Hello and Happy Friday!
Yesterday you took all of your photos for your Vine (7 second video clip). Today you will import them into iMovie and do the adjustments requirement to turn your photos into an animation. Once you are happy with your clip, I'd like you to go to Share>Export movie and put it on to your desktop. From there, you will reopen the exported clip in iMovie as a condensed file. Then you will drag it down and create a loop for however many loops you would like the video to play (at least 3 times). Everyother clip will need to be "reversed". I will show you how to do this in class. For your vine, you may choose to edit your photos in iphoto first for a fun effect. Try making a B & W vine, an antique looking vine, high contrast, etc. The link below will show you how to edit one photo in iPhoto and apply it to all of your photos (a VERY useful thing to know how to do-i.e. if you took all of your photos in same lighting and they're underexposed).
iPhoto Editing
If you finish the above, try editing your photos again in a new way. This time, you can try adding audio and a title and credit slide, etc. This is your opportunity to have fun and explore the program.
Please upload the 2 versions of your video to youtube-I will give you a demonstration of this in class (the vine being the most important). Note that for the first video I'm not overly concerned that your video is second seconds, relooped. If it is slightly over this, that is okay. Please copy and paste the URL from both videos into an e-mail to me and send it to my school gmail account.
Friday, 28 February 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
February 27th
Hello all!
Today you will work in small groups of 2 or 3 (depending on numbers...we have 4 cameras available) to create your own stop-motion vine. If you don't know what a vine is you must have been living under a rock for 2013-just kidding!
As a vine is no more than 7 seconds in length, you will need to take at least 70 photos to have a frame rate of 10 f/s. You can watch the following youtube clip for some inspiration and then you will get to planning. You will be filming these vines in B1 down the hall, or in the hallway just outside the class. Remember-think of a fun, unique concept for this video! Friday we will work on editing these videos and looping them.
Stop-Motio Vine Compilation
Today you will work in small groups of 2 or 3 (depending on numbers...we have 4 cameras available) to create your own stop-motion vine. If you don't know what a vine is you must have been living under a rock for 2013-just kidding!
As a vine is no more than 7 seconds in length, you will need to take at least 70 photos to have a frame rate of 10 f/s. You can watch the following youtube clip for some inspiration and then you will get to planning. You will be filming these vines in B1 down the hall, or in the hallway just outside the class. Remember-think of a fun, unique concept for this video! Friday we will work on editing these videos and looping them.
Stop-Motio Vine Compilation
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
February 25th
Hello all!
I hope that you watched the stop-motion videos at home in your own time and answered the questions that were required. If not, you will need to do that for homework by Thursday.
Today we will work on "Part 2" from our last class blog. Please view the above post to see what we will be doing today. By the end of the day you will create a very brief stop-motion video using photobooth and iMovie. You must take at least 30 photos for your stop-motion to be effective. When you are done, you will need to export your movie as a movie go to Share > Export Movie> and choose 720. Then you can post your video on your blog. To do this, create a new blog post in your blogger account and then click on the movie icon at the top beside the photo icon.
I hope that you watched the stop-motion videos at home in your own time and answered the questions that were required. If not, you will need to do that for homework by Thursday.
Today we will work on "Part 2" from our last class blog. Please view the above post to see what we will be doing today. By the end of the day you will create a very brief stop-motion video using photobooth and iMovie. You must take at least 30 photos for your stop-motion to be effective. When you are done, you will need to export your movie as a movie go to Share > Export Movie> and choose 720. Then you can post your video on your blog. To do this, create a new blog post in your blogger account and then click on the movie icon at the top beside the photo icon.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
February 20th
Hello everyone and welcome back!
At the beginning of class I would like you to finish up any outstanding illustrator work that you have, and please upload it to your blog. Please upload the work to your blog as a jpeg or png file, and I will take any photos you can not submit (if saved as a PDF, etc.)
