1. Unit 39 web Animation
Level 3 year 1 - P1 M1 D1

2. History of animation Enchanted drawing – Stop Action Photography
Drawing of rice paper
Cole
McKay – Little Nemo – Gertie
Bray – the use of tracing paper African Hunt (cell)
World war 1 – animation used for propaganda
1920 Tomas the cat – first colour animation
Felix the cat the most famous cat
Max Fleischer – rotoscoping Coco the clown
Betty Boop

3. Your goal is pass
P1: learners will describe correctly, and with substantial but not necessarily complete coverage, the key characteristics of web animation technology and usage. They will be able to distinguish correctly between, for example, banner ads, animated interface elements and e-learning content. They will accurately identify technical issues such as compression and file formats. Evidence will show a basic understanding of technical terminology but learners will generally be unsure about this vocabulary and will make fairly frequent mistakes when they do use it.

4. Your goal is merit
M1: learners will explain the key characteristics of web animation technology through detailed illustrative, relevant examples which show how particular technologies are used. They will also discuss the purpose of the chosen examples, clearly explaining differences between, for example, banner ads, animated interface elements and e-learning content. However, learners will not elucidate these examples to show fully how they illustrate the point they support. They will be able to accurately discuss technical issues such as compression and file formats using subject terminology for the most part correctly, though they may make mistakes or be unsure about usage at times.

5. Your goal is distinction
D1: learners will be able to fully explain the characteristics of web animation technologies. They will be able to fully explain, for example, the differences between banner ads, animated interface elements and e-learning content, and technical issues such as compression and file formats, using technical vocabulary correctly and confidently at all times. This fuller and more extensive explanation and provision of argument to support points made, and the higher quality expression, will discriminate between this grade and the merit. Learners will analyse usages of this technology through examples which illustrate clearly the breadth of applications of web animation. They will critically compare, assess and discriminate between the given examples of usage and justify points made using supporting arguments or evidence. They will draw out of each example precisely what it is about it that exemplifies the point it illustrates.

6. Task 1: Investigate the uses of Web animation banner ads
animated interface elements
linear and interactive animations
Promotion
instruction
information
entertainment

8. Task 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZbrdCAsYqU Hand Drawn
Research and explain
Animation terms, techniques & developments in animation such as:
optical illusion of motion
Persistence of vision
Claymation
stop motion
cel
flip books
animated cartoons
computer generation
Classic, hand drawn animation
Cut outs
Rotoscope
Stereoscopic 3D
CGI cut out
Motion Capture 
Morphing
Task 1:
Hand Drawn
Computer
Historical animation tools

9. Task 1: Research and explain
dynamic hypertext mark-up language (dHTML)
extensible hypertext mark-up language (XHTML)
Java applets

10. Task 1:
Research and explain Animation software (open source and paid for)
Pivot
Photoshop
Flash
Maya
Blender
Cinem4d
After Effects
Studio Ghibli animation software is now free

11. Task 1: Research and explain Animation software techniques & Tools
Frame by frame (Flash)
Walk cycle (Flash)
Tweening
Masking
Layers
Importing assets/props
Frames and key frames

12. Task 1:
Research and explain file formats and digital animation formats
2d vector animation
3d animation
Raster (bitmap) animation
Vector files vs bitmap files (i.e.: saving a Photoshop document in JPEG format will reduce the image quality and flatten all the image's layers)
Compression and why it’s important for web animations
file size
download speeds)
Scalability
web player plugins
File formats (native files formats vs player file formats)
Fla
Swf
Gif
Play back software (Quick Time, RealPlayer, VLC Media player)

13. Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g1eb8O9j1M