Friday, November 12, 2010

For the End of the Semester

Portfolio with:

•3 bumpers.
•Group Project.
•Clip demonstrating use of moving masks.
•Clip demonstrating use of vignette techniques.
•Clip showing rotoscoping use. (track matte)
•20 seconds of footage for the intro to the Career Services Video.
•Final Project using multiple effects and techniques. This must be self-contained and creatively tell some kind of narrative.

Rotoscoping demo can be found at Creative Cow

You need to email me a proposal for your final projects this week (ie: before Sunday, Sunday is the beginning of next week).



This video from 1:12 through the 2 minute mark.

Friday, November 5, 2010

NOVEMBER 5th

TO DO LIST:

•MASKS (chapter 12 on Lynda CS5 tutorial show me examples)
•EMAIL ME FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL
•VIGNETTES (46 minute lesson on Lynda and do some examples)
•20 SECONDS OF CAREER SERVICES VIDEO INTRO

Friday, October 29, 2010

For next Friday:

•Rewatch Lynda, chapter 12, masks and make a quick animation using moving masks.

•Make 1 or 2 graphics with motion (motion graphics) for the 20 second video project, next week in class we are editing the final cut project for career services.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday October 1st

The movie Brick, 1-1.5 pages, address: transitions, film noir, lighting.

3 Point Lighting
Film Noir Lighting: (x)

LYNDA.COM has a free 1-week trial offer with some good information and video tutorials on After Effects. Some of you have also been checking out video copilot... The web is a great source of information. Next week we will talk more about lighting as well as parenting and masking.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

For next Friday

•10 pre-made effects, describe what they do.
•Written response to Citizen Kane (what you like, interesting transitions, overall film)
•Add sound to your bumpers.
•Think about what you want your next piece to be (30 seconds).

Monday, September 6, 2010

For next class:

•4 bumpers 4-10 seconds long
•1 must use an effect or preset

Examples:

(obviously this is motion graphics, a couple of these examples don't move, so don't do that.)