Making the Lip Sync magic happen

An example of poor lip syncing

Check out Barney afew blogs earlier to see good lip syncing at work



User Guide for Audacity

Friday 10th Feb 2012

Good morning fabulous Btec-ers!

As you know I'm in Paris but thats no reason not to have a creative productive day.

A/ Everyone has thier radio poems to finish. The last three posts on this blog explain the whole process and that you need to include: remember at least 1 track of wild noise (background sounds) and 5 sound effects.
The aim is to get you confident about recording and editing audio.

Go back and go through the list of jobs for each task, include them all, they are there for a reason!
Mrs Marsom will unlock the kit cuboard if you ask nicely, the recorders are at the top in a green box.


B/ Next:  to visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio1 
  • explain: what are podcasts? whats the difference between a podcast and a download?
  • find 3 completely different podcasts, there is everything from sports, dramas, chat shows and music shows
  • compare and contrast them; what do they include, how are they different? who is their audience? are they aimed at the same audience?
  • this is about starting to consider genre's: "A category characterised by similarities in form, style, or subject matter." how would you describe or explain their genre's?
C/ When your finished go back and check things that you might not have finished, things we're planning to do in the after school sessions.

I hope you have a good day, see you after half term

Miss C

20/1/12 Audio lesson

 Slide one, the Brief

Slide 2
Now watch the video on this link: 
then look at the slide,
would you describe this as a happy summery day poem? think about its style and message- the images reflect this, and so should the sounds

 Slide 3 todays task
all tasks 1-6 should be completed and uploaded to your blogs today



The link to the website with thousands of poems to choose from, (catagories are on the right)
or


a link to the risk assesments we have done before is: http://bteccreativemediaproduction.blogspot.com/2011/09/risk-assessment.html

Ass3: Animation Morph




Assignment 3 Brief


Assignment: 3 “Morph Animation” (Year 10)
Unit(s): 10, 2


Hand Out Date:  06/01/2012
Final Deadline:  13/01/2012




Evidence:
Units covered

Brief:    To plan and produce a 5 second animation of an object morphing.

Synopsis of Unit 10: Animation Techniques
Know about animation techniques
Be able to create an animation sequence
Be able to review own animation production
Synopsis of Unit 2: Communication Techniques
Be able to communicate information and ideas in written formats for media production

   Unit 10
 Unit 2 

Task 1: Pre-Production
Generate a mind map of ideas of objects that might create for your animation. Consider the complexity of what you will be modelling while you are in production – make notes and do drawings of what the objects entail (if you’re planning on turning a Tyrannosaurs Rex into a house, you might run out of time and frames to finish!). The easiest thing to do is to pick one detailed object and one simple object. This will ensure that you spend your production animating instead of modelling.

Create your object and prepare all of the clay you will need for your animation. Fill in an exposure sheet planning your animation. You will be shooting on 2’s, meaning you will only be filming 20 frames per 1 second of animation. This means that you have 75 frames to complete your morph in. Plan your slow in and slow out, squash and stretch, etc. You can draw thumbnail pictures on your exposure sheet to help you visualise what things should look like at certain frames.

Write a proposal stating your intent for your animation. Talk about your plans for stage and what animation techniques you are planning to use.

         Mind map of possible ideas with thumbnail sketches and notes
         Modelled object for beginning of shoot
         Filled in Exposure sheet
         Written Proposal


Unit 10
P1 M1 D1
P3 M3 D3
P4 M4 D4

Unit 2
P4 M4 D4
P5 M5 D5

Task 2: Production

Using Stop-Motion Pro, begin your animation production. You will need to set up a camera, lighting and a stage for your object. You should have your exposure sheet handy and refer to it while you animate. Make sure you do not go over 5 seconds – you should have all 75 frames planned.

Once your animation is complete, export your file as an MPEG.

         Finished MPEG video file

Unit 10
P3 M3 D3

Task 3: Post-Production and Review

Upload your finished animation to your blog. Review your completed product and the process you went through to produce it. Compare it to your original proposal.

         Completed video file
         Video, audio or written review of your finished work
         Updated blog







Unit 2
P4 M4 D4
P5 M5 D5



Assessors: E Cooper, S Stoker