Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Happy Halloween! Be safe tonight.
- Everyone enjoy their 3 day weekend. See you on Monday – finish up whatever you don’t complete in class.
10:05 Attendance and Article
10:10 Adobe AM
Adobe Premiere is a professional video editing software. It’s widely used by video editors, filmmakers, and content creators for editing, organizing, and refining video footage. Premiere Pro offers a comprehensive set of tools for editing video and audio, adding effects, color correction, and transitions, as well as handling a wide range of file formats.
We will spend the first 20 minutes of Friday’s (and overflow Monday’s)
Yes we are hitting Premiere again – but I think it makes sense when thinking about shots and animation editing.
10:30 Micro Story Pre Production Packet
Pre-production is work done before a component of production. In this case, the story creation and storyboarding will be done before we start working on the digital production.
We are going to follow the Pixar Story Spine model we learned about from Ms. McCadden.
Everyone is going to get a Micro-Story Pre Production Packet. In it you will:
- Outline your story with text. Think about it from beginning to end. This animation is not meant to be a tech demo. This is a story that will have a logical progression from beginning to end and should engage the viewer.
- Storyboard your story with art. How are you going to take the Micro Story Spine and then visualize it with animation, camera shots, and sound? Remember that you are going to be required to demonstrate 4 different shots in your story. Many of us will go beyond the minimum 4, but it is a minimum that we will be assessing at your draft screening, so we will incorporate them into our pre-production.
- The packet has the following:
- Cover – write your name
- Story Spine – write your story – each box must be filled out in complete sentences in human readable language – lets go for English.
- Storyboard – I am giving you 3 sheets, with a total of 12 cells to start with. You must use 2 full sheets at a minimum, using at least 4 different shots if attempting the A or the B for this component of your first draft. You can always use more, hence the paperclip instead of the stapler. Fill. Everything. Out.
This needs to be handed to me by the EOD next Tuesday. This Pre-Production is the first 20% of your 1st draft grade, with the remaining 80% coming from the draft itself. I am giving it to you now so you can use the long weekend to work on it – you have 5 nights to complete it, and don’t need a computer or internet access.
If you want – THIS – you can leave under your keyboard at the end of the day and I won’t chuck it. Under your keyboard. Or else.
10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)
11:00 English
11:55 Character Animation Tests
Check back to the Tuesday Dayplan for specifics.
12:25 Lunch
- 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.
12:55 Attendance and Article
1:00 A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow is a reader’s dream — a wonder-full, nuanced story full of wit, insight, and imagination.
Read along with Mr. Cronin. Improve literacy, word decoding, enjoy a nice story, and unplug from the world.
1:20 Afternoon Break (10 minutes)
1:30 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 10 minute sprints in CAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:45 Afternoon Practice & Production
Character Animation Tests
- lastNameAnimationTests.mp4
DH10: Floating Boxes
- lastNameDH_10.jpg
Week 10 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
Micro Story Pre Production Packet due EOD Tuesday.
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
4 of 5 days per week we will end our day in CAWD with the “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:
- Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
- Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
- Unplug
At 2:39 each day I will come to 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened in your story over that day’s reading session. It is neat to hear little pockets of a story, here and there.
2:40 Dismissal
