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AGENDA:

(Dates and projects are subject to change)

 

 

WEEK 01 _ Aug 28_______________________________________________

 

 

 

Intro.

Syllabus

Book

Communication

Office hours

Tools

File naming NCSPD

...

 

 

 

 

 

Adobe After Effects 2D|3D

 

Rostrum Camera

Ken Burns

 

Impeachment teaser

 

"VOTE!"

 

NTSC D1 W

Duration: 10s

25FPS , Square Pixels

Quality: Best

Resolution: Half

Format: QuickTime

Format Option: Animation

Audio Output Off

 

 

Watch on Lynda: After Effects CC 2019 Essential Training: The Basics by Mark Christiansen

For sure watch Introduction and Foundations chapter. (My suggestion: Watch all 2 hours.)

 

 

"VOTE!"

 

- Only abstract shapes

- If referencing to flag it must be graphical. (no raw/realistic photo)

- Make sketch on storyboard template. (download from source page)

 

COPY ----------

TWO PARTIES

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

TWO CANDIDATES

VOTING IS A RIGHT

VOTING IS A DUTY

VOTE AND THE CHOICE IS YOURS

NOVEMBER 3 2020

END COPY ----------

 

HDTV 1080 24

Duration: 10s

24FPS , Square Pixels

Quality: Best

Resolution: Half

Format: QuickTime

Format Option: Animation

Audio Output Off

 

 

Introducing Project 1 [Here]

 

For next class:

VOTE Clip.

Your song choices for Project 1  (3 playable songs+info )

 

 

 

WEEK 02 _ Sep 04_______________________________________________

 

 

Did you render your "Vote" piece?

 

 

What song?

 

Project1 - Song Information [Here]

 

Project 1 | Create storyboard

Storyboards show your idea in detail according to the timeline. (actions, directions, texts, images, possible sync on chorus, ...)

 

If you need template for story board [Here]

 

Demo

CSUF's Diner Download working file [Here]

 

Start a New Project

Create a New Composition

Adding Footage to a Composition

Resizing a Layer

Creating a Solid

Applying an Effect to a Layer

Applying a Blending Mode

Drawing a Mask with a Shape Tool

Animating Flashing Lights

Adding Text

Using Motion Blur

Using a Text Animator

Customizing Transformations

Nesting One Composition in Another

Using Illustrator Graphics in a Composition

Applying  Rotation

Using Markers

Parenting to Coordinate Two Layers

Adding Audio to a Composition

 

Come up with your own way to animate the CSUF’s Diner composition.

 

2 Ideas here:

you can change how the Eat at CSUF’s text in the corner appears on the screen;
you can make all of the text items rotate or slide into place, or you can fade them in by animating the Opacity property.

 

You can  play with different ways to animate the lights. For example, instead of having them turn on and then turn off in turn, you can have them turn on in sequence and then all turn off at the same time, or have them all flash on and off together. Be playful and explore.

 

 

For next week Sep 11:

 

A. You have digital file of your song on your hard drive, import to AE.

Trim the song to the section you will use. no less than 30 sec, no more than 60 sec. (ideally around 45 seconds)

The selected portion of the song must have acceptable beginning and ending (Fade in? Fade out?)

In any case we may use fade-in and fade-out, make sure fade are not causing any missed lyrics.

 

B. You submit your storyboard as pdf with clear envision for each frame and duration.
Storyboard should complete and clear enough, if you ask another motion designer to complete the job, they don't face any question.

 

C. You have your time line in WIP status. Ready to share you screen.

 

D. Submit "your" version of CSUF Diner. Same duration, same digital assets, same audio. Just different execution.

 

 

WEEK 03 _ Sep 11_______________________________________________

 

Your version of CSUF Diner > Upload to canvas

 

How is your storyboard? Ready to upload?

Do you have your song on your hard drive?

Did you bring it into AE?

 

Demo

Converting an audio file to visual key-frames

Adding expression to a property

Modifying the expression

 

Creating texture/pattern in Illustrator and use it in After Effects.

Safe zone in composition

 

Trim Paths

 

 

Online Sources:

unminus.com

coverr.co

 

* premiumbeat.com

 

 

For next week Sep 18:

 

A. A motion piece including video (5-10 second), audio (5-10 second) and text (minimum 3 shots).

HDTV 1080, FPS (your call according to your downloaded video 29.97 or 24).

Searching is the key. Fast paced pieces may fit better.

Theme: food, sport, tourism

 

You will match/sync the audio with your text.

