Design & Technology - Stage 4 » Year 8 http://oxleylearning.org/tas4 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Lessons in the History of Animation http://oxleylearning.org/tas4/2010/04/lessons-in-the-history-of-animation/ http://oxleylearning.org/tas4/2010/04/lessons-in-the-history-of-animation/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:20:47 +0000 nbro http://oxleylearning.org/tas4/?p=99 Dear Year 8,

Below are some interesting videos on the design process in animation from Disney and Pixar.

1. Disney Animation Process ‘cel animation’

Click here to view the embedded video.

2. Disney Pixar animation (watch from 3min50sec)

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Follow this link to a site that explains the basics of audio editing using Audacity.

Audacity Manual – Editing: Cut, Paste, and More -

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Below are two wonderful resources for your podcasting project.

The first is

Podomatic.com – a free online podcast recording site. You will need to sign up with your initial and lastname as your username & then test the recording & editing capabilities. We are testing this site instead of WildVoice.

Step 1 – go to the site.

step 2 – sign up with username firstinitial & surname e.g. jsmith

step 3 – go to my podcastpodomatic_step1

step 4 – click on post a new episode

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step 5 – choose to record via microphone

podomatic_step3

step 6 – record & save your podcast sample

step 7 – Complete your comparison table in your portfolio to see if this podcasting tool can do all things you need it to. Are there any advantages to recording your podcast directly onto a website?

The second resource is a Free Sound Effects website. This will come in handy once you start recording your podcast.

Have fun!

Ms B

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Your Photoshop challenge is as follows:

To design a fabulous A4 poster in Photoshop on the theme “Far, Far Away…” – This can be interpreted any way you like.

The aim is to show off your creative Photoshop skills.

Rules:

VERY IMPORTANT! You are only use images that you find on the website below (don’t worry they have THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS) use the search function in the top left corner.

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml - Royalty free stock photos

Also -

  • you must first complete a mindmap of all your ideas for interpreting the theme
  • you must have fun, experiment and try something new
  • you only have the double period to complete your design

Lastly, to get that creativity flowing have a look at these two websites to see how professional graphic designers have blended images together.

http://www.keepdesigning.com/photoshop/cover-design-case-study/

http://abduzeedo.com/case-study-way-heaven

Enjoy!

Ms B

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Well done on completing your portfolio and survey!

You will need to download the template from the following URL and design 1-2 matching CD labels to go with your CD Cover.

Worldlabel.com

Remember! Which resolution will you need to set your document to so that you can print the label?

Good Luck!

Ms B

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here is the CD template you will need to download and use for your CD cover design.

cd-cardboard-wallet

Remember to set the resolution to 300 dpi!

Good Luck!

Ms B

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we are going to experiment with different tools to cut out parts of an image. Below is the image you need to download.

Good luck!

Ms Brochard

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Here is the background image you need to save to your Media Tech folder. 

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Enjoy!

Ms Brochard

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