Day 4 of 8,

Goals for today

• Address the thinking side of our final project
• View and discuss Julian Opie
• Review first 4 weeks of work
• Begin first step

(4:00) Do Now

• Gather homework
• Draw a silhouette of an emotional state (calm, joy, nervousness, satisfaction, etc.)

(4:15) Discuss the thinking side of our project

• Making a goal
• Working backwards
  • Similar to planning this course
• Defining a first step

(4:25) Go to gallery, visit Opie

• How do the parts operate independently?
• How did the challenge Opie's task mirror our own?
• Simplification, silhouette
• What was his goal? What did he hope we'd say, feel, think?

(4:35) Re-visit Chan

• Compare, contrast w/ Opie
• How were their goals different?

(4:45) Return to lab

• Scrap paper
• Write down one thing we've talked about, no matter how simple
• Go around circle and state your item (gather on board)
• Add to the board list

(4:50) Review background changes, layers, scenes

• New layers
• Renaming layer
• Locking, unlocking, view, hide
• Create animated background
• Shape tween
• Transitioning between scenes with consistent background using copy-paste
• (Open time for additional review)

(5:00) Creating first scene from project

• Start with background
• Adding elements on top

(5:30) Presentation of scene 1 progress

• Express goals
• Tell us something about your piece
• On what do you want feedback?
• Warm v. Cool Feedback

(5:50) Last touches

• Save save save

(5:55) Upload new works