Demo Reel

Major Production – Individual or Group work / Choice of Medium

Instructions
INTRODUCTION

Create an Animation of your choice, using any Medium (except Pivot)
Your Animation should make use of the things you have learned in the course.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

TIPS:
• Shoot anticipatory action as well as reactions to actions when you animate.
• It is easier to delete unwanted frames in editing than to try and add them later.
• Plan your motion so that intent and motivation are evident BEFORE you start
• MAKE A STORYBOARD WITH THMBNAILS (and SCRIPT if sound will be added)
• When you animate, experiment with repeating frames to create pauses and reactions to motion.
• It is possible to import an AVI created by SMP into Animator if you want to make timing changes.
• Should you want to do traditional drawn animation ask about the tablet / pencil test option!

Criteria for Major Presentation

TYPE STOP MOTION COMPUTER CUT-OUT
Software SMP, Animator 2D Flash CS5 / Blender 3D SMP, Animator, Flash
Media CLAY and other objects Computer Objects Paper, Computer.
Length Shortest Medium Longest
Marking Criteria Background objects
Variety in scenes / angles
Good use of colours / shapes
Complex shapes / objects
Multiple objects interacting
Smooth Motion
Complex characters
Multiple scenes / sizes
Multiple Layer Scenes
Variation in speed and pacing
Looped actions (for length)
Sound / speech bubbles / Credits
Secondary movement (Anticipation / Reaction)
Challenge ‘flying’ objects, ‘cleaned’ Narration / Dialogue Shot ‘standing’ not flat
SOUND / LIPSYNCH SCENE

As the quality of your characters determine how much work goes into each frame, there is a trade-off between length and quality. Marks will be based on quality and length of product.

KEY CRITERIA

depend on Format: Complexity, number of scenes, Length, Sound or Bubbles, and planned Storyboard

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