G6+Y7+Graphic+Design

Course Outline

=Animation Flip Book Unit=

//Project Objectives// //To build drawing skills and observation skills// //To investigate story boarding and character design// //To explore animation through traditional (flipbooks) and digital methods (iStopmotion).// //Digital Flipbook// //Draw a Stickman//


 * After watching the animation examples**
 * - Discuss possible animation techniques, highlight interesting or key moments in the story, and examine how objects and materials were used in the examples.**
 * - Provide feedback criticism and comments (critique) on the animations shown.**
 * Creating a simple flip book animation (in pencil)**
 * - Explore the ‘bouncing ball’ animation.**
 * - Next, explore scale, rotate, twist and squash**
 * - Begin the process of ‘inking in’ and rendering, to develop the form of the ball, colour changes in object over time etc.**
 * Shading a Ball**


 * In small groups think about the animation elements – action and reaction (a foot kicks a ball, a force effects an object…collisions, impacts, explosions etc)**
 * Discuss findings as a Class.**
 * 1 week to complete a simple animation that explores these techniques.**



2 Week Homework assignment: You have done the basic storyline...scripted in your group in class, and now you must put your own spin on it and interpret the theme at home. Use found objects, or 2d cut outs if need be. Has to be based around one of these 3 themes 'The Magic Object,' The journey' or 'Object v's Object'. Here's how to go about it

==Main Project : Animated Movie Production ==

//Get together in your groups: fill-out the required information form provided, which helps you determine your roles, and what you need.// //You can choose either real actors or use objects/puppets etc to enact your storyboard.//

Storyboarding

- Identify key moments in the story ie: actions. changes in scene, and events that help to relay the idea tied into the story

- Discuss story development as a group and draw to illustrate key moments. Each moment occupies 1 key frame or 'storyboard cell' (storyboard templates will be provided).

- Props and scereny should be researched and developed as necessary. Green and Blue screens will be provided if you wish to add digital backgrounds in iStopMotion.

- After 2 weeks your group will show the current status of the project and must be prepared to discuss with the class the technical and production issues that may have arisen.

- As well as working in class time, you need to work-out sharing characters to develop individual scenes at home or away from school.

- Following review and further class work; you will begin polishing the movie, adding effects. sound captions, titles, subtitles and scene breaks and interludes.

Final movies will be submitted to the teacher and placed on a show reel.

Current unit of work - **Who Am I?**
In this unit, you will look at the portraiture of Arcimboldo, and your own identity as a starting point for your work. You will develop photography and image selection skills; understand how to construct silhouettes digitally and place images and words into the silhouette; develop selection skills and an understanding of the layers palettes in both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You will learn about the ideas and approaches of other artists/designers and their influences and make connections with the way they create artwork around the ideas of identity. When did he live and what movement of Art was he attached to? Why did he paint these portraits in such a way, using objects to make-up the face? What was he trying to say (express) about his subjects? What media did he use to paint in?
 * Who was he? **

Answer these questions and note any other points of interest about the artist.

Collect 4 of his portraits, noting down the title, size, media that it’s painted in etc…


 * Create a research page with this information. Use a template from Word or Pages / thinking about Layout / Typography – visual elements to make your work look strong.**

**//Homework: Create a brainstorm page about what makes you who you are. Look at culture, nationality, likes, dislikes, family, favourite things etc. Collect imagery associated with your brainstorm.//**

**//Homework: Take 10 photographs of objects which represent you, set up shots on a white background with plenty of light.//**

**Identity Silhouettes**
====**Print out the Silhouettes you have prepared in Photoshop, as well as, the objects that you have photographed for homework. You now should have a collection of words and images that represent you well; we will discuss and evaluate this collection.**====

**Using the Silhouettes as a guideline, place objects into the shape to represent your own Arcimboldo inspired work**.
TEXT on a PATH : Choose one of your 10 photographs. (//If you have not taken 10 photographs of objects which represent you, then use one of your images gathered from the internet, and please finish your homework before next lesson).// Open your photograph in Photoshop, and use the pen tool or shape tools to create paths around your object - that you will then type text on. The words that you will use, are the words from your initial Brainstorm, **about who you are**. Help one another, and try to work out any problems regarding the task...amongst yourselves. A selection of different fonts and font sizes will look most effective. Use black or white text only. How to type text on a Path...

__**Preparing for your final Silhouette**__ Create a folder containing all of your photographs and images which represent you. I hope you all have a decent number of original photos as well as images from off of the internet. If your images are 'clipping art' then you will need to take a screenshot of them, Photoshop will not let you 'place' them otherwise. You will need to open-up Photoshop and create a new file, and place all of your photos onto 1A4 you can over lap them (collage them). Next you will need to open up your text profile in illustrator and copy and paste your black outline onto a a new a4 file, save that and close illustrator. Open the black outline file in photoshop. Place the collage into this open file - resize to suit the A4. Play with the layers so that the black out line is on top. Open your photographs one at a time and use the quick selection tool to select the object, copy it and then paste it onto your profile doc. Continue with the other photos, looking to place images in interesting places on the silhouette.


 * Units of Work - **GRAPHICS



What is OP ART? **//Key Vocabulary//** **//- Perception, optical, illusion, reality, geometric, repetition, recede, advance, positive and negative space, parallel lines//**

**//How to draw one point perspective//**

**//Examples of two point perspective//**



 Links to Artist Role-models http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/home-2-24-1-0.html http://www.everhartstudio.com/ http://www.billmelendez.tv/ http://www.neave.com/strobe/ http://www.cvadrat.com/ Vasarely Optical illusions