Proj_5_Angles_Stageline_Framing Angles Vertical -Looking Upward or Downward -Implies Height/Power Relationship Horizontal -From Profile to Straight-on -From Objective to Subjective Tilt (youtube video example) -Uneasiness/Tension -Known as the Dutch Angle Stageline (youtube video example) -Line of ‘communication’ or ‘interest’ between characters -it can move if characters move -Keep cameras consistent to avoid confusion and keep ‘flow’…
Free Streaming Music and Movies for LA Library Card Holders
If you have an LA (or any city) Library Card you can sign up for these services and enjoy FREE (yes FREE!) streaming of music and movies!! https://www.hoopladigital.com/ Hoopla has a great music collection, and its an app for your phone. http://www.lapl.org/kanopy Kanopy is a service that lets you watch movies free! its like Netflix,…
Thumbnails and Character Design
Proj_3_Thumbnails_and_Character_Design Re-read the story your created. Share it with your friends and see if there are any areas where there is confusion of where something needs to be explained better or re-written. Think back to the story structure we talked about in our last class, does your story have a powerful arc/rhythm? Do you need…
Storytelling Basics & Exercises
Storytelling: Proj_2_Storytelling_Project “If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.” – Stanley Kubrick “There’s something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.” – Quoted in Kubrick : Inside a Film Artist’s Maze (2000) by Thomas Allen Nelson, p. 10 “Nothing…
Storyboarding Basics
Storyboarding_sylabus Proj_1_Storyboard_Research Anatomy of a Storyboard and Basic Terminology anatomy_and_basics_of_a_storyboard Example of storyboards from Star Wars star_wars_storyboard_small Film Terminology: AFI illustrated List of Shots http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/DMPOnline/Readings/screen_shot_reference.pdf AFI Film Terminology http://web.eesd.org/filmfestival2012/Resources_files/AFI_BasicsHandbook.pdf Abbreviations for Shots/Storyboard Descriptions http://www.edu.pe.ca/threeoaks/Art/Digital%20Arts%20site/unit4/pdf/abbreviations.pdf Drawing Tips Perspective Review (in class) Drawing Figures Review (in class) General Drawing Tips : Storyboard Drawing Tips Drawing Bodies: Anatomy_and_Head_Measurment_Systems…
Illustration – Animation with Photoshop, Animatics
Project – Art_620_Proj7_animatic Animation Methods- Key frame Animation Video Timeline Animation Video Layers & Onion Skinning Transitions & Pans File for Aftereffects lesson https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6WQMkAOVniJV3J6ZjREdV9uWkU/view?usp=sharing Additional Animation Links: Creating Advanced Animations In Photoshop http://photoshopanimation.com/2015/school-of-motion-series-on-photoshop-animation/ AnimDessin2 Plugin https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/1524#.V4M2446Gpfg
Illustration – Storyboarding and The Pitch
Project 6 – Art_620_Proj6_mystoryboard_project Storyboard Progression – Storyboard_progression_basics Storyboard Shot suggestions: Stepping Forward- From Establishing – Full – Medium – Closeup and then back again The Tease – start with prop and then character jumps in Insert Shots – abrupt cut for thematic build up Corresponding shots- sizes stay consistent , angles of camera keep relationships The…
Animation – Character Animator Body Movement
project_6_character_animator_body Notes: Making Head Turns Make sure to correctly LABEL your layers in Photoshop first. Unfortunately your Keyboard Triggers and Rigging will be lost on the original head after the change! You must have a Head Group at the top of the Hierarchy. Copy paste your main head to make different groups, named as follows.…
Animation – Character Animation and Photoshop Puppets
project_5_character_animator_puppets Use Character Animator and Photoshop to create and animate a unique character with your facial movements, voice and keyboard shortcuts. Steps: Open Character Animator (it is part of the Adobe CC 2015.5 suite) From the Welcome Screen click on NEW PUPPET WITH PHOTOSHOP This will open the Puppet in the Character Animation window and…
Illustration – Tablet Tracing & Image Tracing
Tablet Tracing and Tips Setting Up Tablet and Brush Settings in Illustrator 1. Select the Brush Tool. 2. Go to Window>Brushes 3. Double click the brush you want to use in the brushes menu, this will open the settings (the first row are calligraphic brushes and are easy to use) 4. In this options window…