Performance Project Due: April 30th As I said before, while much of performance art is about challenging the audience, please do not do anything illegal or that would scare the general public (particularly if it’s related to COVID–19 as this is illegal in some states). If you are planning on doing something that fools the […]
Please note: If you’ve already started your original video project you’re welcome to continue with that one. This project was selected because it would allow you to create something with the materials you currently have including using your phone as a video camera. Living Filmstrip Assignment Due: April 14th Objective: To create a filmstrip of […]
Throughout this class we have been studying the ways in which time can affect a piece of art. We are now in the video section; in the previous assignment we created time through the use of animation in video we will be recording various events in time and putting them together to create your piece.
This weekend you’ll be reading a section from the Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams. Besides having an awesome first name Richard was also the lead animation director on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.
You will be creating an animation using the techniques we talked about in class. The length depends on the technique you choose and is described in the table include in this assignment.
The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the ‘old men’ of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren’t old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney’s desire to use animation to express character and personality.
This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.
Check also the animated gif gallery here the12principles.tumblr.com/.
Example 1 Notice how we start with some the basic sound loop which is used throughout the piece. As it progresses more sounds build. Slowly disturbing sounds are brought into transition to a more disruptive sound. The contrast between the basic loop and the disruptive sounds adds to the disruptive section of the music. Example […]
This next listening is a segment from NPR’s Radio Lab on Musical Language, it’s about 4o minutes long. Please make sure you listen to it before next class. You can listen directly using the link below or you can go to Radio Lab’s website.
Today in class we talked about both rhythm and tempo as well as the emotional impact that sounds can have on us. Your assignment for this project is to create a piece of audio that transitions from one emotional element to another. This can be done in the form of a song, a sound poem, a narrative or an audioscape. This project must be one and a half to two minutes, have at least 3 audio bits originally recorded by you.v
Please take about 10 minutes to watch this introduction to some of the transitions commonly used in video and film.