Art-341 Project-1: Collage | Fall 2014

Posted by: Ping

Project-1: Collage
Date Range: August 26 – September 23, 2014
Due Day: September 23, 2014

Project Description and Requirement:

  • Create a series of two animations, with two or more scenes, that work together as a single time-based piece, visually combining and animating both illustrated elements and type.
  • Use collage, a “kitchen sink” style, to play an experimental game. It may involve throwing everything into the kitchen sink.
  • Flow entire animation smoothly and seamlessly from frame to frame, from scene to scene.
  • Dealing mostly with solid colors, the illustrated elements are based out of vector components from Illustrator or Flash.

Project Theme: Any theme that interests you

The goals of this project are:

  1. To create communication that explores the possibilities of space, taking into account how we see
  2. To use vector-based graphic symbols and iconic elements as primary communicators
  3. to consider how we insert and organize type communication
  4. To explore zones that communicate to the user areas where animation happen

Utilize some of the following effects and features of Flash Pro to animate objects:

  • Frame-by-frame
  • Motion Tween
  • Classic Tween
  • Shape Tween
  • Registration Points
  • Motion Path
  • Motion Presets
  • Mask
  • Explode
  • Twist
  • Stroke
  • Nested Timeline
  • Deco Features
  • Replay Button

Technical Specification:

  • Technology: Adobe Flash Pro CS6 & CC
  • Stage size: 720 X 480 Square Pixels
  • Duration: 30 seconds
  • Frame Rate: 30 FPS
  • Output Format: QuickTime (MP4)

Design periodicals:

  • Print, United States
  • How, United States
  • ID, United States
  • Wired, United States
  • Metropolis, United States
  • Artforum, United States
  • Communication arts, United States
  • Idea, Japan
  • Computer Arts, United Kingdom
  • Eye, United Kingdom
  • Dot, Dot, Dot, Netherlands

Conclusion:
To create an illustration of a movement is simple, but to give life to a movement requires much sensibility, inquisitiveness, hard work, and perseverance. This project not only aim toward teaching specific techniques but acts as a springboard to further explorations, to inspire students to have broad views, encouraging students to find their way to creative expression through the medium of animation.

Example for Project

Due List (September 23)

  1. Original Flash file
  2. QuickTime movie (mp4)
  3. Process book (or a pdf file for your inspirational links)