Masa Takano
Drawing the moving image from observation and animating it.
• project 1
Wed Aug 26 - Day 1: Introduction to course and each other. Accessing Carmen for additional course information and handouts. Student questionnaire. Discuss project 1 and related artists. View short films of Stan Brakhage and Jeremy Blake.
Mon Aug 31- Day 2: Work in class on project 1.Demos on basic interface and animation in After Effects: scale, position, rotation, opacity and layers. Visit Jennifer Steinkamp's installation at Hopkins Hall Gallery.
Homework 1: go see Jesse McLean's video at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Continuous screenings, but ends on Aug 31.
Homework 2: Create 6 images to use and animate in your first project. At least 1 should be a photoshop file with multiple layers.Wed Sept 2 - Day 3: Demos
on effects, blending modes, shape layers and
rendering movies in After Effects. Work
in class on project 1. Screening: Takagi Masakatsu
Finish Project 1 and have it rendered out properly BEFORE class.
Remix, the reconstruction of reality through sampling, montage, layering, transformations and transitions.
• project 2
Mon Sept 14 - Discuss project 2, Remix, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose and view related artists/works. Screening: McLean Fahnestock, Omer Fast and Paul Pfeiffer. Demo on Premeire and After Effects integration.
Go see Man With The Movie Camera at the Wexner Center for the Arts tonight at 7pm. Wise to get tickets ahead.
Read the section on Deep Remixability (p 267 - 277) in the Software Takes Command book by Lev Manovich. Write 2 questions or ideas that arise from it. Bring to class for discussion. Download 2 public domain videos for editing demo, try the Prelinger Archive.
Bring 2 moving image test rendered concepts for project 2 to class for discussion.
Mon Sept 21- Audio capture and editing basics, plus working with audio in After Effects. Screening: Clemens Kogler.
Bring your audio and video footage to class to work on.
Mon Sept 28 - Critique of project 2.
Moving images make things visible.
• project 3
Wed Sept 30- Discuss Project 3 BioPresence - view related artists/works. Bring a video camera to class and organize into field capture groups. Screenings: Catherine Chalmers, Sam Easterson and Pipilloti Rist.
Mon Oct 5 - Demo on rotoscoping. Small group discussions about project approaches and development.
Create at least 4 #AnimalOSU posts. Construct 2 ideas for your next project and be ready to discuss them in class.
Find a good resource link for our class. Could be a good tutorial, reading, artist site... Post it to the Carmen Discussions to share it.
Mon Oct 12 - Demo on shooting green screen video in the Digital Union. Removing backgrounds with Keylight in After Effects. Mid-term meetings with instructor.
Work on project 3. Bring at least 2 renders to show the look and feel of the work
Mon Oct 19 - Work on projects. Screening Semiconductor.
Mon Oct 26 - In class critique of project 3
Complete project 3 for critique.
Creating your own moving image problem to solve
• final project design and research
Write a 1 or 2 page artist statement about your completed project. Include your original motivations, inspirations and concepts, how the actual work developed, questions/emotions you hope to raise with the work. Reflect on what you learned from your experience with making the piece, seeing it complete, and feedback you received from others. Turn into Carmen dropbox.
Begin brainstorming ideas for your final project.
Mon Nov 2 - Small focus group discussions on each student's project ideas. Demo on 3D layers and animating a camera in After Effects. Screening: Anne de Vries and Peter Campus.
Come up with 3 concepts to discuss with your group and with the instructor.
Prepare for an in-class presentation of your fully-developed project concepts, including presenting your storyboard, inspirations, and examples of imagery/tests/research you have generated for it.Work on your final project.
Mon Nov 9 - Work day! Screening: Run Wrake.
Mon Nov 16 - Graded Mid-project critique.
Make draft renders of your work and be prepared to present what you have made so far and to ask for feedback from your peers in class.
*perfecting the work for critique
Wed Nov 18 - In class workday and meetings with instructor. Screening Quayola.
Write a 350 word review/critique about the arts and ideas presented in one of the moving image related events you have attended outside of class this semester. Upload your writing to the Carmen dropbox. Due by Dec 1, but can be turned in any time after you attend the event.
Mon Nov 23 - Draft critique of everyone's finals.
Render your final project out for our draft critique. Have it close to complete so we can give comments on refinement of the work.
Mon Nov 30 - In class workday on final project. Screening Chris Cunningham. Sign up to help out with the end of semester exhibition.
Work on your final project.
• Exhibition preparations, setup, and opening celebration
Mon Dec 7 - Class critique of completed final projects. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE IN CLASS AND READY TO GO AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS
Render your final project out for critique - plan to do this well before the critique date as it will take longer than you think to get it right.
Upload your movie to Vimeo for jurying. Must be done by noon on Tues Dec 8!
Check the signup sheet to see what time you signed up to help out.
Invite your friends and family to the show!
Dec 11, 14, 15, 16: Exhibition has open hours 11:00am - 5:00pm. Please be responsible about making sure your artwork is functioning as it should during this time.
Wed Dec 16 - Show take-down is from 5:00 -6:00pm. You are responsible for removing your work. Know that all leftover work will be discarded.
Due on Mon Dec 14: Write a 1.5 to 2 page artist statement about your completed final artwork. Include your original motivations, inspirations and concepts, how the actual work developed, questions/emotions you hope to raise with the work, what you learned from feedback you received and how this final work fits into your artist portfolio.
Upload it to the Carmen dropbox labeled "Statement about completed final".