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animation & p2 mmds1301/mmds7902 multimedia authoring project 2 [walk, talk & special move] create a character [design on paper 1st] in Flash make it walk make it talk give it a special move basic Flash interface to enable animations project 2 [walk, talk & special move]
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animation & p2 mmds1301/mmds7902 multimedia authoring 1 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
project 2[walk, talk & special move] create a character [design on paper 1st] in Flash make it walk make it talk give it a special move basic Flash interface to enable animations 2 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
project 2[walk, talk & special move] Interim submission… Tuesday 18th September /20 [next week] Final submission… 9 am Tuesday 2nd October /80 [first week back] Total /100 3 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
project 2[walk, talk & special move] what to submit… interim • in class • show me work in progress final • online submission service • PDF outlining design process & references [.pdf] • Flash working file [.fla] • Flash player file [.swf] 4 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
project 2[walk, talk & special move] late submissions NOT accepted without prior extension granted!!! questions about the project ? 5 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[..?] Animation is the process of simulating movement through the timed succession of static drawn images. 6 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[history] earliest animation 1906 • whole frame drawn for each frame of animation • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by J. Stuart Blackton • each frame drawn on chalkboard and photographed 7 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[history] first successful animated film 1914 • Gertie the Dinosaur by Windsor McCay • 10,000 drawings with backgrounds included • McCay established the technical method 8 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] cel animation • technique patented by Earl Hurd in 1914 • cellulose sheets (clear plastic) inked & painted • transparency simplified process • Disney stopped using in 1990 9 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] cel animation styles • full cel animation • highly detailed, full character animation [think Disney] • limited cel animation • less detailed, partial character animation [think Hanna-Barbera, anime] • rotoscoping • using live film as base [think A Scanner Darkly] 11 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] rotoscoping early 1900’s • Max Fleishcer - invented the Rotoscope 1917 • process of tracing live film to produce animation • Disney used for early films (1930’s - 50’s) • Cinderella & Snow White • Ralph Bakshi - Lord of the Rings - 1977 • Richard Linklater - Scanner Darkly 2006 & Waking Life 2001 12 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] stop-motion animation • manipulating & photographing real world objects to create animated sequences clay-mation [think Wallace & Grommit, Harvie Krumpet] • manipulation of clay models cutout animation [think South Park, Monty Python] 13 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] graphic animation • non-drawn flat graphic manipulation model animation • manipulation of models in real-world setting object animation • using objects [think Brick films] pixilation animation • using humans as stop motion ‘objects’ puppet animation • figures interacting in constructed setting [think Nightmare before Christmas] 14 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] CAPS [Computer Animation Production System] • replaced traditional cel animation techniques • Disney & Pixar developed in late 80’s • digital ink & paint software/hardware suite Computer-based animation • 2D [think frame by frame] • tweening, morphing, onion-skinning, interpolated rotoscoping • 3D [think stop-motion] • camera fly throughs, manipulation of 3D digital models 15 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald
animation[techniques] Humourous Phases of Funny Faces - J. Stuart Blackton- 1906 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4838342989992674361&q=humorous+phases+of+funny+faces&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Gertie the Dinosaur - Windsor McCay1914 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7376677924754736568&q=Gertie+the+Dinosaur&total=17&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3 Hanna Barbera - John Kricfalusi - A Day in the life of Ranger Smith http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7939146027518041343&q=site%3Avideo.google.com+hanna+barbera&total=39&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4 A Scanner Darkly - Richard Linklater - 2006 Trailer: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1472763639244084407 Wallace & Grommit in Soccamatic - Nick Park http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6848133224994784479 Ninja vs Monster - Matt Campbell - 2006 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3617114364749558919 Paddy, Pillar & Planke - Mule Pox - 2007 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7595105765396677956 The Annoying Thing - Pixar http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5178582850964726987 16 mmds1301/mmds7902 Semester 2 2007 :: Lorna Macdonald