(Interested to add a simple shape or line? Any creativity to use Trim Path ?!)

 

 

B-1. Submit screen shots from your project 1 from second 0, 1/2, 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 22, 25, 30, 35, ...,last second before end, -1/2, 0.

You'll arrange up to 16 screen shots in a horizontal tabloid sheet. Be a good designer and lay them out perfectly. Consider margins and headr with your information; name, class, date, project title, song title, ...

 

B-2. Your project 1 file is playable on your machine and your are ready to share the screen with class.

 

 

WEEK 04 _ Sep 18_______________________________________________

 

 

Did you submit your Sync to Beat?

Did you submit your screenshots?

How is your Project 1? Next week is due!

 

 

Effect in After Effects

Fullerton Auction - Working files [Here]

 

Track footage using the 3D Camera Tracker.

Add camera and text elements to a tracked scene.

Set a ground plane and origin.

Create realistic shadows for new 3D elements.

 

 

For next week Sep 25:

 

A. Your Auction promo by your footage.

Stage a scene and make your own auction.

Minimum 5 text-frames in different plane + Shadow + randomizer.

 

B. Project 1 - Final Version

 

 

 

WEEK 05 _ Sep 25_______________________________________________

 

Is Auction promo ready to upload?

Is Project 1 final version is ready to upload?

 

* Cinema 4D installed? License?

 

Green Screen and masking in After Effects

 

Green Screen Assets, Images [Here]

Green Screen Assets, Footages [Here]

 

More free online footage for practice [Here]

 

Upload one example of green screen practice using provided footage/images before next class.

 

During the week you will shoot a short action in front of green screen (or any color screen) to create your video/gif.

You can use a sheet of colored paper or card stock. Think about bed sheet, empty wall.
Lighting is more important.

Keep the camera stable. Don't trust your hand.

The act should last for 5-8 seconds.

The final composition can be vertical or horizontal according to your idea and original video.

 

Be Creative and plan before shooting.

What is the first frame? What is the last one?

How the subject/character is coming to the scene?
What kind of interaction is happening in the scene?

Are you creating any digital assets to interact with?

Create a virtual interaction with your clip.

Adding still image or another clip as background.

Shoot couple of seconds more beyond what you need.

 

 

WEEK 06 _ OCT 02_______________________________________________

 

 

Green screen?
Submissions review.

Converting to gif?

 

 

Demo:

After Effect: Complex motion from still image

 

Working Files [Here]

 

 

Project 2 | Moster

Animated Poster/ Poster in Motion/ Moving Poster / Moster (?)

Typographic Poster in Motion

8-10 seconds, Max 20 seconds

750 x 1125 pixel

Format : mov, avi, mpeg, mp4

 

List American Typographers on Wiki [Here]

 

 

Mosters in movie industry scan partly or fully use elements of the original
movie poster it is based on and can only take place within the poster, it cannot
use live action from the movie, must be under 20 seconds and must end with the same
still image of the original poster. They are also designed to give moviegoers a teaser with
regards to the movie and sometimes they carry Easter eggs as well!

 

Finalize your subject for the moster before leaving.

Next week we look at the rough draft and we will add reveal to the title.

 

 

 

WEEK 07 _ OCT 09_______________________________________________

 

First: C4D?

Installed? License?

 

 

Continue on Moster...

3D Text in After Effects, Extrusion and C4D renderer

Adding Camera

3D views

Light in After Effects

Animating Text

Reveal

Masking

Alpha Channel?

 

Type-on/Write-on (Remember trim path?)

 

Practice files [Here]

3 sec, 1080, 29.97

 

In-Class practice:

Space Art Dept. Media

3 Seconds reveal - Your name? Short word?

 

* Note after class:

• You are uploading your practice file on green screen with provided files/found footage to the week 5 on Canvas
• You are uploading 2 practice files (Space and Reveal) each for 3 seconds OR you can use both techniques in one 6 seconds files if you wish.

        Then upload same file into both folder on Canvas under week 7. You

• You can download a similar typeface for credit/fine print in movie posters for the Moster project [Here]
• As we agreed during the class you don't need to upload "Summer to Winter" file. But if you create any motion with the same concept, please save it in your archive.

 

 

 

WEEK 08 _ OCT 16_______________________________________________

 

Upload your final version of Moster

 

C4D | Here we go!

 

Cinema 4D R23

Interface

Primitives

Primitive's attribute

 

Download cheat sheet [Here]

 

For today:
Lets make something before forgetting!

