Wednesday, November 9th

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin

Notes

Wednesday! Let’s check the master list and the PPPP.
Remember to ask your teachers EARLY to get out of your afternoon class if you just want to chill before vacation.
Today is a White day at CTE. No afternoon academics. Callbacks:
- Palagonia to science @ 12:45
- Peters to US history @ 1:30
MHS early release at 1:25.
Logan – BFA early release, you are dismissed at 11:20!
Certain EHS students will leave at 11:55 today due to the EHS early release.

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 Unreal

Review of interface
Shoot the tennis ball gun / get it out of your system
Starting our first project – lowPolyForest
Terrain tools
Basic of materials
Player Starts
Adding the gun into the game (tennis ball gun / no violence)

10:35 Morning Break (10 minutes)

10 Minutes break – you have to exit the room.
When the door near the TV is open, you are welcome to come back in.

10:45 12 Principles of Animation

Disney’s twelve basic principles of animation were introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation. The principles are based on the work of Disney animators from the 1930s onwards, in their quest to produce more realistic animation.

Today we are going to introduce one of the easiest principles to pick up and apply – Exaggeration.

When you are animating this week, have the principle of exaggeration at the forefront of your work. Whatever motion you think is “good enough” – do it even more than that.

10:50 CAWD Project: Andy and Oli Animation

This weeks CAWD project will be to create a character animation with Andy and Oli.

The story can be up to you, but the two characters need to be doing something together. Some options include:

Fight scene
Dance
Tag / race through scene
etc

Workflow:

Part 1:

~~Model your two characters.~~

Part 2:

Create a 2 page storyboard (minimum of 8 cells) with what will happen in your animation. Each cell should show the camera angle you plan to use, include the description, duration, and other descriptive elements. No sounds for this project – sound can be left blank. The more detailed and developed your storyboard, the more professional your work, the better your brand, the better your grade.

You are required to use at least 3 different camera shots, and these should be reflected in the storyboard cells when you draw. Use any resource as a guide, but here is one that works:

Scan and upload these two files as:

“(lastName)SB1.jpg”
“(lastName)SB2.jpg”

I need to check you off with your images scanned on on your machine before you can move onto Part 3, the actual animation creation. I just need to it “done”, but remember that it is a component of the overall grade, so it can be “done” and “terrible” at the same time.

Part 3:

Create the animation. I recommend using different Blender files for each shot, so you have granular control and what happens in one scene doesn’t impact another scene negatively. You could do the entire animation in one file, this is up to you. You will have to build your own professional workflow. Which method do you prefer?

Create a 720p sequence in Premiere, and edit together. Remember – no sound.

Export final animation as “(lastName)AndyOli.mp4”.

Overview on deliverables:

“(lastName)SB1.jpg” – Storyboard page 1
“(lastName)SB2.jpg”– Storyboard page 2
“(lastName)AndyOli.mp4” – the animation

Time to work on this in class:

Now!
All afternoons / PM production windows.
Thursday after English. (Thursday before English we will be in Unreal).
Friday before and after English.

12:15 Lunch (30 Minutes)

No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.

12:45 Attendance and Article

12:50 A Gentleman in Moscow

Follow along as I read; lose yourself in a story for a bit.
One of the strengths of this book are “beautifully rendered scenes“. You will be creating art based off of the text. Listen attentively.

1:10 Afternoon Break (10 minutes)

10 Minutes break – you have to exit the room.
When the door near the TV is open, you are welcome to come back in.

1:20 Afternoon Production

CAWD Project: Andy and Oli Animation
- “(lastName)SB1.jpg”
- “(lastName)SB2.jpg”
- “(lastName)AndyOli.mp4”
Week 11 Agency
- “(lastName)Agency_1.jpg”
- “(lastName)Agency_2.jpg”
- “(lastName)Agency_3.jpg”
DH11: 1-Point Scene
- “(lastName)DH11.jpg”