Class 02 – Machine and movement (2019B)

Date

• 23 Jan 2019

Topics

• Creativity through rules
• Repetition and variation
• Drawing machine

Reference
Drawing toys

Pendulum animation

Jean Tinguely

Sol Lewitt – Wall Drawings

Chuck Close

Exercise (Drawing with rules)
Each student will complete a portrait exercise(s) with rules. Scan or take photo of the 4 drawings. Compress (zip) the 4 images together in zipped file. Upload the file into the Moodle link for today’s exercise.

Class 06 – Final presentation

Every group present the final animation and the design process within 10 minutes.

 

Class 05 – Final workshop

Topics

• Revisit of ideas & materials
• Composition
• Editing

Workshop

• Composite in Priemere
• Output MP4 video
• Upload to YouTube

Reference

Understanding vectors

Graphic vector, index vector, and motion vector

Understanding Comics

Video reference
Editing

Editing and storytelling

Composition

On colour

Parallax effect

Man with a Movie Camera

Buster Keaton

Dancing hero

 

Class 04 – Group tutorial

Topics

• Project ideas
• Animation approaches & techniques

Final animation briefing

1. Create an abstract animation (stop motion) of duration between 20 – 30 seconds.
2. Save as MP4 video format, with frame size 1280 x 720, 10 frames per second.
3. Do not use computer graphics and computer animation.
4. Do not use figurative characters.
5. No Hello Kitty, Miffy, Mickey Mouse, Frozen, etc.
6. It is not necessary to include sound track.
7. Pay attention to motion design, visual rhythm, on screen vs. off screen space, timeline (beginning, climax, resolution).
8. Exaggeration can be good.
9. Show us sample drawings, outlines, visual styles on the week after Chinese New Year.

Tutorial

• Individual group briefing & presentation

Video reference

Class 03 – Visual rhythm and music

Topics

• Visualise music
• Introduce various genres of pop music

Workshop

• Collage of music pattern
• Digital video format
• Frame size, e.g. 640 x 480 (SD), 1280 x 720 (HD), 1920 x 1080 (Full HD), 4096 x 2160 (4K)
• Frame rate, (frames per second), e.g. 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps
• Video container, e.g. ASF, AVI, Quicktime, MP4
• Compression, inter-frame, intra-frame
• Video codec, e.g. H.264, H.265, Cinepak, WMV 8, WMV 9

Video tutorial
Introduction to Premiere

Music visualisation

Music

• Apache
• Canton
• Godspeed
• Historia de Amour
• In the Mood
• The Entertainer
• The Model

Video reference
Apache – Shadows

Canton – Japan

Godspeed – BT

Historia de un Amor

In the Mood

The Entertainer

Model