Video Production and Animation Semester At A Glance

Hello Students,

Here is a course overview of the schedule and subject material for the semester.

Video Production and Animation : Semester At A Glance

September - Animation Principles

Week 1: Thaumatropes and Phenakistoscopes

Week 2: Animating with Photoshop, Gifs, AE Introduction

Week 3: AE for Beginners, Demonstrations, Exercises

Week 4: Lightsaber Effect in AE, AE Tutorials

October - Motion Graphics and 3D

Week 1: AE Lab for Tutorials, AE 3D Capabilities, Parallax Project

Week 2: Maya Introduction, Primitives and Box Modeling, Make a Spaceship

Week 3: Maya Textures, Lights, Cameras, Action

Week 4: Maya Project Lab - Motion Matching, Real World Object Model, Environment Model and Lighting

November - Video Editing and Production Techniques

Week 1: Intro to Video Editing, Camera Work

Week 2: Storyboarding, Production Techniques, Video Scavenger Hunt Project = Day in the Life of / Music Video w Lip Sync / Original Short

Week 3: Pre-Production / Evaluation / Production

Week 4: Production, Wrap Up, Review

December - Comedy Show Production and Final Project Kickoff

Week 1: Comedy Show UTV Production Kick off

Week 2: Pre-Production / Evaluation / Production

Week 3: Production

Week 4: UTV Production, Final Video Project Kick off =  Narrative Short, Documentary, Special Effect Thriller, Comedy

January - Final Project Production / Career Development

Week 1: Pre-Production / Evaluation / Production

Week 2: Career Development / Resume’s / Ref’s / Cover Letters / Portfolio Development, Final Projects and Portfolios Due

- Mr.W