Week 1B- Jan. 22

Today in class, we didn't do a whole lot on because of a shortened class on account of the snow storm we got the day before, and we were missing a few people. For the beginning of class, we went over to the famous "middle room" and experimented with objects that portray animation.

We first learned the meaning of a Time Code (00:00:00:00), which is hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, as well as the meaning of key frames, which are specific frames which designate the beginning and end of a movement. Next we were shown how to use Adobe Flash in order to work on our first assignment. We also learned how to create a new document, adjust width and height, fps (frames per second), and other properties. For the most part, I understand the basics of how to use it, but I am sure there's alot more to discover. Our first assignment (Linear Representation of Movement) is to create a single line and convey a particular emotion with that line, and I chose shy. It needs to be at least 15 seconds long, with 24 fps, size 720 (Width) x486 (Height), and exported as an .swf file.