Spring 2008 IDST 165 - Multimedia Portfolio Development
Wednesday from 12:00 pm* to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Cyane Rollins Tornatzky
cyanowski@yahoo.com www.cyanowski.com
Office Hours by Appointment
Course Overview
This class provides students with an overview 2D animation for the screen, using traditional techniques as a basis for animating in Adobe Flash CS3.
Required supplies:
Grading Policies - 100 Total class points
Assignments and Tests |
Quizzes x 2 at 10 points each = 20 Banner Ad Exercise = 10 Mobile Phone Exercise = 10 Interface Exercise = 10 Midterm = 25 Final = 25 |
Please let the instructor know if they can do something to help you with a learning disability or other special need.
Computer Lab Access:
Assignments are to be worked on during the scheduled lab times. You may work outside of class on a computer with the necessary software. You will also have access to Batmale Lab, please ask instructor about logon information.
Dropping Classes:
If you stop attending class, please remember to officially drop the class. It is your responsibility to DROP. If you simply stop attending, you may receive a grade of "F". You may drop per telephone or in person and you do not need the instructor's permission to drop.
Tentative Schedule:
The following is the general outline for the class. Assignments are due two weeks after their introduction. The topics will remain flexible and could change depending on interest and experiences of the class, speaker and presentation opportunities and freak acts of nature.
IDST 146 Spring 08 Schedule:
Week 1 - Jan 14: Syllabus and Intros Jan 16: Zoetropes and the Flash Interface
Week 2 - Jan 21: Holiday Jan 23: Interface Review, Tools, Color and Bitmaps
Week 3 - Jan 28: Symbols Jan 30: Filters and Masks
Week 4 - Feb 4: Audio Basics Feb 6: Fonts
Week 5 - Feb 11: Shape Tweening and Rotoscoping Feb 13: Motion Tweening
Week 6 - Feb 18: Holiday Feb 20: Animation Review
Week 7 - Feb 25: Creating a Banner Ad Feb 27: Creating a Banner Ad
Week 8 - Mar 3: Actionscript Basics Mar 5: Actionscript Basics
Week 9 - Mar 10: Animating a button Mar 12: Animating a button
DUE: Banner Ad
Week 10 - Mar 17: Midterm Review Mar 19: Midterm
Week 11 - Spring Break
Week 12 - Mar 31: Stop Motion Animation and Video Apr 2: Alpha Channel
Week 13 - Apr 7: Using Components to Build an Interface Apr 9: Components
Week 14 - Apr 14: Interface Components Apr 16: Interface Components
Week 15 - Apr 21: Constructing for a mobile phone Apr 23: Mobile Phone
DUE: Component Interface
Week 16 - Apr 28: Streaming and Bandwith Apr 30: Optimizing Flash
Week 17 - May 5: Publishing May7: Open Lab
DUE: Mobile Phone Animation
Week 18 - May 12: Exquisite Corpse May 14: Review for Final
WEEK of MAY 19 - FINAL EXAM TBA!!!!!