DAI 427 Digital Media 2: Motion Graphics – Spring 2011 Schedule
Instructor:  Jane Veeder, jveeder@sfsu.edu
Anything due must be ready at the beginning of the class session. This schedule is subject to revision at any time.
phase	wk	day	content/activity	Due	Assigned
Startup	1	T 1/25	Introduction to course, enrollment, AE basics		Ex 1 Self Portrait
		Th 1/27
	2	T 1/31	Critique/Lecture/Demo	Exercise 1	Ex 2 Verbal
		Th 2/3	Lab
	3	T 2/8	Critique/Lecture/Demo	Exercise 2	Ex 3 Video
		Th 2/10	Lab
Project 1	4	T 2/15	Video Production Day	Exercise 3
		Th 2/17	Talk - Assignment, Video as Material, Lab		Project 1 Concept
	5	T 2/22	Individual Consultations - Concepth/ Lab	Project 1 Concept	Project 1 Rough
		Th 2/24	Lab
	6	T 3/1	Individual Consultations - Rough/ Lab	Project 1 Rough	Project 1 Final
		Th 3/3	Lab / Jane out of town
	7	T 3/8	Lab
		Th 3/10	Presentations + Critique	Proj1 Final
Project 2	8	T 3/15	Lecture / News Sentence / Demo: Timing / Lab		Exercise 4 Timing
					Proj2 Concept/S-board
		Th 3/17	Lab
	9	T 3/22	Individual Consultations	P2 Concept/S-Bd	P2 Animatic
		Th 3/24	Lab / Mid-Term Consultations	Exercise 4
	Spring Break
	10	T 4/5	Individual Consultations	Proj2 Animatic	Proj2 Motion Blocking
		Th 4/7	Lab Day
	11	T 4/12	Presentations + Critique	P2 Motion Blocking	Proj 2: Final
		Th 4/14	Lab Day
	12	T 4/19	Presentations + Critique	Proj 2: Final
		Th 4/21	Continued
Project 3	13	T 4/26	Project 3 Lecture / Questions
		Th 4/28	Lab Day
	14	T 5/3	Prototype - Individual Consultations	Proj 3: Prototype
		Th 5/5	Prototype - Individual Consultations	Proj 3: Prototype	Proj 3: FINAL
	15	T 5/10	Final Presentation & Vote - 10 second version (on vimeo and disk)
		Th 5/12	Lab Day - Problem Solving
Finals	16	T 5/17	Final Presentation Day (attendanceREQUIRED)	Proj 3 FINAL (30 second version)
		W 5/18	Turn in Work	FA121
			All work due on non-returnable data CDROMs/DVDs.  Separate folder for each exercise and project (including all milestone deliverables).  Include rendered movie files (final results, animatics, motion-blocking, prototypes, etc.).