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Art 344B Calendar/Schedule
Spring Semester, 2008
Please note: this calendar is subject to change by the instructor at
any time during the course of the semester.
WEEK 1 [Jan 22-24]
Tuesday
Readings: Basic HTML tags
| Creating a simple web site with Dreamweaver
Thursday
Readings: Optimizing Web Graphics
WEEK 2 [Jan 29-31]
Tuesday
Thursday
- Research Papers Due
- Oral Presentations
Readings: Flash MX 2004 Intro, Chapters 1, 2, 3,
4 & 5
WEEK 3 [Feb 5-7]
Tuesday
Thursday
- Graphics On Multiple Layers | Working with Symbols
| Using Non-Flash Graphics
Readings: Chapters 8, 9, 10 & 11
Homework: Create a hand-rendered sketches for your figurative landscape & nimated characters
WEEK 4 [Feb 12-14]
Tuesday
- Individual discussion of animation sketches/theme
- Frame-By-Frame Animations | Animation With Motion Tweening | Animation
With Shape Tweening | More Complex Animation Tasks
Due: Figurative landscape & animated characters
sketches
Readings: Chapters 12 & 13 | MX
2004: Basic Interactivity using Behaviors
Thursday
- Building Buttons for Interactivity | Basic Interactivity
Readings: Chapters 15 & 16
WEEK 5 [Feb 19-21]
Tuesday
- Building Buttons for Interactivity | Basic Interactivity
Readings: Chapters 17 | Digital
Audio for Multimedia Projects
Thursday
Due: Mounted storyboard for animation project
WEEK 6 [Feb 26-28]
Tuesday
- Work on Flash Animation Project in class
Thursday
- Work on Flash Animation Project in class
WEEK 7 [Mar 4-6]
Tuesday
- Work on Flash Animation Project in class
Thursday
Homework: Complete Flash Animation Project
WEEK 8 [Mar 11-13]
Tuesday
- Group critique of Flash Animation Project
- Action script lecture
Due: Flash Animation Project & Design
Brief
Homework: Basic strategy for game + sketches
Readings: Flash MX 2004 Advanced Chapter 7: Controlling
the Movie Clip | Chapter 8 pp. 353-359
Thursday
- Individual review of basic strategy for game + sketches
- Action script lecture
Readings: Flash MX 2004 Advanced Chapter 3: Getting
a Handle on ActionScript
Homework: Game
research presentation & paper
WEEK 9 [Mar 18-20]
Tuesday
- Game research presentations
- Action script lecture
Readings: Flash MX 2004 Advanced Chapter 5: Controlling
Multiple Timelines
Thursday
- Action script lecture
- Work on Game project in class
Homework: Game mounted comp/storyboard
WEEK 10 [Mar 25-27]
Tuesday
- Action script lecture
- Work on Game project in class
Due: Draggable Game mounted comp/storyboard
Thursday
Homework: Written final project concept/outline
WEEK 11 [Apr 8-10]
Tuesday
- Work on Game project in class
Thursday
WEEK 12 [Apr 15-17]
Tuesday
Thursday
- Group review of Game Project
- Work on Final Projects in class | Library Research o.k.
Due: Game Project & Design Brief
WEEK 13 [Apr 22-24]
Tuesday
- Work on Final Projects in class
Thursday
- Work on Final Projects in class
WEEK 14 [Apr 29-May1]
Tuesday
Homework: Complete final project moodboard
Thursday
- Group review of Final Project mounted moodboards
- Work on Final Projects in class
Due: final project moodboard
WEEK 15 [May 6-8]
Tuesday
- Work on Final Projects in class
Due: Final Project text due (turn in a hard copy w/ word count for each section)
Thursday
- No Class (final exam week begins today)
NOTE: For those who missed the final on Tuseday, 5/13/08, 1 pm.
If you did not turn in your final project on 5/13/08 please email the instructor a folder (titled w/ your last name) containing your .swf, .html, and all external text files plus design brief. NO PRODUCTION FILES (.fla) PLEASE! Send your stuffed folder to kstringf@mail.sdsu.edu NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, 5/16/08, 5 pm. Those turning their final project past this date will receive a failing grade!
- Final Project & Design Brief due | Critique
- NO LATE FINAL PROJECTS ACCEPTED AFTER TODAY!
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