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>> check out: >> We are running out of filming days. You CAN do your 3D animation from home if need be. >> You can render an "Antialiased" version after that (consider starting it at lunch or at the END of the schoolday and letting it render overnight)
 * [[image:Week18.gif]] || * Monday, June 8th, 2009
 * "Proofread" your work! Work together!
 * Summatives Due - this is for the marks!
 * Submit WMV to the appropriate folder
 * Include any JPG or AVI to represent your work in Photoshop & Anim8or
 * Hand in storyboards for scanning
 * Tuesday
 * Summative Presentations
 * Wednesday
 * Summative Reflection
 * Locate the summative projects on the HANDOUTS server
 * Choose at least 5 other students that you think you could assist with constructive comments
 * Use the FEEDBACK system to send them a thorough set of suggested improvements - ie:
 * Titles
 * Timing & editing
 * Sound, Music, Audio
 * Send at least ONE "Awesome" award to a student who's work represents the BEST show of skills - tell them specifically what you admire about their project
 * Thursday
 * Summative Presentations
 * Friday
 * Summative Presentations
 * Completion of yesterday's cinematic presentation
 * It's now safe for you to learn of the most addictive application of communications technology ever invented:
 * http://www.redzeppelin.org/images/07/030607.swf
 * https://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle
 * http://www.rawkins.com/games/do/ ||
 * [[image:Week17.gif]] || * Monday, June 1st, 2009
 * Summative Post Production
 * You have this week to edit your collected video, audio and still photos to create your finished summative
 * Animated or Photoshopped Production Logos can be edited into the main project
 * Tuesday
 * Summative Post Production
 * Wednesday
 * Summative Post Production
 * Be sure to review the Summative Evaluation Criteria
 * Thursday
 * Summative Post Production
 * Friday
 * Summative Post Production
 * Summative Videos will be due on MONDAY! ||
 * [[image:Week16.gif]] || * Monday, May 25th, 2009
 * Preproduction
 * Do you have your Proposal completed? (D'Arcy, Mackenzie, Ben and Amanda)
 * Do you have a working script and storyboards? (To be submitted this week)
 * Summative Production
 * You have one more week allotted to obtain your production - Next week is reserved for "Post-Production" editing, but try to get production finished asap so you can get started editing THIS week!
 * Tuesday
 * Summative Production
 * Once your proposal is approved, Book a camera ASAP!
 * Wednesday
 * Summative Production
 * Thursday
 * Summative Production
 * Friday
 * Summative Production ||
 * [[image:Week15.gif]] || * Monday, May 19th, 2009
 * Proposals & Storyboards submitted
 * Production may begin
 * Tuesday
 * Summative Production
 * Wednesday
 * Summative Production
 * Thursday
 * Logo & Graphic Production today
 * Develop your production logo using Anim8or 3D and/or Photoshop
 * The 3D logo should demonstrate skillful design and typography
 * The 3D logo should be animated over the course of 5 seconds at 30 fps
 * //(Mr. May is away at meetings today - cameras are not available for sign out)//
 * Friday
 * Summative Production ||
 * [[image:Week14.gif]] || * Monday, May 11th, 2009
 * Audit Friday's work
 * Complete your Video Tutorials, render and submit them to the appropriate handins folder
 * Complete the Movie Poster Slideshow, render and submit them to the appropriate handins folder
 * Tuesday
 * Begin planning Summative Projects
 * Consult the Class Calendar for timelines
 * Finish up any outstanding projects
 * Wednesday
 * Re render your Movie Slideshows as MPGs
 * Use the MPEG - "NTSC DV AVI STANDARD"
 * What's the difference in Rendertime, Filesize, Quality?
 * Is it worth it?
 * Watch samples of earlier summatives
 * Continue preproduction on Summative Projects
 * Thursday
 * Carefully consider, prepare and submit your PROPOSAL for your summative project
 * Once the proposal is "green-lit", begin preparation of:
 * A SCRIPT
 * A STORYBOARD
 * Friday
 * Final day for PROPOSAL submission
 * Once your proposal has been "greenlit", Research on the web and Develop:
 * A outline or "script" for your project (
 * STORYBOARDS for your project from the script
 * Work with a partner to check each other's scripts and storyboards - look for opportunities to improve each other's work.
