Long Road Media

 Intro

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L1

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Initial discussion

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What do you know about animation already? 

Viewing. 

A 

B

C

Homework - explore

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Animating in After Effects

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Moving shapes around - demo by teacher

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Saul Bass brief

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Recreate the title sequence exactly to classic film

The Man With The Golden Arm

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L2

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contd

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L3

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contd

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export and add to YT and link to Wix

And short reflection

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L4

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Creating & moving text around - demo by teacher

'Kinetic' text – ease in and out, and hold frame - demo by teacher

Choose a tutorial that goes at your pace here or here 

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L5

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Continue tutorial

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Masking and animating a mask - possible demo by teacher

Brief - to create a lyric video using animated text (30 seconds)

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L6

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Brief

(contd.)

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export /view others /reflect 

 

L7
 

Animating in Animate (keyframe animation)

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Animate – how does the timeline work? Move some shapes around and add keyframes.

 

Animate – Wacoms – bouncy ball - up and down.

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L8

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Animate – Wacom – bowling ball coming to a stop – extension – teapot – cup – something smashing/altering shape

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L9 contd

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Further extension look up one of the principles and add to above (eg bouncing ball, bouncing head, add hair = follow through/secondary action)

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L10

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Animation principles

​Gain an understanding of  the 12 principles of animation first introduced by  Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book "The Illusion of Life" 

 

Squash and stretch

Anticipation

Staging

Straight-ahead action and pose-to-pose

Follow through and overlapping action

Slow in and slow out

Arc

Secondary action

Timing

Exaggeration

Solid drawing

Appeal

 

Use these initial sources, below, and any others you can find (save the web addresses) to bullet point what each of the above terms mean.

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bOh8btec4CXd2ya1NmSKpi92U_l6ZJd

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https://vimeo.com/93206523

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L11

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Choose a classic animation exercise with the above principles in mind

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Classic animation exercises

 

Reflect

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L12

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contd.

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L13

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Adobe Illustrator

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Opie task using Illustrator

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Create a head using closed shapes:

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Take a selfie photo using your phone, place in image, trace in Julian Opie style

Create a Julian Opie Style Portrait In Illustrator - Part 1 - YouTube

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Pigeon Street 

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Character design

Characters in style of Pigeon Street

Play – make the character do something!

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BRIEF 1: PIGEON STREET KIDS TV

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You are tasked with creating a Pigeon Street character for a target audience of 3-7 year olds

Do a 10-25 second animation that fits in with the above episode or your own story idea

Useful links

Documentary

Sample

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STAGES

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research

style of show: eg colour scheme, animation style, typical shot choice, music, typical characters, themes 

create moodboard for characters and background assets

three existing character biographies

two typical storylines

target audience

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proposal

2-3 characters of your own

Rough sketches

2-3 storylines

Present (peer or teacher) and choose best storyline and 2 characters to create

 

Production & reflection

Build characters and assets in AI

Consider background 

consider age/gender/clothing

do a brief character sheet first with all your ideas on. Sketches may help.

Put character info on blog.

Start designing your character in Illustrator as separate shapes. eg legs, face, body etc - separate shapes will be needed.

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Use own and others characters create a scene, animate it…

Reflect every lesson

 

Add sound if you have time

Mid-production feedback (take notes!)

Final evaluation