Animation
CHALLENGE: Create an animated movie promoting http://lessismore.org/
DESCRIPTION OF CHALLENGE: Go to they website http://www.lessismore.org/ and read it through. Select on page from the top tab: Recycle & Reduce, Yard Waste, Hazardous Waste, Electronics, or Trash. Create an animation that could be played on top of the selected page, i.e.-where you wee a static image at present. The animation should give an overview of the topic of the page, i.e.-if you selected Recycle & Reduce, then your animation should talk about how to reduce and recycle and outline some of the steps written on that page. If you have great ideas of your own to reduce and recycle, then you can use them in your animation, too.
CRITERIA/MEDIA REQUIREMENTS
PROCESS STATEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION
Please type a statement about the process that you followed while working on this challenge. If you are working as a group, please describe each person's role.
It would be a great idea to document the process [though it is not required] in other ways too-photographs, videos, etc. Process and the final product are both equally important; this is your chance to inform us about the process that you followed.
JUDGING CRITERIA
PROFESSIONAL:
Gautam Wadhwa, UW-Whitewater; [email protected]
DESCRIPTION OF CHALLENGE: Go to they website http://www.lessismore.org/ and read it through. Select on page from the top tab: Recycle & Reduce, Yard Waste, Hazardous Waste, Electronics, or Trash. Create an animation that could be played on top of the selected page, i.e.-where you wee a static image at present. The animation should give an overview of the topic of the page, i.e.-if you selected Recycle & Reduce, then your animation should talk about how to reduce and recycle and outline some of the steps written on that page. If you have great ideas of your own to reduce and recycle, then you can use them in your animation, too.
CRITERIA/MEDIA REQUIREMENTS
- Size: 6.5 inches [width] x 2.25 inches [height]
- Use any available computer software including-Flash, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, Maya, etc. You can even use hand made sketches or any technique to create animation.
- Write a Script for your animation.
- After writing the script, plan how you would create the animation using a storyboard. A storyboard consists of a series of illustrations that depict the key scenes of an animation or a movie. [Storyboard samples could be fond on the Internet or in most DVDs of movies using animation or special effects like Monsters Inc. Matrix, etc.].
- Save your files on a CD/DVD
- You can even use video editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Premier, etc. to add titles, voiceovers or special effects, or anything else that is required in the effective execution of the project.
- post the projcet on http://youtube.com/ and share it with you r friends, family and the entire world. You can also post a link of the video on Facebook and share it with your Facebook friends.
PROCESS STATEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION
Please type a statement about the process that you followed while working on this challenge. If you are working as a group, please describe each person's role.
It would be a great idea to document the process [though it is not required] in other ways too-photographs, videos, etc. Process and the final product are both equally important; this is your chance to inform us about the process that you followed.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Creativity of the overall project and design concept.
- Quality and neatness of the storyboard.
- Complexity of the project.
- Effective storyline-whether it gets and holds the audience's attention of not.
- Cohesiveness of the project and flow of the story line.
- Skills in terms of quality of animation i.e.-appropriate pacing, smoothness of animation, quality of illustrations, characters, scenes, etc.
- Overall impact of the final animation.
PROFESSIONAL:
Gautam Wadhwa, UW-Whitewater; [email protected]