 

 

"Your Cherished Spot"

 

For next class:

Using photo reference...proper perspective.

More complex is better.

No color, material or texture.

 

 

 

WEEK 09 _ OCT 23_______________________________________________

 

Submit/Review -  C4D Restaurant model.

 

 

Continue on C4D - Your Cherished Spot!
Your photo?

Your progress?

Adding Text, Light, Camera, ...

 

Abstract world with Real world measurement

 

For Today:

You will upload your restaurant by the end of the Sunday Oct 25th.

Your restaurant includes Color material (Color+Luminance), Camera (Isometric projection), Light

 

For Next week:

You finish your Your Cherished Spot and upload the final render + your reference photo.

You'll have your Abstract World in clay and ready to work on it 32 objects.
Objects must be in round and complete measurement, precise position.

 

Extra:

You can create a short motion (less than 5s) by growing all objects in YCS.

The growth must happen logically in order. From bigger objects to smaller.

 

WEEK 10 _ OCT 30_______________________________________________

 

Review your submissions

 

YCS

Working on Abstract World

 

Spline continues...

Lathe

Atom Array

Chamfer

Spline wrapper

Boole

Bevel

Dissolve

...

 

 

Your Jams!

Recorded video

 

 

For Next week:

You finish your Abstract world by adding any remaining objects. We do the render during the class and upload it.

 

You are bringing the structure of "Your Jams" ... Cassette? VHS?

We work on spline for text during the class.

 

 

WEEK 11 _ Nov 06_______________________________________________

 

 

What it was left from last week...

 

Abstract world

Cloner?

 

Material? Preset - [Here]

Materials/Textures Include:

- Aluminum

- Radial Brushed Aluminum

- Rough Cast Aluminum

- Warped Chrome

- Copper

- Radial Brushed Copper

- Rough Cast Copper

- Gold

- Rough Cast Gold

- Rough Cast Silver

- Steel Material

- Large, Medium, and Small Brush Steel

- Pitted Steel Material

- Rough Cast Steel

 

How to install:

 

1. Copy the `CVMetalMaterials.lib4d` file from the `Preset` folder in this .zip file

2. Open Cinema 4D

3. `Edit > Preferences > Open Preferences Folder`

4. Browse to: `library > browser`

5. Paste the .lib4d file.

6. Restart Cinema 4D

 

Spline, Spline, Spline

 

Cheatsheet #2 [Here]

Working with spline (Lathe, Loft) [Guide]

 

WEEK 12 _ Nov 13_______________________________________________

 

Due: Your Jams and Abstract World

 

 

Deformer

MoGraph

Making with MoGraph

Cloner

Effector

 

Download working file [Here]

 

Make Your Fantasy City:

minimum 5 street ( keep the number of street odd)

Use 20 different buildings from assets folder and clone to build your city

Be creative and keep the city alive by adding green stuff.

Be a good urban planner/architect by building skyscrapers in different height.

 

The goal is using cloner/effector in effective way.

 

Upload your zip files to Google Drive
Make sure rename your file by your Lastname_Filename.zip [Here]

 

Vote for next project...Lighting or Animation

 

WEEK 13 _ Nov 20_______________________________________________

 

 

Text in action

Text in MoGraph

Motext

Shell, side, cap, ...

Deformer on text

Animate motext - no keyframe

 

Download working file - Donut Shop - 3D [Here]

 

Lighting in C4D

Omni, Spot, Infinite, Area

Shadow

Color

3points lightning: Key,Fill, Rim

 

 

Stage your scene

Requirement for the scene: Minimum 12 objects + CSUF logo and TV (Total 14 objects)

Geometric shapes can be use as fillers but don't count them as objects.

Feel free to use up to 8 objects from provided assets, but you are required to create at least 4 new objects for yourself.

Material: default gray/clay for all objects

 

Download working file - CSUF TV - 2D [Here]

Download working file - CSUF TV - 3D [Here]

Download Extra assets - 3D [Here]

 

Have your ideas on color pallet/mode of the scene ready for next class. Bring 2 ideas. Your lighting will follow the vibes in reference.

 

WEEK 14 _ Nov 27_______________________________________________

 

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WEEK 15 _ Dec 04_______________________________________________

 

Light on!

Continue on 3 point lighting (Key, Fill, Rim)

2 points side-lighting

Back-lighting

Noir lighting

Color in light/Color in shadow

 

 

 

Pre-made scene including BG [Here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 16_Dec11_______________________________________________

 

Delivering final project

Fixed deadline: December 14th, 11:59pm

 

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