Date |
Lecture |
HW Due |
Reading |
Jan |
M 24
|
Logistics & Course Overview
|
|
SV 1.1 Multimedia Defined
Kim: Interdisciplinary Cooperation
|
| |
W 26 |
Lab 1: Practice with Director |
|
D11#2: Workspace (pp. 7-21)
D11#3: Score, Stage, Cast(32-51) |
| |
Th 27 |
Visit to the Davis Museum: With David Teng Olsen |
Meet at the Davis Lobby |
Dreamcatcher installation |
| |
M 31 |
Production: Introduction
to Director, Basic animation
skills |
HW1 - Evaluating MM Projects |
D11#4: Sprites(61-63)
D11#5: Animation(89-101)
D11#6: Bitmaps(103-131)
D11#7: Vector Shapes(150-158) |
| Feb |
W 2 |
No lab - Out of town |
|
|
| |
Th 3 |
No class - Out of town |
|
|
| |
M 7 |
Media: Animation
- Theory, Physics, Psychology & Technology
|
|
SV 9: Animation(198-208)
Lasseter:Animation Principles
Lasseter: Animation Tricks
|
| |
W 9 |
Production: HCI
Design Principles
Critique: Design
decisions of JKRowling and Bellini's
Feast |
HW2 - Basic Animation |
HCSDG 1:
The Guidelines
HCSDG 9: Human Interface Design
|
| |
Th 10 |
Media: Image
Representation
Color
Theory and Color
Schemes |
|
SV 6: Graphics(122-140)
Wong: Chapter on Background and Images
McCW: 9. Color
|
| |
M 14 |
User Interface: Theory,
Navigation Techniques & Aids |
|
McCW: 6. Navigation
HCSDG 2: Making Stacks Easy to Navigate
SV 10: Authoring(216-226)
|
| |
W 16 |
TA hours - Work on homework |
|
|
| |
Th 17 |
Interactivity: Lingo
Navigation
Production: Players,
Factors |
HW3 - Story Animation |
Material in Lectures
|
| |
M 21 |
No class - President's day |
|
|
| |
W 23 |
Lab 2: More on Lingo
Navigation |
|
|
| |
Th 24 |
Interactivity:
Lingo Basics |
HW4 - Navigation |
Material in Lectures
|
| |
M 28 |
Production: Screen Design and Metaphores |
|
McCW: 2. Capabilities of Humans
Ericson: Working with Interface Metaphores
|
| Mar |
W 2 |
Interactivity: Events & Handlers,
Message Hierarchy |
|
Material in Lectures |
| |
Th 3 |
Lingo I: Variables - Local & Global |
HW5 - Screen Design |
Rosenweig: Lingo Commands
Material in Lectures
|
| |
M 7 |
Critiques of Screen Design |
Attendance is required |
Woolsey: Critiquing |
| |
W 9 |
No lab - Out of town |
|
|
| |
Th 10 |
No class - Out of town |
|
|
| |
M 14 |
Lingo I (cont): Control Structures Lists, WideScreen |
|
|
| |
W 16 |
Media: Sound - Physics,
Psychology & Technology - Amadeus |
HW6 - Events |
SV 7: Sound(152-167)
|
| |
Th 17 |
Spring Break |
|
|
| |
M 21 |
Spring Break |
|
|
| |
W 23 |
Spring Break |
|
|
| |
Th 24 |
Spring Break |
|
|
| |
M 28 |
Lingo II: Functions, Randomness, Cursors, Marquise |
|
Material in Lectures |
| |
W 30 |
Lingo II (cont.) |
|
|
| |
Th 31 |
Media:
Text - Writing and Typography:
Psychology & Technology |
HW7 - Text and Sound |
Scott Kim: Letterforms
SV 5: Text(102-117)
Carter: The Anatomy of Typography
Larson: Technology of Text
|
| Apr |
M 4 |
Production: Introduction to Game and Puzzle Design
Games: Jigsaw Puzzle |
|
Scott Kim: What is a Puzzle? & Web Games
Kim: Puzzle Workout
|
| |
W 6 |
Media: Video - Theory, Physics, Psychology & Technology |
|
SV 8: Video(172-193)
McCW: 9.3. Video |
| |
Th 7 |
UI Design: Online Puzzles
Game Tools: Boolean Logic, Cursor
Chase, Timer Display, Sprite Pool, Menus |
|
Material in Lectures |
| |
M 11 |
No class |
|
|
| |
W 13 |
Games: Pacman; Controlling
with keys |
HW8 - Video Puzzle |
Material in Lectures
Rosenweig's Memory
game |
| |
Th 14 |
No class |
|
|
| |
M 18 |
No class - Patriot's day |
|
|
| |
T (M) 19 |
Production: Specs & Storyboard
|
Game Choice due
|
SV 11: MM Development(229-242)
McCW: 7. Prototyping
Wagner: Prototyping |
| |
W 20 |
Games: Memory |
HW9 - Too High / Too Low |
Games: String
manipulation
Games: Fields
and xtras
Saving
state
Games: Painting
|
| |
Th 21 |
Presentation: Storyboards |
Storyboards due. Attendance is required |
|
| |
M 25 |
Presentation: Screen
Design |
First Screen due. Attendance is required |
|
| |
W 27 |
No class - Ruhlman |
|
|
| |
Th 28 |
Presentation: Screens
and Functionality |
Remaining screens and some functionality due, Attendance is required |
|
| May |
M 2 |
Workshop Solving problems and debugging |
|
|
| |
W 4 |
Production: Testing
Social
Issues: Copyright and Critical Thinking |
HW10: Small Project due |
McCW:
8. Evaluation
Copyright Lecture
SV 12. Ethical issues |
| |
Th 5 |
Theory: History of Hypertext & Multimedia
Social Issues: The
Future of Multimedia |
Email test reviews due |
SV 1.2-1.4 Origins of MM |
| |
M 9 |
(no class - reading period) |
Tested Project due. |
PARTY! |
