ASSIGNMENT 10

Use the roto-brush tool on a video to highlight at least one character or other moving object.
Remember that you can assist the effectiveness of the roto-brush tool with a solid colored background and the paint brush.

FINAL PROJECT (main points in red)

Make a work of video art that uses techniques from at least six of the chapters in the book and be ready to explain the techniques. Your project must also meet the following criteria:

1. Highly Polished/Well Crafted
Since this is the final project, there should be no short cuts.  This project needs to look as you intend it to look, and cannot be "just good enough".  You have been doing "sketches" for each assignment... projects intended mainly to learn the software.  This final work should not look unfinished, but should be ready to submit to a gallery, a film festival or some other exhibition.  ...Something you could theoretically show in public and be proud of.

2. This Project can NOT be a Commercial
Essentially, this project can be whatever style or subject matter you wish, but it can not take the form of a commercial.  It can tell a story or just be an abstract video art piece, but it should not overtly advertise a product or cause, real or imagined.  If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask.

3. Time Limit: Between 30 sec. and 2 Minutes
You will be graded on quality, not quantity.

ASSIGNMENT 9

Using the Puppet Tools (Deform Pin, Overlap tool, and Puppet Starch tool), create an animated scenario that involves at least one "Character" and two other puppet elements (Three puppets total, at least).

TO DOWNLOAD FROM YOUTUBE ETC:

try the video downloader at ant.com

RECOMMENDED SITES FOR VIDEO

archive.org (many formats including .mov files and avi files... no watermarks)
istockphoto.com
gettyimages.com

ASSIGNMENT 8

Use ONLY video content (no still images) to create a composition using masks as explained in chapter 7.  You must use at least four video sources in your composition.  

Although chapter 7 only uses two video sources, it a very helpful chapter and you should refer to it for assistance in making this project as visually impressive as possible

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ASSIGNMENT 7

Create an animation using only still images as your source material (assets)

the animation must make use of the following tools and effects:

-Pick Whip

-Corner Pin

-Time Remapping

Be prepared to describe how you used these features.