Date |
Lecture |
Due |
Reading |
SEP |
Tu 2
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Logistics & Course Overview
Background: Digital Representation
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Questionnaire
Account request |
MMF 1. Understanding Multimedia
Kim: Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Wong: Chapter on Background
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W 3 |
Interactivity: Introduction
to Director |
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Dean: The Director Interface
D11#2: Workspace (pp. 7-21)
D11#3: Score, Stage, Cast (32-51) |
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F 5 |
Production: Basic animation
skills |
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D11#4: Sprites (61-63)
D11#5: Animation (89-101)
D11#6: Bitmaps (103-131)
D11#7: Vector Shapes (150-158) |
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Tu 9 |
Media: Animation
- Theory, Physics, Psychology & Technology
|
HW1 - Evaluating MM Projects and HW1 Reflection |
Lasseter: Animation Principles
Lasseter: Animation Tricks
SV: Animation
|
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W 10 |
Production: Animation
skills |
|
Material inside directory Lectures |
| |
F 12 |
Production: HCI
Design Guidelines
Critique: Design decisions of Bellini's
Feast |
|
MMF 5. Multimedia Page Design
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| |
Tu 16 |
Media: Image Representation
|
HW2 - Basic Animation and HW2 Reflection |
MMF 8. Graphics
Digital Color Tutorial
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| |
W 17 |
Media: Color
Theory and Color
Schemes |
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MMF 8. Graphics
Material in Lectures |
| |
F 19 |
User Interface: Theory,
Navigation Techniques & Aids |
|
MMF 3. Planning and Design
SV: Authoring
|
| |
Tu 23 |
Interactivity: Lingo
Navigation
|
HW3 - Story Animation and HW3 Reflection |
Material in Lectures
|
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W 24 |
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F 26 |
Interactivity:
Lingo Basics |
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Material in Lectures
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| |
Tu 30 |
Production: Screen Design and Metaphores |
HW4 - Navigation and HW4 Reflection
Form HW5 teams |
MMF 4. Visual Communication
Ericson: Working with Interface Metaphores.
Redesign the Fire Door Sign
|
| OCT |
W 1 |
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F 3 |
No class |
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Tu 7 |
Presenting and Critiquing (PLTC)
Interactivity: Events & Handlers,
Message Hierarchy |
HW5 - Screen Design and HW5 Reflection
|
Material in Lectures |
| |
W 8 |
Interactivity: Events etc. (cont.) |
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Material in Lectures |
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F 10 |
Critiques of Screen Design |
Attendance is required |
Woolsey: Critiquing |
| |
Tu 14 |
No class - Fall Break |
|
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W 15 |
No class - Jury Duty |
|
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F 17 |
Media: Sound - Physics,
Psychology & Technology - Sync Sound
|
|
MMF 11. Audio Production
Sound clips
Amadeus Pro |
| |
Tu 21 |
Lingo I:
Variables (Local & Global), Control Structures (repeat stmt), Mouse coordinates,
User-defined handlers (functions)
|
HW6A - Events and HW6 Reflection HW6B-Add Sound to your HW3 Animation |
Material in Lectures
Rosenweig: Lingo Commands
|
| |
W 22 |
Lingo II: Lists
Randomness,
Cursors.
|
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F 24 |
Guest Lecturer: Nick Knouf, CAMS |
Meet Nick at the Davis' Lobby |
Talk on his Davis installations, Sylloge of Codes and Art for Spooks. |
| |
Tu 28 |
No class - Tanner |
|
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| |
W 29 |
Media:
Text - Writing and Typography:
Psychology & Technology
Using type in Lingo: Start from this
to produce this final.
|
HW7 (Sound) and HW7 Reflection |
Barrett-Forrest: The History of Typography (video)
MMF 9. Text
Kim: Letterforms
|
| |
F 31 |
Production: Introduction to Game and Puzzle Design.
UI Design: Interface for Online Puzzles. |
|
Kim: What is a Puzzle?
Kim: Web Games
|
| NOV |
Tu 4 |
Games: Jigsaw Puzzle |
|
Kim: Puzzle Workout |
| |
W 5 |
Game Tools:
Cursor
Chase,
Timer Display. |
|
Material in Lectures |
| |
F 7 |
Games: Pacman ,
Controlling
with keys |
|
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| |
Tu 11 |
Lingo III: List Exercise |
HW8 (Puzzle) and HW8 Reflection |
|
| |
W 12 |
Games: Memory |
|
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F 14 |
Production: Specs & Storyboard |
|
MMF 3. Planning and Design
Wagner: Prototyping |
| |
Tu 18 |
Theory: From Hypertext to the Web
Games: String
manipulation
|
HW9 - Too High / Too Low and HW9 Reflection
|
Notes: History of Hypertext & Multimedia |
| |
W 19 |
Guest Lecture by Ruth Rogers and Katherine Ruffin, Visit to Special Collections and the Book Arts Lab, Clapp 4th floor
|
Game Choice due |
Videos:
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F 21 |
Presentation: Storyboards |
Storyboards due: Attendance is required |
|
| |
Tu 25 |
Presentation: Screen
Design |
First Screen due: Attendance is required |
|
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W 26 |
Thanksgiving |
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| |
F 28 |
Thanksgiving |
|
|
| Dec |
Tu 2 |
Presentation: Screens
and Functionality |
Remaining screens and some functionality due: Attendance is required |
|
| |
W 3 |
Social
Issues: Copyright and Critical Thinking |
|
SV 12. Ethical issues |
| |
F 5 |
Production: Testing
|
HW10: Small Project due and HW10 Reflection
|
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Sat 6 |
|
Email test reviews due |
|
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Tu 9 |
No class |
Tested Project due by 11:59PM |
|
| |
W 10 |
Presentations and Party! |
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Open-book,
Closed Technology
Self-scheduled Exam |
|
Readings from the List above, See email for details |
| |
TBD |
Media: Video - Theory, Physics, Psychology & Technology |
|
PBS: The Science, Art and Impact of Digital Cinema
MMF 12. Sound and Video Recording
|
| |
TBD
|
Games:
Sprite Pool,
Menus,
Multiple-choice Tests ,
Marquise. |
|
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| |
TBD |
Games: Painting |
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Games: Fields
and xtras
Saving
state |
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