The Rest of the Year

W – April 17 Th – April 18 T – April 22 W – April 23 Th – April 24 F – April 25 M – April 28 T – April 29 W – April 30 Th – May 1 F – May 2 M – May 5 T – May 6 W – May 7 Th – May 8 F – May 9 M – May 12 T – May 13 W – May 14 Th – May 15 F – May 16 M – May 19 T – May 20 W – May 21 (*) Th – May 22 STOP MOTION / KEYING & TUTORIAL PREP TUTORIAL PRESENTATIONS FINAL PROJECT / DEMO REEL WORK

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! In small groups, you are going to create a VERY short film or just a sequence that incorporates both chroma keying and stop motion animation in every (required) shot. (You may have other shots in addition to the 3 that do not combine both—ex. cutaways, close-ups of humans, etc.)

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! Each student in your group is responsible for working on 1 or 2 shots. You’ll be doing the stop motion in iStopmotion, the keying in After Effects, and the editing in Premiere.

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! Plan to bring all items you’ll need to be stop- motion animated—you can think toys, action figures, Barbies, vehicles, Legos, etc. Also plan how the shots will edit together; think about matching action, the 180 rule, and the 30% rule. Start creating any backgrounds that you might need too.

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! TIPS:  Don’t go overboard—needs to be completely finished in 3 days. Plan for each shot to take a long time!  Have some people work on backgrounds and keying and editing and sound effects while others continue with stop motion.  It can be abstract, repetitive, etc. but be creative!

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! EXAMPLES

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! GROUP 1 Faller Peduzzi Hodak Collinger Buggy Boggs Graham Craig GROUP 2 Halter Kimmel Tierney Raeford Altimus Drew Gorog Kiesling Schroeder

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! GROUP 1 Hochberg J Hochberg S Matt K March F Hailee Mc GROUP 2 Dilts Thompson Laskey Morrone Ailes Messser

KEYING + STOP MOTION ASSIGNMENT! CREATIVITY / EDITING____ / 20 Shots cut together well Sequence is creative and interesting Innovative uses of both keying and stop-motion Sound effects and audio will be used STOP MOTION____ / 20 Is fluid, varied, and interesting Works well with keyed footage KEYING____ / 10 Is sharp and clean Works well with stop-motion animation TEAMWORK____ / 10 Group members work equally Shots are equally strong

TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT You are going to – Research and experiment with a technique or effect – Create example videos (1 per person) – Lead a demonstration / tutorial –no more than 10 minutes—for the class

TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT Don’t be overly complex—10 minute maximum Plan how you’ll explain to the class Split duties equally between members Choose something you think would benefit class as you prepare for final projects

TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENT EXAMPLE VIDEO(S)—1 per person to show variety of applications of effect = 25 points PRESENTATION—is clear & effective, not overly complex= 35 points TEAMWORK—shared equally (these points will go to presentation if you work alone)= 15 points

FINAL PROJEC T

WHAT IS THE FINAL PROJECT? Whatever you want… as long as… – It represents a challenge for you—new techniques used / existing skills expanded on & refined. – It is a project that will take at least 3 weeks of hard work to finish (with participation points for each week) – It showcases several different types of techniques and skills that make it interesting and sophisticated. – I approve a short synopsis of your idea, giving specific details about your story, techniques, types of animation, etc. in no specific format, but at least 7 sentences (and will be worth 25 points).

IDEAS? A narrative cartoon with different shots/angles/characters A short film that features special effects like motion tracking, explosions, chroma-keying, 3D titling, CC effects, particle systems, etc. Kinetic typography A movie trailer for a fake, animated or live action movie that features tons of different techniques. Add animation, special effects, text, kinetic typography to “found footage”—old videos found online, etc. to reimagine them. Something that can be applied to another class, a job, a resume, animations used for SVTV, etc.

GRADING 200 points! More information to follow 25 point summary due ______________

The next few days— TUTORIALS ! Particle systems & particle playground Scatterize and ball action Sphere Keyframing glue gun and write—on Rotoscoping Lightning & beam Various generate effects More things… Brush up on motion blur, adjustment layers, etc.

SOME EXAMPLES

Download a rocky or lava or swirly texture