 * Your scripts and storyboards will be due on MONDAY ||
 * [[image:Week13.gif]] || * Monday, May 4, 2009
 * Using still images as video assets
 * Prepare the graphicin Photoshop
 * Load an image into Adobe Photoshop Elements
 * Use the cropping tool and adjust the options at the top of the screen to 720 PX wide x 480 PX high @ 72 Pixels Per Inch
 * Drag a crop selection to compose the part of the picture you want to keep and double click it
 * Save the image as a JPG (quality 8) onto your N: drive
 * Load the image into Premiere
 * Use EDIT - GET MEDIA and load in the resized file from your N: drive
 * In the PROJECT organizer, right click the new image's thumbnail and choose INTERPRET FOOTAGE
 * Set the
 * Post Production - "Video Production Tutorial"
 * Tuesday
 * Post Production Contiue editing your "Video Production Tutorial"
 * UPDATE - Try cropping your "title Photo" to 864x480 px instead of 720x480px - it will fit MUCH better
 * Wednesday
 * Post Production - "Video Production Tutorial"
 * Submit Video to Handins (folder 15)
 * Thursday
 * View submitted tutorial "First Drafts" - observe what makes them effective
 * Clear titles - consistent locations
 * Appropriate, explainitory text
 * Short, steady shots
 * View last semester's "Demo-Reels". Observe the titles, consistency, transitions and content
 * Work on and submit your Tutorial Videos
 * Friday
 * ANYONE who has not completed or submitted their Video Tutorials should get that done TODAY. There are still a number of students that have not submitted
 * ONE DAY EXERCISE - Students the "Slideshow Project"
 * The best slideshow submitted will be put on the electronic displays around the school ||
 * [[image:Week12.gif]] || * Monday, April 27th, 2009
 * Video
 * Introduction - Preproduction
 * Post Production - Editing with Premiere Elements - Flying Saucer Movie
 * Tuesday
 * Video Preproduction - Reading the Saucer Storyboards
 * Video Post Production
 * Animating Text Titles
 * Adding Sound
 * Rendering Video to WMV
 * Wednesday
 * Video - Post Production
 * Video - Production - Setting up the camera - Shooting Footage
 * Video - Pre-Production - Planning a "How-To" video
 * Thursday
 * Production - Shooting "How-To" Footage
 * Friday
 * Post Production - "Video Production Tutorial"
 * Submit your (rough) storyboards for approval
 * Set up Premiere
 * Get Media from HANDOUTS - 03 Videos - VIdeo tutorial ||
 * [[image:Week11.gif]] || * Monday, April 20, 2009[[image:jmsstech:Photoshop_MoviePoster01.jpg align="right"]]
 * Photo Challenge Slideshow
 * Tuesday
 * Poster Challenge - Investigate & Plan
 * Wednesday
 * Poster Challenge - Plan & Create
 * Thursday
 * Poster Challenge due
 * Friday
 * Poster Challenge review ||
 * [[image:Week10.gif]] || * Monday, April 14th, 2009
 * HOLIDAY[[image:GreenscreenGiant00.jpg align="right"]]
 * Tuesday
 * Photo Tips
 * [|Kodak]
 * Photography Challenge
 * School Portrait
 * Giant
 * Painting with Light
 * Wednesday
 * Continue Working on Photography Challenge
 * Thursday
 * Continue Working on Photography Challenge
 * Friday
 * Photography Challenge is due
 * Three images - "School Portrait", "Giant" (or saucer), "Light Painting"
 * Images should be sized to 4" x 6" @ 300 DPI if possible
 * Images should saved and submitted as JPG files named appropriately - ie:
 * Smith_J_SchoolPortrait.jpg
 * Smith_J_Giant.jpg
 * Smith_J_LIghtPainting.jpg ||
 * [[image:Week09.gif]] || * Monday, April 6th, 2009
 * StormTech Business Cards[[image:May-Business-Card06.png align="right"]]
 * Tuesday
 * Review, Revise and ReSubmit Stormtech Business Cards
 * Wednesday
 * Photography & the Clone Stamp Tool
 * Thursday
 * Photography & Compositing images (Selection tools)
 * Face Swap
 * SCHS Giant
 * Friday
 * EASTER HOLIDAYS ||
 * [[image:Week08.gif]] || * Monday, Mar 30th, 2009
 * The DESIGN PROCESS
 * Apply the design process to Business Cards - search for GOOD and BAD examples of business card design
 * Photoshop Intro
 * Business Card - good & bad designs
 * Tuesday
 * Design Principles - "Fix" Business Card
 * Learn Photoshop - Happy Face exercise
 * Wednesday
 * Learn Photoshop - Happy Face exercise
 * Paste Happy face on to business card
 * Thursday
 * OSSLT - Literacy test
 * Friday
 * Business Card Challenge
 * Typography and Design Principles
 * Layer Styles
 * Stroke
 * Dropshadow
 * Bevel
 * Digital Photography? ||
 * [[image:Week07.gif]] || * Monday, Mar 23rd, 2009
 * Rebuild the Lab
 * Fox Logo Show & Tell - Review the submissions
 * Tuesday
 * Complete the Fox Logo animations
 * Complete the Bouncing Ball animations
 * IF completed - create your own "mini-movie" that incorporates your Flying Saucer with your Fox Logo
 * Wednesday
 * Animation Resolution must be 640x480 pixels
 * DON'T render "Antialiased" first - render a faster "Aliased" version and confirm that it appears as you intended.
