Class projects:
in-class tutorials (spread out over semester):
tweening tutorial, masking tutorial, motion guide tutorial, and animation
tutorials.
First project: The Worlds Ugliest Flash Drawing Contest.
To be rated in class. Complete with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place (drawing
tools, basic Flash usage, and interface comprehension).
Second Project: The Mix. Making a sound composition with imported audio (audio import and usage). Adding in one animated piece of artwork (an imported bitmap) synched to the audio. See link for project specs.
Third Project: The
30 Second Animation Project The sky’s the limit on this one. This must
use frame by frame and tweening animation. It should also include audio.
See link for project specs.
Fourth Project: Collaborative
Interactive Piece. Students will work in groups, create a pitch for a short
with an interactive flowchart and then divide tasks completing
boards and animatics for the scenes. See link for
project specs.
Final project:
You will design your own animated short (4+ scenes, 6+ storyboard panels, 60+
seconds long) from a proposal to storyboards to animatics and finally a realized
piece. It must have dialog, sound effects, tweening and frame by frame animation,
etc. See link for project specs.