Welcome to the AAU Spring Semester of 2012
This is a persistent online site I use to allow students in my class to solicit and offer feedback on their animation. There are a few important notes;
1. Conduct yourself here as you would in the class. Play nice with others and be supportive and constructive with your comments. Limit the posting to information relevant to the class.
2. I use participation here as part of your class participation mark. Participation accounts for 20% of your total grade! If you're shy this is a great way to be involved in the classroom discussion. You get points for posting your work or for giving feedback on other people’s animation.
3. Title each post with your name, for example: “David Latour: Blocking Pass 1”. Your blogger ID may not be something I recognize. You don't want to miss out on participation marks when you post here.
4. This blog is as helpful as you make it. Be active with comments, post your work regularly and take advantage of this venue. Monitor this site at least once a week. I will use this as a forum to make general announcements and answer common questions, so you don't want to miss out.
Even If you're new to blogging you'll find this a pretty painless and straightforward process. If you have something from class you'd like to show, use the following steps:
· Playblast your work (approx resolution 720x480, convert to .mov, with H264 compression)
· Post the movie file on any video streaming site (YouTube, Vimeo)
· Copy the “embed HTML” from the streaming site
· In blogger click "new post" on the upper right corner of the screen and click on the "edit HTML" tab on the top right of the new post and paste the code in the window.
5. Blogger works best with Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. If you have technical issues: try switching your browser. Make sure you login with the Google ID that you were invited with or you won’t be able to post or comment.
Every time someone adds a new post or comments on an existing one, I get a direct email. I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. This blog will be available as space allows, so you will be able to continue posting here after the end of term. (You may even see former students offering feedback here.)
Every time someone adds a new post or comments on an existing one, I get a direct email. I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. This blog will be available as space allows, so you will be able to continue posting here after the end of term. (You may even see former students offering feedback here.)
Welcome to the blog and have a great time.
*Your first assignment: Post your name in the comments of this welcome message with a sentence or two about what you hope to learn in this class.
*Your first assignment: Post your name in the comments of this welcome message with a sentence or two about what you hope to learn in this class.
Karl Pontau
ReplyDeleteI hope to learn more about animating and how to optimize my workflow!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Justin Mallari. I'm originally from Orange, CA. I'm in my 3rd year here at the Academy. I'm really looking forward to finally being able to put a polished piece of work in my demo reel. I'm really looking forward to a great semester.
Hey guys, the name's Josh Shipley.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to get back into the habit of animating again after the break. I need help with my workflow as well as polishing! Glad to be here.
Hi! I'm Tyler Clapp. I'm looking forward to learning much more about improving workflow. When I animate I feel like there's far too much back-and-forth. I'd like to get some sort of system going.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to working with you all!
Hello my name is Lola.
ReplyDeleteI hope to learn more about what makes a good or proffessional looking animation, and more effective animation strategies.
My name is Rolando and I want to learn more about lip syncing and acting choices when animation.
ReplyDeleteHi. My name is Caleena Lee. I hope to learn more animation techniques and to improve my animation skills. I also hope to learn how to make my thesis better so I can pass my final review.
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is LiLi. I'm looking forward to learn some information about actting choice in this class.
ReplyDeleteHi, My name is Yu-Jung Wei and please call me Elyse. I hope I can learn a lot and have fun in this class. Nice to meet you all!
ReplyDeleteHi, everyone, I'm Siyan Guo, you can call me Amber as well.
ReplyDeleteI am happy to take this class. I hope to learn more about animation and add more work pieces to my demo reel:)
Hii.Am Spectra. Am looking forward to learn more animation techniques and to improve my animation skills. And improve my acting choices when animating :)
ReplyDeleteHi! I am Ho-kyung. I want to improve my animation skills from this class. I want to try different shots in this class
ReplyDeleteHey Sorry I'm a little late. My name is Joey. I hope to be able to come out of this class with some cool shots for my demo real and maybe even a few shots for my thesis.
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