 * Compression set to DIVx
 * Thursday
 * Workday: Complete Assignments
 * Animation Show & Tell
 * Friday
 * Final day to submit Fox Logo and Bouncing Ball animations
 * Students who have completed the assignments should explore a short advanced study
 * Create a "Moon" for your saucer to fly around - use a sphere and investigate "texture mapping" - you'll find "moon maps" on Google to "wrap" around your sphere" ||
 * || **MARCH BREAK!** ||
 * [[image:Week06.gif]] || * Monday, Mar 9th, 2009
 * Mr. May is away this week - it's up to YOU to follow the steps on this wikisite to learn how to animate in 3D. If something in the wiki instructions confuses you use these three steps IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
 * READ FIRST - make sure you're reading ALL the instructions - read carefully, and go step by step!
 * CONSULT A CLASSMATE - see if anyone else is able to complete that step - ask them how!
 * POST A DISCUSSION - at the top of each wiki page is a "discussion" tab - if you STILL have a question, or have a tip to solve one, please post it here - Mr. May will check to see how things are going
 * Here's what you should be doing TODAY:
 * If need be, complete the model & render of your Fox Logo - it's HOMEWORK if you're not yet ready for the next step by the end of the class:
 * Learn to ANIMATE your Fox Logo once you've handed in your AN8 and JPG
 * Tuesday
 * ANIMATE your Fox Logo
 * RENDER your Fox Logo
 * Wednesday
 * Complete and submit your Foxlogo renders
 * Congrats to Ian, Chris and Bobby for completing the Foxlogo Rendering!
 * Tips - Bob & Chris - try adding shadows
 * Ian - great lighting and camera angle! Try an antialiased render!
 * Once a good quality render has been handed in, students can go on to add Camera Movement
 * Thursday
 * Complete the Fox Logo with Camera Movement - submit it to the FoxLogo AVI handins folder
 * Friday
 * Nice work to all those who've managed to submit their animated Foxlogos so far! Here's a couple of specific tips:
 * Josh & Alex - Be sure you're using DIVx compression - the rendered filesize should only be a MB or two. Try to keep your motion a little more subdued and realistic if you can too.
 * Ian, ChrisF, Shaun - nice work - try making your background image into a panorama instead of a still image
 * ChrisT - Nice work! You pulled it all together!
 * All students should be sure your final Foxlogo (complete with subtle camera motion) has been submitted
 * Learn to Bounce a 3D Ball
 * Have a great March Break! ||
 * [[image:Week05.gif]] || * Monday, Mar 2nd, 2009
 * Students continue the Fox Logo assignment
 * Start creating the "buildings"
 * Place all buildings appropriately on the "ground grid"
 * You can create buildings in separate objects
 * Tuesday
 * continue the Fox Logo assignment
 * The "Spotlight Table"
 * Wednesday
 * continue the Fox Logo assignment
 * The "Pier"
 * Thursday
 * continue the Fox Logo assignment
 * Friday
 * Submit your Fox Logo
 * Include both the AN8 and JPG files
 * JPG should be 1800 x 1200 pixels to create a 6" x 4" @ 300DPI photo ||
 * [[image:Week04.gif]] || * Monday, Feb 23rd, 2009[[image:MayTieFighter01.jpg align="right" caption="This is a render of Mr May's Tie Fighter - I'll show you the tricks on Tues!" link="Anim8or_Evaluation_Modelling"]]
 * One last day to complete the Modelling Challenge
 * Improve structure
 * Add details
 * If done, read through the [|manual] for more modelling tips and advanced techniques!
 * Tuesday
 * Advanced Modelling
 * [|Eggplant Tutorial]
 * Wednesday
 * Complete the [|Eggplant Tutorial]
 * Thursday (Supply Teacher - Ms. Walker)
 * Students should complete the [|Hand tutorial]
 * Students who have completed the hand can attempt a [|tutorial of their choice] from the Anim8or website (I'd suggest you check out the LIGHTING tutorials that provide you with pre-built models!)
 * Friday
 * Students will begin the Fox Logo assignment ||
 * [[image:Week03.gif]] || * Monday Feb 16th, 2009
 * (Holiday)
 * Tuesday
 * Rendering, Lighting & Saving
 * Wednesday
 * Camera Work & Photo Tips
 * Complete the Rendering Study spreadsheet
 * Thursday
 * Evaluation of Modelling
 * Modelling Challenge
 * Friday
 * Complete and submit your Modelling Challenge ||
 * [[image:Week02.gif]] || * Monday, Feb 9th, 2009
 * Extruding Fins
 * Build - Mirror to duplicate items in symmetry
 * Tuesday
 * CLASSES CANCELLED
 * Wednesday
 * DEATH RAYS
 * Grouping Items
 * The importance of naming Colour Materials
 * Thursday
 * Moving around in 3D
 * Scenes
 * Friday
 * PD Day - Classes Cancelled ||
 * [[image:Week01.gif]] || * Monday, Feb 2nd, 2009
 * Tuesday
 * Wednesday
 * Thursday
 * Friday ||