Part 1:
Today we will be starting a new module: stop-motion animation! This is a very fun module and will go quite quickly. We will learn about how to create stop-motion videos, what elements make a stop-motion video successful, and we will create our own stop-motion videos.
When you are finished, I'd like you to watch the following 3 short stop-motion videos. Then answer the following on your blog. Before doing this, I'll need a volunteer to go to the library to get an appropriate amount of headsets from Helmi. If you have never used one of the school headsets, after plugging it into the usb you must go to system preferences > sound> output you must choose the Microsoft life chat :
Post-it Notes by Deadline
Target Commercial
Strawberry Swing by Coldplay
1. Which video was your favourite? Why? Explain in at least 3 sentences.
2. What was a common successful element in all of the videos?
3. What other films have you seen that are stop-motion (or clay-mation). Have you heard of Tim Burtons? If you haven't you should know who he is....he is kind of a big deal, especially in the realm of stop motion animation. Look him up on wikipedia.
Part 2:
The video below is a behind the scenes look at the creation of the 2009 film, "Fantastic Mr. Fox". This video will give you an idea of the labour intense but fascinating world of stop-motion animation film. Can you think of any other films that you have seen that are stop-motion animation?
*Make sure that you blow the video up to full screen to watch.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Behind the Scenes
After you have watched this video, I will give you a demonstration on making a stop-motion video using iMovie. At the end of class, you will make your own mini-clip of a stop-motion animation video using photobooth and an inanimate object.
At the beginning of class I would like you to finish up any outstanding illustrator work that you have, and please upload it to your blog. Please upload the work to your blog as a jpeg or png file, and I will take any photos you can not submit (if saved as a PDF, etc.)
Part 1:
Today we will be starting a new module: stop-motion animation! This is a very fun module and will go quite quickly. We will learn about how to create stop-motion videos, what elements make a stop-motion video successful, and we will create our own stop-motion videos.
When you are finished, I'd like you to watch the following 3 short stop-motion videos. Then answer the following on your blog. Before doing this, I'll need a volunteer to go to the library to get an appropriate amount of headsets from Helmi. If you have never used one of the school headsets, after plugging it into the usb you must go to system preferences > sound> output you must choose the Microsoft life chat :
Post-it Notes by Deadline
Target Commercial
Strawberry Swing by Coldplay
1. Which video was your favourite? Why? Explain in at least 3 sentences.
2. What was a common successful element in all of the videos?
3. What other films have you seen that are stop-motion (or clay-mation). Have you heard of Tim Burtons? If you haven't you should know who he is....he is kind of a big deal, especially in the realm of stop motion animation. Look him up on wikipedia.
Part 2:
The video below is a behind the scenes look at the creation of the 2009 film, "Fantastic Mr. Fox". This video will give you an idea of the labour intense but fascinating world of stop-motion animation film. Can you think of any other films that you have seen that are stop-motion animation?
*Make sure that you blow the video up to full screen to watch.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Behind the Scenes
After you have watched this video, I will give you a demonstration on making a stop-motion video using iMovie. At the end of class, you will make your own mini-clip of a stop-motion animation video using photobooth and an inanimate object.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
February 18th
Hello all!
Today will be a work period for your final project. You must submit it to me by the end of class.
Today will be a work period for your final project. You must submit it to me by the end of class.
Friday, 14 February 2014
February 14th
Hello all!
Today you will be designing your own double sided business cards for your own graphic design/ photography business. You may use a combination of photoshop and illustrator. You must create your own logo, and think about the elements and principles of design when creating your card. Here are some fantastic examples:
Today you will be designing your own double sided business cards for your own graphic design/ photography business. You may use a combination of photoshop and illustrator. You must create your own logo, and think about the elements and principles of design when creating your card. Here are some fantastic examples:
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
February 11th
Hello!
Today we will talk about logo design and you will use your skills in illustrator to create an original and new logo for Rockway Mennonite Collegiate!
Today we will talk about logo design and you will use your skills in illustrator to create an original and new logo for Rockway Mennonite Collegiate!
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