MIDTERMS CHECKLIST!

I.  On the Server, in the "MIDTERMS" folder, turn in final videos for the following assignments by 11:59 PM, THURSDAY, MARCH 10th, 2016:

1. The ball bounce project.

2. The shape emotion project.

3. The research assignment.

4. Your Walk Cycle Project.

1. Scans of Your Observational Drawing Assignments! You should have the following:
1. 30 Drawings of people. (your initial 20, and 10 drawings done in the opposite context. If you did realism, work abstract, and vice versa.)
2. 5-10 environment drawings!
3. 5 quality animal sketches are extra credit!
2. Your Character Performance Project with cleaned up key drawings and breakdown drawings!

For the sake of midterms, all projects should be black and white. If you have colored any of your assignments, I will be grading the quality of your line-work over the quality of your colored images.

I will grade based on the following: (each standard is 20% of each assignment)

A. Craftsmanship: Line-art quality.  Are your lines clean? Is your character the focal point of your animation, or are the rough lines the focal point?

B. Modeling: How consistent is your character between every frame of your animation?  Do limbs get too thin and then too thick?

C. Performance: Are we captivated by the actions on screen?  Is your animation about the character? Are the performances believable and relatable if we look at your animation as an actor and as the audience?

D. Clarity of storytelling:  What is the story of each animation?  Is the story coming across?

E. Technique:  Are you demonstrating the principles we've learned in class?

Arcs - The way we add weight to how your character moves.

Easing - speeding up and slowing down of actions over time.

Staging and Positioning - (spacing)

Pacing - (Timing)

Anticipation

Performance

PLEASE BE ADVISED I WILL DOCK FROM YOUR GRADE IF YOUR CONTENT IS NOT TURNED IN AS LABELED, READY TO SHOW!

Homework for Monday, Feb 29, 2016!

The next project we create will be a 6-10 second acting piece.

Framing stylings will be the following: 

All the action takes place in a single frame/single camera angle.

1. Design 3 ideas for your 6-10 second acting piece.
1. Create a character using the formal elements we discussed in class.
2. Create an environment for story too.
3. Come up with single actions for that character to do in this format:
1. action ——> Reaction —> Resolution.
1. My Example: Character drops ice cream cone.
4. DO NOT MAKE YOUR ANIMTION PROP-FOCUSED. THINK: HOW DOES IT END?  WHAT DOES MY CHARACTER WANT?
2. Find a social place & Create 20 caricatures based on the people you see!
1. 5 animals: extra credit!
2. Create 5 environment drawings as well!
3. Record in some fashion the environment and people you draw!

HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 8TH, 2016

Note: Hello class! I noticed I made a mistake and posted another class's homework assignment to your blog! Please disregard any posting made to the blog before today and only read BELOW for your homework assignment!

#1 Complete your Research Assignment (due next wednesday, Feb 10th.)

• find a clear action within a 6-second sequence from an animation of your choice.
• Just as we did in class, develop an X-Sheet that marks out the main key drawings of your animation, as well an estimation of the timing for your animation. Timing is displayed in your notes as frame count and elapsed seconds in your animation.

#2 Bring Materials to Construct Lightboxes on Monday! Materials can be found by clicking here.

• For those of you looking for additional links to purchase an affordable lightbox via amazon.com, click one of the links below.  Pick the sizing and pricing that will work best for you. A further search through amazon will help you pick a size that works best for you.
• As a guide, our animation paper size is 10f, or (8.5" x 11"). You need at least a workable area of 8.5 inches in height for the light box to serve you well.
• A4 SIZE:  (Screen area of 11"x 8.25")  
• (Screen area of 12.20" x 8.3") 
• A3 SIZE: (Screen area of 16.9" x 12.2")
  
  Those of you who are buying thin lightboxes may still prefer to bring a box to class to construct. Having an angled viewing area when animating will always make your work stronger. You may elect to sit your purchased lightbox onto such a drawing surface to make better work!