could be just one part of an articulated figure. Use any method of animation you desire: tweened or frame by frame; photoshop or flash. Alas, not enough time for stop motion, but rotoscope or the layering of video is a possibility.

8B: Lip synching

2009-05-01T19:00:59Z

Mickey Mousing (editing/animating to sound) is a key production skill. The following are sources:

8A: Storyboard due

2009-05-01T18:59:24Z

Pitch your final project idea. I will meet with each student individually to discuss the proposed work.

7B: The final project

2009-04-24T02:30:27Z

7A: Walk Cycle Critique

2009-04-24T02:25:27Z

Walk Cycles are due today. CRITIQUE Submit 3 looped movement cycles. The length of each individual cycle is dependent upon how long it takes the character to make a complete movement before returning to its starting position. The loop should be seamless. (That is, if I hit "repeat" on the video player, there will be no skips or jitters between cycles). The three movements should be distinct. They may be distinct via kind of movement (walk, run, hop, jitter, crawl, etc.) They may be distinct because the characters have different kinds of movement. (One tends to mosey, one is nervous and jittery, another is zombified). Bonus points for all three loops being the same length of time and all within the same movie. Do not concern yourself with the background. The character(s) and movement will be sufficient. Remaining time will be spent working on the final project.

6B: Work your walk

2009-04-17T18:52:44Z

Get out of class when you have two out of three movement cycles done.

6A: Cel Animation and environment

2009-04-17T02:19:09Z

Multiple cycles (movie clips) can be used in conjunction with one another. Characters have their own cycles, as do environments. Examples: Old Popeye Class Assignment: Flock of Seagulls (not the 80's band) Here's a tutorial that covers lots of ground at Creative Cow. Part 1 Part 2 Some important concepts are the notions of looping and staggering loops within a composition, then nesting compositions into others.

5B: Cycles, Character animation and the requisite walk cycle

2009-04-10T02:14:36Z

Cycles and loops are efficient and the staple of all early animation, Scooby Doo, and (oh yes) game animation. Introduction to tweened animation using Flash. Character Animation and Movement Examples;

Character Animation

The Importance of Timing
The Language of Motion (arcs, curves, etc.)
Suggesting Weight
Movement Cycles (walk, run, swing, etc.)
Facial Animation & Expression
Gender & Race
Energy Level and Attitudinal Suggestion
Limited Environments of Recreation (MMOs, Real-Time, etc.)

REFERENCE: Walking Dots: A study in motion with varying interactive attibutes (gender, weight, mood) In-Class exercise: Create a worm movement cycle. contrast this with a snake movement cycle. Project: Movement Cycle Create three different types of movement cycles. Examples: dance, skip, jog, walk, roll, swim, skate, etc. The cycle need not be humanoid, nor bipedal. (Do keep in mind that the more legs involved, the more difficult the work).

5A: Rotoscope Animation Critique

2009-04-10T00:02:49Z

Create a minimum of a 20 second rotoscoped animation on twos. (12 or 15 fps). *FOR THE PARANOID: Minimum means you should target 20. There is no penalty for going over. You will not necessarily get a higher grade for a longer movie. Mo' is not necessarily bettah. A resolution of 720 x 480 is preferred for display purposes if you have desire for personal glory. Source material that is less than this size can be transformed (expanded) prior to rotoscoping. Grading criteria: There should follow a narrative arc: meaning a perceivable increasing complexity over time and then resolution. It is not sufficient to throw a bunch of filters at this and call it done. The original footage should be reinterpreted and clearly have your own take on it. Examples of things which may follow this arc;

protagonist - antagonist conflict storyline
themed movement
rhythm
pace
flocking
color
line shape
spatial relationship

4B: Secondary Motion

2009-04-03T22:34:26Z

Examples: After you have made your different items bounce, what things can you add to sell their materiality?

4A: Cartoon Physics

2009-04-03T03:08:18Z

Basic kinesthetics

Gravity
Inertia
Axis of rotation
Acceleration and deceleration
Anatomy of movement

Ease-in and Ease-out
Squash and stretch
Hyper-realities (Roadrunner, Southpark, Beast Wars, Simpsons)
Alternate-realities