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Warm-Up:

  1. Finalize your workflow for the B Day Drama Majors coming in for their headshots today.

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Today's Agenda

  1. Warm-Up
    1. (See above)
  2. Homework Review
    1. 12-03: In your journal, list 3 times you tried to use technology to solve a problem, but it didn't work out. Explain what you learned from each event.
    2. 12-07: Complete your Slideshows by Monday.
    3. 12-11: Complete your critiques if you have not already done so.
    4. 12-19: List at least three ways where an animator can "cheat" to save time.
  3. Objective
    1. Students will ask critical questions that help them to refine and complete artistic work. (Anchor Standard 3)

  4. Guided Instruction
    1. Project 3: Animation
      1. Animation (9 votes)
        ► 25% Includes a picture of a staff member taken with permission. (6 votes)
        ► 25% Includes something learned about the staff member while interviewing them. (6 votes)
        ► 25% Includes something that is of personal interest to the student. (5 votes)
        ► 25% Portrays a specific season (Winter, Fall, etc.) (9 votes combined)
      2. Simple pixel animation tool (NO SIGN-IN NEEDED!): https://www.piskelapp.com/
      3. Background removal/animation in GIMP (GIMP.org if you want to try the program at home.)
      4. Frames (Commercial software, installed on some, not all, of the computers.)
  5. Independent Work
    1. Plan questions for staff interviews (SHOULD BE DONE!)
    2. Post-Process Mr. McCrea's headshots
    3. Practice animation techniques / complete animation
  6. HOMEWORK
    1. What would you like the next project to be about? What non-subjective requirement could you add to the rubric to improve the quality of the projects?