Animation+-+Introduction

. = Tuesday, November 8, 2011 = Your homework in the discussion area below. include component="comments" page="Animation - Introduction" limit="35" ...

Today we worked on: - shape tween (morphing) - blinking eyes, continuous background, importing an image . - look at the swf files of last years student work... (they play only once so refresh or **reload this** page to replay them) - think about how the zoom in or zoom out and the fade in or out was done : ) - find and **watch a video about how zoom in and/or zoom out** is done in Flash CS3 or CS4 - find and **watch a video about fade in or out effect** in Flash CS3 or CS4 - **send me the video links** in the discussion area below
 * Friday, November 4, 2011**
 * Your homework... also in the discussion area:**

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. . ** Animation - Flash Techniques ** ** ...and some cinematic techniques : ) **

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moving objects - motion tween (we've done this in class: Wed. Nov 2)

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transforming one shape into another shape, (we've done this in class: Fri. Nov 4)

eg. a circle become a square - shape tween (morphing)

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. = Wednesday, November 2, 2011 = = =

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. . . =.= = Getting Started with Flash CS4 = . . Answer the following questions in the discussion area below: . . Watch the tutorial and answer the questions below… in detail. .
 * Creating a file and exploring the Flash interface.**

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. . 1. What do you first see when you launch Flash? . 2. What setting/s should you choose to open a Flash (.fla) file? . 3. What are the **main parts** of the Flash interface called? **List and describe what each is/does/is used for**. . 4. Under which pull down menu can you find all the panels? . 5. What is the white work area that is visible to the viewer called? How is it different from the grey work area? . 6. What is the properties panel used for? Give example/s. . include component="comments" page="Animation - Introduction" limit="50" . . . . Watch the tutorial and answer the questions below… in detail. media type="youtube" key="Yw-TjLJKA10" height="315" width="560" []
 * Drawing Tools.**

. . . . Watch the tutorials and answer the following questions… in detail.
 * 1) In Flash when you draw several objects overtop of each other on the same layer they merge into each other… how can you avoid this?
 * 2) Make a list of all the tools in the tool palette and beside each describe that the tool does/how it is used.
 * 3) Explain the difference between the white selection tool and the black selection tool?
 * 4) Why should you double click when selecting an item? What happens if you don’t?
 * Animating.**

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Explain in detail the following: . 1. What is a frame by frame animation? . 2. What is the difference between a frame and a keyfame? . 3. What is ‘shape tween’? . 4. What is ‘motion tween’? = . = **Animation - Introduction, History & Background**
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 * Read the wikipedia article on ANIMATION.**

Your homework questions will be in the discussion area: include component="comments" page="Animation - Introduction" limit="60"

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 * Watch "Animando" video from the National Film Board (NFB) archives:**
 * - a short film made by a brazilian animation artist**
 * - see how many different animation techniques are shown in this short film... count them : )**

Watch "Her Morning Elegance" music video by Oren Lavie: - this is a professional video...

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- imagine the how much time and planning went into this project

- how much time went into preproduction and storyboarding?

- how many photos were needed to produce this project?

- how long did it take to shoot?

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. Sand Animtion Video media type="youtube" key="Cri7aQHRT7k" width="425" height="350"

- in this video the sand animation is presented as a performance before a live audience . . Zoopraxiscope - thirteen frames on a loop

[|Thaumatrope] - a very popular toy in Victorian times; TWO different images seen very quickly APPEAR to be ONE image; here's a digital [|thaumatrope]

Zoetrope -