Week 1 Introductions, syllabus, course requirements, Director overview Director overview Course requirements Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Identify components of Director Begin planning your final project Week 2 Covered: Director overview, Color Theory; Textbook Intro Traditional Color Theory Director: windows Director: beginning a simple animation Intro to Copyright Issues Confronting the blank canvas: textbook introduction - finding ideas for visual art Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Understand basic color theory Work through initial steps of a simple animation Understand fundamentals of copyright issues as they relate to work produced in this class Return to top Week 3 Covered: Director - keyframes and tweening; Chapter One Director: Keyframes and tweening Art - sources: Chapter One - Expanding your knowledge, visual nutrition / visual detritus Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Feel more comfortable with the Director interface Understand basic principles of keyframes in an animation and how to tween a sprite Develop an understanding of the animation process Week 4 Covered: Director - Markers and scenes - part 1; Bryce 3D; Chapter Two Making markers for scenes in Director Introduction to Bryce 3D rendering Art - influences: Chapter Two: Artistic sources: learning from the masters, Photography as note-taking Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Create separate scenes in Director Develop a simple object in Bryce Return to top Week 5 Covered: Director: Markers and scenes - part 2; Chapter Three Creating markers and scripts to jump to other scenes Art - working: Chapter Three: the inner critic and the search for ideas Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Create markers to jump between scenes Week 6 Covered: Director: Film Loops, Chapter Four Film Loops in Director Art - obstacles: Chapter Four: originality & style, learning more, freedom to make mistakes Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Construct a repeating film loop in Director Return to top Week 7 Covered: Director: Fades and Transitions Tweening sprites - fade-in / fade-out Transitions between scenes Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Make a sprite fade in or out during an animation Apply transitions between scenes to enhance your animation Week 8 Covered: Director: Behaviors Director: Built-in interactive behaviors Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Use Director's built-in behaviors to add interactivity to your animation Week 9 Covered: Rounded Paths in Director Creating projectors Creating Shockwave movies Goals: After working through today's material, you should now be able to: Modify the shape of an object's path in Director Save your work as a stand-alone projector movie, and save it as a Shockwave movie for the Web Return to top