Thesis Presentation IV – Fall Midterm Review NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design week 2 :: a

NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design :: week 1 :: b :: in-class example  Six Feet Under Title Sequence  er/credits/index.shtml er/credits/index.shtml

NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design :: week 1 :: b :: today’s agenda  critique:  go over 10 second black square animation  answer any technical Flash questions  a brief introduction to storyboarding  in-class activity:  work on storyboard assignment in class  sketch, sketch, sketch (very rough storyboards)  practice making a “clean” version (for presentation)

NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design :: week 1 :: b :: homework  storyboard and storyboard animatic  purpose/objective: To solve a visual time-based design problem using hand drawn sketches in order to communicate a narrative visual message.  assignment: Two parts:  Using marker and paper, sketch a storyboard sequence of at least 8 slides.  Scan your images and make a digital slideshow using Flash. Animate certain elements if necessary.  format: two different formats:  storyboards – on 8.5” x 11” paper – either:  4 slides per sheet (2 sheets) or  8 slides per sheet. (1 sheet)  animatic – 2 30 fps, 320x240  flash.swf  quicktim.mov due next thursday ::

NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design :: week 1 :: b :: in-class activity  Template demonstration:  Making a storyboard template sheet in Illustrator (for presentation purposes only – not to be used for sketching)

NewMediaArts art 257 :: motion graphic design :: week 1 :: b :: post mortem  How smoothly did today’s class run?  What slowed us down?  What did we skip over?  How can we be more efficient in the future?