Wednesday, February 23, 2011

FINAL DOCUMENTATION PROJECT 1

30 SECOND TRAILER/BUMPER/COMMERCIAL SPOT-

*USE NARRATIVE, RHYTHM, SPEED, SOUND, SCALE, AND VISUALS TO CREATE A 30 SECOND COMPILATION OF THE FINAL PERFORMANCES OF YOUR WORD BALANCING THE PHYSICAL COSTUME, THE PHYSICAL PROJECTION, AND YOUR VIRTUAL ANIMATION BY ARRANGING AN INTERESTING VISUAL/ACOUSTIC MONTAGE OF THE 10+ VIDEO FILES WITH THE SOUND AND ORIGINAL ANIMATION.

30 SECONDS TOTAL EXACTLY (FIRST SECOND BLACK & 29 EVERYTHING ELSE)
TRANSITION IN FROM BLACK AT BEGINNING
TRANSITION OUT TO BLACK AT END
MOV OR AVI ONLY
720x486 ONLY
NO TEXT/CREDIT
EDIT ORIGINAL SOUND TO TRANSITION APPROPRIATELY
NO SOUND FROM ACTUAL PERFORMANCE

*THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE GRADED IN AS PART OF PROJECT 1


Monday, February 21, 2011

DOCUMENTATION

DUE TODAY BEFORE THE END OF CLASS, PLEASE EMAIL ME (yaugerATtamuDOTedu) AND POST TO YOUR BLOGS ALL THE WORK THAT EACH OF YOU SPECIFICALLY HAVE DONE SO FAR ON THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF SOUND, VISUALS, MOTION ETC.

3/2 TURN IN A EXACTLY 30 SECOND VIDEO (MOV OR AVI) OF SUMMARIZING THE FINAL PERFORMANCE, USING YOUR ORIGINAL SOUND ONLY. ALSO USE INCLUDE EACH OF THE FIVE CAMERA ANGLES FROM BOTH OF THE PERFORMANCES (AS APPROPRIATE), IN COMBINATION WITH CUTS TO THE ORIGINAL ANIMATION FILE. NO CREDITS. FADE IN AND OUT TO BLACK.

VIDEO/POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

CAMERA PEOPLE-MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA RESERVED READY FOR VIDEOING WITH TRIPOD BEFORE AFTERNOON CLASS ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE MANUAL AND/OR KNOW THE MODEL NUMBER AND CAN LOOK UP THE MANUAL ONLINE TO NOTE HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SETTINGS FOR ZOOM, BRIGHTNESS, RESOLUTION, FORMAT ETC. CONFIRM THAT BATTERIES (HAVE AN EXTRA) ARE CHARGED AND HAVE AN EXTENSION CORD JUST IN CASE. ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM OR STORAGE TO RECORD ONTO VIDEO. AFTER YOU ARE DONE RECORDING AFTER THE REHEARSAL ON WEDNESDAY AND BOTH SHOWS ON FRIDAY MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE DATA TO THE POST-PRODUCTION TEAM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCES BEFORE YOU GO HOME.

POST-PRODUCTION PEOPLE-CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE A MACHINE WITH APPROPRIATE MATERIALS WHERE YOU CAN PERFORM POST WORK. AFTER WEDNESDAYS REHEARSAL YOU WILL TAKE THE MATERIAL RECORDED FROM YOUR GROUP AND TEST CUTTING IT UP AND EXPORTING IT REPORTING BACK TO THE CAMERA PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP FRIDAY MORNING SO THAT THEY MAY MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES BEFORE THE SHOW. OVER THE WEEKEND YOU WILL CUT UP THE FILES FROM BOTH OF FRIDAYS PERFORMANCES INTO INDIVIDUAL AVI'S OR MOV'S TO BE PLACED INTO FOLDERS AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS MONDAY 2/28 AT 1130AM. MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU GET THE APPROPRIATE DATA BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS AND THE SHOW ON WEDNESDAY AND AFTER BOTH PERFORMANCES ON FRIDAY.

***NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

ABSOLUTE FINAL PROJECT OF SOUND COMBINED WITH VIDEO DUE AS FILE MONDAY TESTED ON HARD-DRIVE BY 3pm IN CLASS.
***LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT ALL***

FORMAT: .AVI OR .MOV

LENGTH: 61 SECONDS
1 SECOND OF BLACK AT BEGINNING
FADE IN FROM BLACK
FADE OUT END TO BLACK

COMPRESSION: H264

SIZE: 720X540

FRAME RATE: 30 FPS

***NOTE ORDER OF PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATION OF VISUALS/SOUND

DVD & POSTER/FLYER GROUPS

***2 Flyers/Poster templates, 2 sizes each emailed to yaugerATtamu.edu Monday by 9am (in pdf format)

***DVD files compiled on one DVD with sound levels appropriate and 1second of black in-between and each file tracked, no title screen. 3 copies. due in class 11:30AM Wednesday. rendered 720x486. * if possible---Bach (20 minutesish) at beginning playing and at end without image and no track.

Flyer/Poster

FS2: theater

arch206-201 + vist206-501/503

friday feb 25: 3pm-3:30pm
.... and repeating again at 4:30pm-5:00pm

@ langford c, room 400 (studio a)

program:
anticipation
1. flowing
2. merging
3. randomizing
4. expanding
5. ascending
6. systemizing
7.balancing
8. organizing
9. imbalancing
10. descending
11. separating
12. swirling
13. contracting
14. increasing
15. tangling
synthesization