IDS 252: Topics for the Week of October 20, 2008

• Lab:

  • On Tuesday, review student work for Lab 7: Character Development.
  • Discuss and begin Lab 8: Animation Production.
    

• Review what it means to give a story pitch (e.g. Shrek DVD)

• Story Development

  • Tuesday class

    • Critique stories from last week.
      • What do you like about the story (be specific)? Does it keep you interested and engaged? Do you want to know "what happens"?
      • If you could change anything, what would it be?
      • Does it seem too long or too short?
      • How hard would it be to create characters and scenes that visually convey the story and emotions?
      • How does the pacing and tension vary over the one minute?
    • Revise stories based on feedback
    • Begin storyboards
      • Storyboards begin to develop visually the timing, camera and character action.
      • You should probably need only between 10-20 boards.
      • If you use pencil, you will need to go over them in darker ink before scanning them for the storyreel. Feel free to use color if you want.
      • To see examples, look at Story Development and Storyboarding

    • Tuesday lab

      • Finish first draft of storyboards
      • Pitch stories
      • HW: revise based on feedback

    • Thursday class

      • Pitch stories and revise
      • Go over how to create the storyreel.

    • Thursday lab

      • Create storyreels
      • Pitch storyreels, revise based on feedback.
      • Assign students to groups.
      • Next week: Groups put together task list, refine storyreel, shot list, begin to collect reference, set up Maya project folder, begin tasks.