Blog Assignments Due 12/03/17

This week, both classes will be discussing the same topic on your blog posts. There are two short articles on Net Neutrality and how it can affect the film and gaming industries. Read both, and incorporate some content from each of them into your responses.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-23-games-could-be-hit-hard-by-net-neutralitys-death
https://www.raindance.org/net-neutrality-filmmakers-concerns/

NCCC Film Tech Training

http://niagaracc.suny.edu/conted/film-tech/

Scholarship Opportunity

$1500.00 Scholarship (4 awarded)  to qualified students. Due before Feb.2nd. Relatively easy application. Financial need will be taken into consideration.   

https://wnysc.com/scholarship-application/

Blog Assignments Due 11/19/17

Animation:
http://blog.animationmentor.com/how-to-maximize-your-productivity-when-animating/

Film & VFX:
http://nofilmschool.com/2017/10/watch-why-our-brains-dont-explode-film-cuts

Mouth Charts for Animation

From Toon Boom:

Prestons Blair’s (you also have pdfs of his animation books in your Documents folder): http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/mouth_shapes_01.html

For simpler characters: http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/mouth_shapes_02.html

Blog Assignments Due 11/5/17

Animation:
http://blog.animationmentor.com/secondary-action-the-12-basic-principles-of-animation/

Film & VFX:
https://www.videomaker.com/article/f16/14803-how-to-make-a-documentary-part-1-story-development

Animation: Storyboarder

Here is that free storyboarding program I told you about: https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/

It's not bad, so if you'd rather use this for storyboarding, I'm OK with that. I still think sketch.io has better tools and a little more intuitive interface, but check out both and use whichever you like best. Drawing by hand works, too...