digital art : experimental animation

PROJECTS:

Note: To complete the class, you must complete four of the following five projects. Over these three projects, you must use at least two different techniques. All of them must include titles and sound. Although techniques are specified in some cases below, you may complete these assignments with any techniques we mention in class. Plan to show two projects by midterm and four by the end of the term.

1/ Digital Storytelling: Due 9.23
Using a digital camera (of your own or from the lab), shoot photos that tell a story using only still images. Then using the suite of iTools or FinalCut, make a photo album or movie with a soundtrack that illustrates the story.

2/Character Study:Due 10.21
For this project, you will concentrate on developing a great character (person or animal). The person must talk or make sounds and must move. The character can be made from clay, cut paper, or any other physical materials. We will create the basic animation in iStopMotion.

For the final piece:
-the character must have a voice (sampled or recorded)
-the animation must be 20 seconds minimum

3/Sound and Image Due 11.11
Create a motion graphics animation in which the images express and synchronize with the audio element. The sound may be sampled from another source or original.

4/Text Animation: Due 12.9
Using Flash, animate an original or found piece of text and set it to music.

5/FairyTale:Due 12.9
Choose a fairy-tale. Then find a sequence which is cinematic in feeling. Create a short animation which depicts the sequence in an original way. Consider this an adaptation.... your graphics should interpret, update, even change the meaning or feeling of the original tale. You may also use music, text, or voice-over or any combination of the three.