| SANTIAGO ECHEVERRY ART310 | Advanced DIGITAL ARTS | Spring 2011 | PRE-REQUISITE: ART210 and/or COM 241 Section P | T - Tr | 4:30PM - 6:50 PM | CAS 134 secheverry at ut.edu | CAS Annex 112 | 813 - 813 257 3769 | Office hours by appointment only |
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| Week | Description | Assignments | |||
| 1 - AS3 1 |
Introduction to Programming using Actionscript. Types of variables, boolean, integer, float, numeric, alpha, arrays. Your manual and tutorial guide |
Create at least 10 practice movies exploring the possibilities of variables. Explore the possibilities of Juxtaposition Vs. Addition, and combine different types of variables.senocular.com | |||
| 2 -AS3 2 |
Basics of programming, structures, functions. ARRAYS, understanding list. Conditionals, basic functions. Dynamic text Fields in Flash |
More practice movies to be announced. | |||
| 3 - AS3 3 |
Creating and controlling dynamically created movie clips in Flash . Drawing basic shapes, color control. Repeat loops, conditionnals. |
Draw an entire landscape using nothing but code Explore: Flash Documentation Macromedia Flash Tutorials Flash Learning Center |
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| 4 - AS3 4 |
Timeline scritpting Vs. External scripting. Pros and cons. kirupa.com actionscript.org |
Create a series of practice movies exploring the differences between timeline and external scripting. What are your impressions? Which one do you prefer? Classes / Movie clip classes | |||
| 5 - AS3 5 |
The creation of animated movie clips. Buttons. Timeline animation vs. math animation. Manipulation, class assignment, dynamically added visual and aural elements on the stage. Basic audio control. |
• Create a series of practice movies where you will alter the properties of Movie Clips - width, height, x, y, alpha, rotation, etc - using variables, functions, repeat loops and conditionnals. Advanced animation techniques. Movie Clips, Paths, Masks • lowmorale.co.uk Creep / Radiohead • voozclub.com • atomfilms.com/af/animation/flash • goultralightsgo.com • insertsilence.com • whitehouseanimationinc.com • HotWired: Animation Express |
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6 - AS3 6
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Applied mathematic formulas, understanding chaos. Parent/Child programming |
Math Nightmare Project: Use MATH formulas to transform Movie Clips on the stage, be creative and face your fear of numbers >:-) flashandmath.com actionscripts.org WebWasp tutorials |
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| 7 - AS3 7 |
Loading JPG / SWF / DATA into Movie Clips. Notion of Data Bases. Interaction with Javascript. XML. | • create your own swf album loading dynamically your files locally or from a server using XML / php+mySql http://www.jeanmalek.com/ |
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| 8 - AS3 8 |
Controlling video and audio in Flash. FLV vs SWF, streaming vs pre-loading |
• create a video-autoscopy experimenting with interactive video and audio. | |||
| 9 - DESIGN |
Flash and the Web. Design for Motion Graphics. Dynamic menus and Interaction Design . Reading: The Design of Everyday Things / Understanding Comics |
Choose a poorly designed web site existing on the web and radically redesign it using a Flash interface. Explain why did you consider it was poorly designed and how different your site is from the original. | |||
| 10 - DESIGN |
WEB DESIGN WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS |
Explore Kinetic Typography and produce a 30 second project that studies the nature of moving fonts. | |||
| 11 - INTERACTIVITY | Non-linearity, working with scenes. Fragmented narration, cutting time. | Create a visual interactive narration in the form of a Fairy Tale. Watch: Pan's Labyrinth (due in 2 weeks) Integrate elements of programming (such as conditionals and functions) in order to "spice up" your narration. Kuleshov Effect |
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| 12 - INTERACTIVITY | FAIRY TALE WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS | • FINAL PROJECT: Create an interactive project that explores your biggest passion. It must integrate interactivity, video, audio, animation, user interaction and a correct and complete interaction cycle. | |||
| 13 - INTERACTIVITY | FINAL PROJECT WORKSHOP | ||||
| 14 - INTERACTIVITY |
FINAL PROJECT WORKSHOP | ||||
| FINALS |
FINAL PROJECTS PRESENTATION - EVERYONE MUST BE PRESENT THURSDAY MAY 5th / 3.45 - 5.45PM / CAS 134 exams |
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