Assignment 1 Animated Life Issue

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The most common animation most know is derived from cartoons (for example, Disney).  Animation has a long illustrious history before Disney and cartoons.  Artists explored abstract motion, experimental linkings of sound and image, surrealistic and synthesized worlds, etc.  Computers have made it much less tedious to produce animations than was true with the traditional cell based systems.  Contemporary computer artists have  explored a wide range of new animation.  This assignment asks you to create a short animation using Director.

Visit the Sites;

Please browse these sites to learn about the history of animation and see some examples of current animation.

Panographie
Nio  (Jim Andrews)
Fighting Stick Men (updated)
Atom Films - animation links
Iota Center Links   http://www.iotacenter.org/artistlinks.html
siggraph history profiles

• James Whitney -  Lapis (1966)
• John Whitney-Permutations (1966)
• John Whitney - Arabesque (1975)
• Stan Vanderbeek and Kenneth Knowlton-Poemfield no.2
• Larry Cuba - Calculated Movements (clip from documentary)

• Fischinger Archive   You Tube Samples  Oskar Fischinger.  Fischinger Jazz
• Fantasia       Early Abstraction   

You are asked to create a short animation study (30 seconds or less) using Director. A forced combination strategy will be used as the design challenge.

1. Identify some major life issue you are currently facing - for example, in the realm of relationships, family, finances, college plans, career, political views, art goals, ethics, figuring out the meaning of life, etc. Write it down in one sentence.

2. Pay attention to the first 5 words you hear tomorrow morning when you wake up. Write them down.

3. Identify your favorite food. Write it down

Create the animation that explores the life issue you identified. One of the first five words and an image representing your favorite food must be components. The animation should convey to the audience some personal perspective on the issue.

Technical Specifications:
 

Use Director to create the animation. Include one of the first 5 words and your favorite food as components.

Use at least two of the following Director techniques to orchestrate the animation: 1.Real Time Recording, 2. In-betweening, 3. Looping, 4. Cast to time, 5. Space to time, and 6. Paste relative

This is a quick study. It must be ready by the due date.
 

http://www.iotacenter.org/ - Iota center
http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/books.html    bibliography
http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/FAA.html   - fine art animation history
http://www.asifa.com/links.html  - animation and professional orgnanization
http://www.animationjournal.com   animation journal
http://www.awn.com    animation world network

Reprint from The Technique of Film Animation (By John Halas and Roger Manvell, 1959  Chapter 15: Experimental, Avant-Garde and Art Films) - http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/FAA.html#Halas

History of Animation Timeline -
http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mount/hoffman/Animation/Reference/History.html
Animation Web Links - http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rllew/animelinks.html