Goal

Develop a sen­si­tiv­ity to rel­a­tive motion used to cre­ate or rein­force meaning.

Objective

Cre­ate two short videos that uses two or more lines or abstract ele­ments chore­o­graphed to com­mu­ni­cate har­mony and conflict.

Background

• Viking Eggeling http://​en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​V​i​k​i​n​g​_​E​g​g​e​l​ing
• Viking Eggeling — Sym­phonie Diag­o­nale (1924) http://​vimeo​.com/​4​2​4​0​1​347
• Wal­ter Ruttmann — Licht­spiel Opus 1,2,3,4 ‑The first abstract film screened pub­licly — 27 April 1921 https://​www​.youtube​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​?​v​=​a​H​Z​d​D​m​Y​F​ZN0

Exercise:

Cre­ate a set of ani­ma­tions express­ing con­trast­ing design prin­ci­ples har­mony and con­flict. Begin plan­ning by choos­ing abstract shape or line and cre­ate a com­po­si­tion that reflects har­mony. Draw out a sim­ple sto­ry­board to test your ideas. Con­sider move­ment, veloc­ity and tim­ing in your decisions.

Pro­ceed to the com­puter and cre­ate a ten (10) sec­ond com­po­si­tion that reflects your sto­ry­board. Ani­mate and adjust as nec­es­sary. Com­plete a sim­i­lar ani­ma­tion for a com­po­si­tion that expresses conflict.

Technical Specifications

Cre­ate the ani­ma­tions at the fol­low­ing settings:

• File Size/Export Set­tings: HDTV 1080, 29.97fps
• Ren­der Set­tings: Best and Out­put Mod­ule: H.264
• 44.1kHz, 16 bit, 2 chan­nel audio
• File name: xyz_art378_exer00_part00.mp4

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine exer­cise score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

lay­out, sketch­ing, plan­ning, ani­ma­tion, rendering

Materials

pen­cil, paper, After Effects