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Tuesday, December 10th

Tuesday, December 10th

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin
Mr. Bohmann

Notes

  • Congrats to out to Davin in Cawd2 for being accepted early decision to Champlain’s Game Art and Animation program!
  • Welcome to yet ANOTHER Tumultuous Tuesday. Schedules changed accordingly.
  • Game Day Quiz on Friday!
  • Respect.
  • I am going to accept “The Challenge” Pre-packet production presentations today for full credit.
  • How trees really grow.
  • Get this missing assignments in – only 1 letter grade off if you get them in today. Anyone missing work is required to stay for the Wednesday Afternoon Cawd Homework Club.
  • Tomorrow morning we are going to go over low depth-of-field rendering – so don’t do your close ups with this effect until you learn it tomorrow!
  • If you take your pin pre-production to work off today, please put back by end of day on the table near Cawd lounge just as it is now.
  • I am going to call people over to meet with me to go over Pre-production packets this morning. Until I call you over assume you are green-lit to start producing. Get to it, hopefully we will just have some minor variations in our pre-production meeting.

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 “The Challenge” Animation Production

theChallenge

This week we will create the first draft of our “The Challenge” character animation. We will have have:

  • 2 hours this morning
  • 30 minutes Wednesday
  • 2 hours on Thursday

That will give you 4.5 hours this week. Before you walk out the door Friday you must:

  • Have a complete 1st draft of your animation complete. This includes all shots from your Storyboard.
  • Have sound design done – the 1st draft must include audio.
  • Be ready to present your 1st draft next Tuesday at 9:45 for the first round of Constructive Criticism.

If this means turning down samples for renders – ok.

Rendering shots at break, lunch, English, when you go to the bathroom – ok.

If you have to leave your machine on overnight to render you must ask me first. I don’t want computers left on willy-nilly and wasting power. I am almost guaranteed to say yes.

This is your brand, this project is driven by you, this project is 85% of your Midterm.

At a minimum render out at 720p…but if you would like to render larger (1080p) this is fine so long as the work gets done.

Place your final draft in your “week_15” folder called “(lastname)DraftAnimation.mp4”.

10:45 Break (15 Minutes)

9:45 “The Challenge” Animation Production

theChallenge

11:50 Lunch (30 Minutes)

12:20 Attendance and Article

12:25 Silent Site Maintenance

siteMaintenance
  • Check your grades – are you after school tomorrow?
  • Work on current projects / Design Homework.
  • Study for Friday’s Quiz.
  • Explore and create.

12:45 Speed Design

Speed Design
  • Working with Text in Illustrator

1:10 SkillsUSA Pin Design Competition Introduction

If you were here yesterday:

  • Get packet from cubby.
  • Choose design from final 2.
  • Start Creating – remember you have to have your artwork in a 7″ by 7″ square

Save your file as “(lastname)PinDraft1.png”.

If you were NOT here yesterday:

We are going to do the pre-production the rest of the class has already done. Let’s go back to the Monday Dayplan for specifics.

2:00 Dailies

2:05 Dismissal

Cawd Instructors:

Matt Cronin

Will Bohmann

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Serving high school students interested in Computer Animation, Game Design, and Web Development in North Western Vermont.

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