davidmattingly
04-23-2009, 02:19 PM
Hi all--
Next week you need to turn in a DVD of all of your projects to me. I also want you to post a "show reel" of all of your class work on mattepainting.org by midnight Wednesday, so all of the people who have followed you progress can look at the results. I would love for any of you who have been following this class to post your comments also--I am sure all of the students are tired of hearing me opine, and would love another view.
Remember that I need copies of everything you did in the class. Make your final DVD a data DVD, with your final project showing all of your assignments rendered to both animation and Sorenson 3 codec. Also include all of the raw files for your class projects--all the After Effects, Photoshop, and reference files that were used in creating the assignments.
You must also go back and multiplane your "Castle on a Hill" project. This is also good preparation for the class final.
The order of your final movie must be this:
1. Show your name at the beginning, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to be creative about how you present your name.
2. Show your copies of photos from the first week, cross dissolving between the original photo, and your copy. Show a couple of seconds of each version. Don’t drag this out--it isn’t that interesting. Follow with a second or 2 of black.
3. Show your “Castle on a Hill” project, showing the raw plate for a couple of seconds, the dissolving to your castle. Remember you must break this project up into layers and multiplane it. Follow with a second or 2 or black.
4. Show your “Day to Night” project, cross dissolving from the daytime scene to the night scene, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to touch this up if you were unhappy with your final project.
5. Show your “Summer to Winter” project, cross dissolving from the summer scene to the winter scene, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to touch this up if you were unhappy with your final project.
6. Show the raw footage for “City of the Future”, then show your enhanced version, followed by a second or two of black. Again, feel free to work on this if you were unhappy with your final.
7. Show your “Relighting” project, cross dissolving from one lighting direction to another, followed by a second or two of black. Most of you were missing cast shadows, so this would be a good time to add those in if you like.
8. Show your “3 Plane Multiplane” project, then swing the camera off axis (if you did it in After Effects 3D) so the viewer can see how the planes were set up.
Also:
This reel is to clearly show off your matte painting skills, so don’t use fancy transitions! Don’t fly in your pieces, or spin them in--just show them as the fine matte paintings they are. This is not a hip hop video, so no fancy stuff.
Feel free to add music to enhance the mood of your masterpieces. Please do not use “Yummy Yummy Yummy I’ve Got Love In My Tummy”, by the Archies. Use of that song will result in an “F” for the semester.
Notes about the format of your final movie:
Don’t make this playable on a standard DVD player--make this a data DVD. You can use either the D1 NTSC format (720x480), or in HDTV format (1920x1080). Burn a final DVD of this final movie you create, and of all of your projects for School of Visual Arts, including all of your support files. Render out your projects in both Animation codec and Sorenson 3!!! The animation codec is for your final records (in case you want to use some of the work you did in class in another project), and the Sorenson 3 version is for me to look at in class for your final grade.
I will post your almost final grade on the web site after I look at your final show reel for the semester. However, that grade may be subject to revision after I look at all of your high rez versions while you are taking the final exam, and also subject to how you do on that final exam. Remember that depending on how you do, your grade will either go up 1/2 point, stay the same, or go down 1/2 point. So it you have a B+ at the start of the exam, you can go up to an A-, and if you have a B- at the start of the exam, you can go down to a C+. I would highly recommend that everyone be on time on Thursday. I will hand out the materials for the exam at 9:01, and explain what is required. If you are not there at that time, you will have to figure it out on your own.
I also give a modest "prize" to the student I thought was the most outstanding during the semester, and I will give that out at the end of class. Good luck!
Next week you need to turn in a DVD of all of your projects to me. I also want you to post a "show reel" of all of your class work on mattepainting.org by midnight Wednesday, so all of the people who have followed you progress can look at the results. I would love for any of you who have been following this class to post your comments also--I am sure all of the students are tired of hearing me opine, and would love another view.
Remember that I need copies of everything you did in the class. Make your final DVD a data DVD, with your final project showing all of your assignments rendered to both animation and Sorenson 3 codec. Also include all of the raw files for your class projects--all the After Effects, Photoshop, and reference files that were used in creating the assignments.
You must also go back and multiplane your "Castle on a Hill" project. This is also good preparation for the class final.
The order of your final movie must be this:
1. Show your name at the beginning, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to be creative about how you present your name.
2. Show your copies of photos from the first week, cross dissolving between the original photo, and your copy. Show a couple of seconds of each version. Don’t drag this out--it isn’t that interesting. Follow with a second or 2 of black.
3. Show your “Castle on a Hill” project, showing the raw plate for a couple of seconds, the dissolving to your castle. Remember you must break this project up into layers and multiplane it. Follow with a second or 2 or black.
4. Show your “Day to Night” project, cross dissolving from the daytime scene to the night scene, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to touch this up if you were unhappy with your final project.
5. Show your “Summer to Winter” project, cross dissolving from the summer scene to the winter scene, followed by a second or two of black. Feel free to touch this up if you were unhappy with your final project.
6. Show the raw footage for “City of the Future”, then show your enhanced version, followed by a second or two of black. Again, feel free to work on this if you were unhappy with your final.
7. Show your “Relighting” project, cross dissolving from one lighting direction to another, followed by a second or two of black. Most of you were missing cast shadows, so this would be a good time to add those in if you like.
8. Show your “3 Plane Multiplane” project, then swing the camera off axis (if you did it in After Effects 3D) so the viewer can see how the planes were set up.
Also:
This reel is to clearly show off your matte painting skills, so don’t use fancy transitions! Don’t fly in your pieces, or spin them in--just show them as the fine matte paintings they are. This is not a hip hop video, so no fancy stuff.
Feel free to add music to enhance the mood of your masterpieces. Please do not use “Yummy Yummy Yummy I’ve Got Love In My Tummy”, by the Archies. Use of that song will result in an “F” for the semester.
Notes about the format of your final movie:
Don’t make this playable on a standard DVD player--make this a data DVD. You can use either the D1 NTSC format (720x480), or in HDTV format (1920x1080). Burn a final DVD of this final movie you create, and of all of your projects for School of Visual Arts, including all of your support files. Render out your projects in both Animation codec and Sorenson 3!!! The animation codec is for your final records (in case you want to use some of the work you did in class in another project), and the Sorenson 3 version is for me to look at in class for your final grade.
I will post your almost final grade on the web site after I look at your final show reel for the semester. However, that grade may be subject to revision after I look at all of your high rez versions while you are taking the final exam, and also subject to how you do on that final exam. Remember that depending on how you do, your grade will either go up 1/2 point, stay the same, or go down 1/2 point. So it you have a B+ at the start of the exam, you can go up to an A-, and if you have a B- at the start of the exam, you can go down to a C+. I would highly recommend that everyone be on time on Thursday. I will hand out the materials for the exam at 9:01, and explain what is required. If you are not there at that time, you will have to figure it out on your own.
I also give a modest "prize" to the student I thought was the most outstanding during the semester, and I will give that out at the end of class. Good luck!