Yr+8+Animation

=Welcome to Animation class=

Term aim: To create an animation which you can share with your friends and family.

There are many ways to animate, and you may choose your own mode of animation. These are your choices:
 * Pivot: simple, fun to use, quick results
 * Flash: More sophisticated, more posibilities, requires more commitment to achieve results, but the results are often great
 * Online animation: quick, foolproof, good for an instant animation.

toc =Animating with Pivot=

[|Pivot.zip]

Your animation should have the following elements:
 * 3 scenes
 * A backdrop
 * Music & sound effects

Go to: S:\Students\SK\2010\Year 8 and download the contents of the folder: STK figures for Pivot. It contains over 500 stick figure types for you to use in your animation.

Some good sites you should look at before you start with Pivot:
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Plenty of examples in YouTube:[]


 * Tips for when you are starting off:**
 * Start small and very very very simple
 * Play around, don't start on your master piece just yet, it takes practice and experience to get something you really like.
 * Explore the possibilities, play around with the different features, see what's there.

Once you get up and running, you can start making several scenes, and you can put these scenes in order and edit them in Windows Movie Maker. To open up MovieMaker, go to the START button, ALL PROGRAMS > WINDOWS MOVIEMAKER.

You will need to add music, sound effects and voice overs. You can do this in Moviemaker.

Soundeffects: [] []

=Animating with Flash=

You all have Flash 8, under "Macromedia" in "All programs".

Every person learns at their own pace, and in their own way. As with Pivot, you will need to do a lot of problem solving by yourself, as I am not able to help everyone at the same time. That is why you will learn Flash through a series of Tutorials that you will work through.

There are literaly thousands of tutorials on the web: Flash Video Tutorials on You Tube

Bouncing ball tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVss3wSWmpI Bouncing Ball 2 (Smiley face): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-rj4GjoSY Flash beginner's skills: http://www.quantunet.com/flash8/indexes/basic_flash_skills_index.html

=**Online animation** =

Create comics: http://www.pixton.com/uk/create Fun: [] [] []

(You'll have to sign up for some of these services, it's just the way it is...)

If you have any questions, there are three things you can do:
 * Ask the people around you.
 * Google it
 * Ask Ms. Van Weringh.

I hope you enjoy animating. At the end of this term, all animations will either be put on this website or you can place them on your own website.

Have fun, this might be the start of your career at Pixar!

=Animation assessment rubric=


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 || **Apprentice ** || **Basic **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learned **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Exemplary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Required element 1 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Only one scene or less than 10 seconds  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Two scenes, or less that 20 seconds  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Three scenes, or less than 30 seconds  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Four or more scenes, or more than 30 seconds  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Required element 2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">No background or elements that could be used as a background  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">A simple but ineffective background / collection of objects  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">An effective background or collection of objects  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Effective and original backgrounds / collection of objects.  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Required element 3 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">No audio  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some audio  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Audio is effective and adds to the animation  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Audio is original and effective and works perfectly with the animation.   ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Required element 4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animation is still in .piv format  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animation is in .gif or .MSWMM format  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animation is in WMV format but audio or other elements are not working  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animation is in WMV format   ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Story line ** || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">A random collection of animated objects || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some attempt at a story line or event, not quite clear though  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">A clear event or story line is depicted.   || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Story line/event is sophisticated and original  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quality of animation ** || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Movements of animated objects are jerky and rough || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Movements are somewhat smooth, but no sophistication  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Movements are sophisticated, smooth and well animated  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Movements are patiently and painstakingly animated, creating a smooth and appealing animation  ||

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