Assignment for November 1

Ay! I need to have these pre-written to post in the final moments in class, lest they slip away. Sorry, folks (and tip o' the blog hat to Larry for the polite reminder).

1. Work with Flash (and if possible Frame Thief) to achieve a "level of comfort" with animation concepts. Refer to this gallery of concept examples that we looked at in class.

2. Write a short description of a simple task for a short video piece (between 60 and 90 seconds). You will use that as a basis for making a storyboard in class on Thursday.

3. Read the handout and be prepared to discuss in class.

How to?

Ravi,
Where would you like us to post our homework? Wondering if your going to create a heading for this weeks project.

Larry

Another Amazing Stop-motion Animation

I found this interesting animation from youtube. It was created by Kristofer Ström of Ljubilden & Piloten.

Notice that the stop-motion animation is made entirely with whiteboard! He just took a photo for each modification, there's no need to redraw each frame. The music is from Minilogue's track of "Hitchhiker's choice." I think not only the hand-drawings on the whiteboard have blown people away, but also the music puts souls into the characters in terms of selected tempo as well as techno music elements. Pretty cool stuff!

How Could we EVER forget...

The BEST of ALL stop motion...

Online Flash demos

Here's a Flash demo from Adobe's site -- they have a lot of them and they are all nicely digestible (ie. 5 or 6 minutes long).

I don't know if they'll be as entertaining as *my* Flash demo! ;-)

Yet Another Example on Stop Motion

Here is a stop motion animated music video made entirely out of Lego's. Pretty cool.

Flash game

If anyone is interested.. here is an interactive game. If you are looking for your perfect mate. All you need to do is get another drink. Think of the possibilities.. You can always upgrade.

Beer Goggles

More on Stop Motion

This is a Sony Ad that made its way around the internet a few weeks ago. While it is a great example of stop motion, the entire idea was stolen. So i'll give credit to Kozyndan for the original concept, but check out the movie regardless.

Abe Morell Film

Here's the site to the documentary about Abe Morell, Shadow of the House, I spoke of during our last class.



I *saw* Abe Morell walking down the street the other morning and gave him a shout out!

Assignment for October 18

Note, I've revised the assignment from the original syllabus.

1. Using your image sequence as one element, considering the examples we looked at and the assigned reading (and the subsequent discussion) create an artist's book that demonstrates some sort of narrative. Be creative! I don't want to see just five pages stapled together.

One nice blog resource is myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com

I'll try to find some more to post in the comments section.

Update:
Here's some step-by-step instructions for simple stitch binding!

Macintosh commercial, 1984 Super Bowl

I tried the link of the Macintosh commercial in the last posting, but it's no longer available (perhaps it only happened to my computer.) Anyway, I found the clip on youtube. Enjoy it.

Assignment for October 11

Reading: "Aspects and Elements of Time" handout from Launching the Imagination.

Watch the following:

1. Polyphonic Spree Video

2. La Jetee (29 minute film that inspired 12 Monkeys -- this is the english version)

3. Macintosh ad referenced in the reading.

For reference, the Rockford Files intro is here.

Gorillapods

Here is the manufacturer's website for the tripod I showed in class. They come in sizes to fit most cameras.

http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/

They are also available on Amazon, and at most camera stores (although they cost more)

Engin's images

Completed: Assignment 2

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