Article links for Blogs Due 11/3/13

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/25/5027890/the-psychedelic-and-grotesque-proto-gifs-of-the-19th-century

http://www.indiewire.com/article/10-tips-for-using-natural-light-to-light-your-shoot?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit%20%28Filmmaker%20Toolkit%29&page=1#articleHeaderPanel
(NOTE: THIS ONE HAS TWO PAGES. MAKE SURE YOU READ BOTH. YOUR COMMENTS SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE ITEM FROM EACH PAGE.)

Article links for Blogs Due 10/27/13

http://www.livescience.com/40563-technology-of-horror-movie-monsters.html

http://blog.animationmentor.com/sony-pictures-animation-cloudy-2-effects-animators/

Animation Presentation at Villa

Ken Maruyama, VP of Recruiting & Academic Relations from Sony Pictures Imageworks will be at Villa Maria College, Thursday, November 14th.  He will give a presentation starting at 7pm in the Villa Auditorium, followed by a Q&A session.

Article links for Blogs Due 10/20/13

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/14/do-animated-female-characters-need-to-be-pretty/

http://nofilmschool.com/2013/06/zombie-love-obsessed-eat-brains/

Gaming Industry Resources

I was sent these links by a former student for those interested in one day being a part of the gaming industry> Enjoy. (Thanks, Alex!)


http://www.gamasutra.com/ - News about anything relating to video games (Including news on jobs from game companies!).

http://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/ - Job searching site. Poke around and learn about the variety of different positions game companies are looking for.

http://www.audiogang.org/ - The Game Audio Network Guild. A community that provides info and resources to educate those interested in game audio.


If you are interested in making your own games:

http://www.makeflashgames.com/ - Learn how to make games in Flash! A great place to start your game developing dream. Learn the basics of Javascript and even apply what you learn into animating!

http://www.newgrounds.com/collab - Want to put your skills to work? Need someone to help you out? Use Newgrounds' collab page to find others that want to work together with you, whether it being music, voice overs, animating, programming, etc. (Music on Newgrounds is also under Creative Commons!)

Documentary Film Resources (for Video Class)

Here are some sites where you can watch short, award-winning documentaries:
http://mediathatmattersfest.org/films
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr_xNJgOnbQTbrwOd3K6B1ZYKsK60WngX

This site is a great resource for learning about documentary films on different subjects:
http://truefilms.com

Our class website has a few examples of student documentary work:
http://www.onboces.org/digitalmedia/
(Look under Student Work, Video)