Motion Graphics

GD5368.01 Spring 2013

January 22, 2013

  • Introductions.
  • Go Over Syllabus.
  • Look at a quick sampling of Motion Graphics.
  • Discuss what desires from the class are.
  • Basic AfterEffects demo.

January 29, 2013

  • Look at 4 Examples people brought in
  • Discuss Types of Motion
  • Questions?
  • Design-a-mation
    • Bring in PSDs and AI files?
    • Quick review of last week?
    • Export Videos from AE
    • Try posting them on Vimeo (create a vimeo acct. if you don't already have one)
  • Assign Lynda.com Homework
    • do you all know how to get to lynda?
      • home.mica.edu, current courses, lynda
      • once you're logged in, go to this url: After Effects Apprentice 14 - Shape Layers
      • Please try to get through at least chapters 1, 2, and 3, Shape Layers, Multiple Shape Paths, and Shape Effects… This will give everyone a good foundation for starting to play around with shape layers.
  • Discuss Next project

4 Examples from students

(show the SVA animated lyrics and other .movs on my harddrive, meant to show these last week)

  1. A work you like and think is good.
  2. A work you do not like and do not think is good.
  3. A work you like, but suspect might not be good.
  4. A work you don't like, but have to admit is good.

    Sarah Shahabi

  1. http://vimeo.com/channels/35899 and http://vimeo.com/15022451
  2. http://vimeo.com/55974152
  3. https://vimeo.com/24496773
  4. http://vimeo.com/40459347

    Brian Pelsoh

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkM6RJf15cg
  2. https://vimeo.com/1305608
  3. https://vimeo.com/50813352
  4. http://vimeo.com/47064093

    Ricky Blake

  1. https://vimeo.com/56988484
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfbQ5mHWkOs
  3. https://vimeo.com/55494156
  4. https://vimeo.com/57277798

    Jackie Littman

  1. http://vimeo.com/channels/bamograph/48379219
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFRpwfl7UY
  3. http://vimeo.com/53344583
  4. http://vimeo.com/44233096

    Hong Wei

  1. https://vimeo.com/39792837
  2. https://vimeo.com/56806892
  3. https://vimeo.com/18499580
  4. https://vimeo.com/55948562

    Zara Gerson

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1_h_eGitE
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCOLTzk9Bk8
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxGDwWBNys
  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_f_5P1-5tk

    David Lam

  1. http://vimeo.com/patrickclair/httpvimeocomstuxnet
  2. http://vimeo.com/47325247
  3. http://youtu.be/vUlBD6DQMFM
  4. http://vimeo.com/43542510

    Javier Lopez

  1. http://mimosin8.tumblr.com/post/25463138715/your-digital-life-any-thoughts-on-how-to-make and https://vimeo.com/35548625
  2. http://visualizing.org/visualizations/what-does-world-need
  3. http://blog.duarte.com/2011/01/music-has-a-structure-your-presentation-should-too/
  4. https://vimeo.com/51818656

    April Dai

  1. https://vimeo.com/22469541
  2. https://vimeo.com/29274467
  3. https://vimeo.com/53044322
  4. https://vimeo.com/2285902

    Maria Chimishkyan

  1. http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/carl-burgess-for-kenzo
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkMsnb2kFEE
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4IxSEBsp4Q
  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm7B1_Q6tfg

    Amy Lee Walton

  1. http://vimeo.com/26402168
  2. http://vimeo.com/25118844
  3. http://vimeo.com/channels/theawesometrophy/53406599
  4. https://vimeo.com/54763818

    Kirby Matherne

  1. https://vimeo.com/18427511
  2. https://vimeo.com/5674263
  3. https://vimeo.com/album/1931019/video/4281374
  4. https://vimeo.com/album/2226874/video/15568767

    Emma Sherwood-Forbes

  1. https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/25568485 and http://fff.cmiscm.com/#!/section/triangulation and https://vimeo.com/29378261 and https://vimeo.com/30698649
  2. https://vimeo.com/5740557
  3. https://vimeo.com/6590224
  4. https://vimeo.com/25118844

    Angela Lee

  1. https://vimeo.com/38618672
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFRpwfl7UY
  3. https://vimeo.com/4140910
  4. https://vimeo.com/58318999

    Sarah Robertson

  1. http://vimeo.com/3715286
  2. http://vimeo.com/17214278
  3. http://vimeo.com/4795779
  4. http://vimeo.com/5370967

    Heejin Suh

  1. https://vimeo.com/21982532
  2. http://youtu.be/-oQnr0x4qP8
  3. http://youtu.be/WIvmE4_KMNw
  4. https://vimeo.com/21984501

Homework

For February 5, please do the following Lynda tutorials:

    After Effects Apprentice 14 - Shape Layers
  • do you all know how to get to lynda?
    • home.mica.edu, current courses, lynda
    • once you're logged in, go to this url: After Effects Apprentice 14 - Shape Layers
    • Please try to get through at least chapters 1, 2, and 3, Shape Layers, Multiple Shape Paths, and Shape Effects… This will give everyone a good foundation for starting to play around with shape layers.

Also for February 5, please find an instrumental music piece you'd like to work with on the next project, A Motion Graphic

Other Helpful Links/Tutorials

Specifically for now:

February 5, 2013

  • Questions from shapes demos?
  • Talk about storyboarding — Video from Digital Kitchen re: the making of SFU credits... (Digital Kitchen Site)
  • Discuss Storyboarding, Closure, some aspects of time, and other issues of time and motion in design
  • Review bringing in PSDs, AI, images, etc. then go over simple basics of using music as well.
  • Questions from shape demos or about anything else?
  • dinner break...
  • TypeZoom Demo

Etc.

TK

  • TK

Class Schedule

  • Questions from project so far?
  • Turning sounds and music into keyframes
  • In class work time
  • Using nesting and a few tricks you can quickly do a lot!
  • Questions about anything else?

Homework

Please review the 3D stuff we've done by looking at some or all of the following demos:

Making fake 3D objects with 2D solids: 3D Cityscape (VideoCopilot.net)

How to Align 3D layers perfectly in AE from GSG

3D racing stripes from GSG

Understanding 2D and 3D layer order in AE from GSG

Various other 3D stuff from lynda.com:
After Effects Essential Training Chapters 6,8,12 and
After Effects Apprentice 11 - 3D Space

Please start to figure out what you want to work on for the Speculative Design assignment.

Class Schedule

  • Intro to Green Screen
  • We'll split into 2 groups for this, 4–7ish for the first group then 7ish–10 for the second.
  • If time begin to discuss people's ideas for Spec. Design project.

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Class Schedule

  • We'll split into 2 groups for this, 4–7ish for the first group then 7ish–10 for the second.
  • Motion Tracking
  • Also, bring in some footage you've tried shooting, we'll do something things with that around film stabilization
  • If time begin to discuss people's ideas for Spec. Design project.

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Motion Tracking Files

Class Schedule

  • Mostly a Work Day
  • Perhaps some other video demos?

Homework

TK

Spring Break

Class Schedule

  • View Speculative Designs
  • Assign Animated Text

Homework

TK

Inclass

  • Watch the Speculative Design Videos
  • Discuss Next project
  • Plan for rest of term...

Homework

Figure out what to do for the Animated Type project...

Inclass

  • More 3D (another quick demo with cameras, lights and type).
  • Work and Question time

Links

Homework

Animated Type!

(or whatever project you are doing instead...)

Work day

And any other requested demos

Work day

And any other requested demos

Work day

And any other requested demos

Last Day

Critique & any last questions...