Day 2 of 4: Introduction to Animation with Flash

Goals for today

• Think about Paul Chan from a tech perspective
• Create a new animation that relies on tweening
• Consider the aesthetic decisions in a Julian Opie
  

(2pm) HI AGAIN

• Check in
• Names, ground rules
• Go around the circle with questions that come up since yesterday

(2:15pm) Couple helpful tips

• FPS, "slowing down" an animation - connect to flipbook example
• Gradient fills
• Making symbols into Movie Clips

(2:25pm) Ten minutes of work time on your existing symbol

• Everyone should have a symbol in their libraries

(2:35pm) Walkabout

• Apple + return
• "Warm feedback"
• 5 mins to walk around, ask questions, check out

(2:40pm) Back to the gallery

• Look at Julian Opie
• From a technical standpoint - what does it make you think about?
• What do you still need to be able to (technically) make something like this?
• Can you draw like that? Would you?
• How much detail can you remove from an image without sacrificing its legibility?
• What signifiers exist to indicate age, race, gender?

• Check out Paul Chan piece again
• Did you talk to anyone about the piece last night?

• Move somewhere else
• (Freewrite/draw) Things falling DOWN is fundamental. This challenges your expectations. What else is like that? (:60)
• Check-in / Share the reactions
• Connecting to the project we are going to make..

(3:20pm) Layers

• The value of Layers
• Each layer has its own timeline

(3:25pm) Scale/ Transform

• Free transform tool
• Using keyboard modifiers the tool

(3:30pm) Tweening a transformation

• TWEENing happens beTWEEN the keyframes
• '''Shape''' tween inside your symbol

• Draw a new symbol - something that is also in the air with your figure
• Add a shape tween

(3:45pm) Layering multiple symbols

• Using Layers to make a color background
• Multiple timelines happening at the sametime

• 10 mins free work time

(4pm) Motion tweening a symbol

• Move your symbol across the stage with a motion tween

(4:45pm) Wrap-up

• Check-ins
• "homework" - thinking about your upcoming project
• What expectation will you subvert?