1. Digital Multimedia Week 9

2. Digital Multimedia CALENDAR

3. Digital Multimedia AGENDA Intro to Adobe Encore Into to the Encore Interface and DVD burning process Review of your mid-term drafts Exporting from Premiere and After Effects Good practices After Effects Lesson: Wiggle To initiate an expression, alt-click the stop watch for the property or select the property and go to ANIMATION > ADD EXPRESSION wiggle(frequency,amplitude) Time permitting: How to display multiple flash videos (.flv) in one iterface Advanced use of Flash’s FLVPlayback component

4. Digital Multimedia Exporting for DVD from Premiere 1.WINDOWS DV AVI (.avi) – (720x480.9 for standard or 1.2 pixel aspect ratio for widescreen) Exporting for the Web from Premiere 1.Flash Video (.flv) Consider making it half size (320x240 square pixel aspect ratio or 360x240.9 pixel aspect ratio) LESSON

5. Digital Multimedia LESSON More Details on Exporting from Premiere When you want to export your movie to eventually bring it into Adobe Encore DVD to burn a DVD, I recommend that you export out a Windows DV AVI file (FILE > EXPORT > MOVIE): WINDOWS DV AVI NTSC 720x480.9 pixel aspect ratio for regular DV, 1.2 for widescreen DV When you want to create files for sharing on the web, you’ll want to use Adobe’s Media Encoder (FILE > EXPORT > ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER) and the following settings: Flash Video (.flv) – FLV8 NTSC 700K

6. Digital Multimedia Exporting for DVD from After Effects 1.UNCOMPRESSED MICROSOFT AVI (.avi) 2.WINDOWS DV AVI (.avi) – (720x480.9 or 1.2 pixel aspect ratio) Exporting for the Web from After Effects 1.Flash Video (.flv) Consider making it half size (320x240 square pixel aspect ratio or 360x240.9 pixel aspect ratio) LESSON

7. Digital Multimedia ASSIGNMENT TIME-BASED MULTIMEDIA PROJECT #1 Assignment: To create a short timed based piece of multimedia art using any combination of media and multimedia software. You can use stock video library footage, your own video footage, still photography, or graphics that you create from scratch. Conceptually/thematically there are no restrictions. The final product can be abstract/experimental (ie. video art, Norman McLaren, etc). or traditional and linearly narrative (ie. short film, drama, comedy, documentary, music video, logo animation, experimental animation, etc.) Formally, your final piece must be no less than 10 seconds and no more than 10 minutes. Due: Week 10

8. Digital Multimedia ASSIGNMENT TIME-BASED MULTIMEDIA PROJECT #1 Some Potential Ideas: A short film (narrative, experimental, documentary, surf film, etc. – all genres are ok) A music video The opening title sequence to a film A trailer to a movie (you can use the existing footage to a movie, then edit it to create your own trailer) A logo animation (i.e. the animations that you see before a film begins at the theater) A commercial (30 seconds or 1 minute in length) Experimental animation (ie. Norman McLaren) Others may be ok (come speak to me if you have an idea not listed above) Due: Week 10

9. Digital Multimedia ASSIGNMENT TIME-BASED MULTIMEDIA PROJECT #1 Project Timeline and Important Dates: Week 7 – Film Treatment (ie. storyboards) due. We will have an informal critique/discussion on this day to look at your pre-production plan. Week 8 – 1st drafts due. We will have an informal critique on this day to look at the 1st round drafts. Week 10 – Midterm project is due. We will have a formal critique on this day to look at the completed projects. Due: Week 10

10. Digital Multimedia ASSIGNMENT TIME-BASED MULTIMEDIA PROJECT #1 Purpose/Objective: To go through the full creative design process for cinematic time-based projects. To integrate images, motion graphic design, digital video, sound effects, and music into a unified multimedia work of art. To effectively defend course work conceptually. Due: Week 10

11. Digital Multimedia ASSIGNMENT TIME-BASED MULTIMEDIA PROJECT #1 Format: There are two major parts to the assignment: DVD with custom DVD Interface Menu (using Adobe Encore) NOTE: due to an Encore software conflict/restriction in the NMA labs, you need to be logged in as an administrator when you burn your DVD. The good news is that you can design your DVD using your regular UH login. You will need to ask me, or a lab manager, to log you in as an administrator ONLY WHEN YOU NEED TO BURN A DVD. Flash web version of the midterm project (.flv) to be handed-in via either data cd or flash usb drive. Do not post online on your www2 site unless you have ample space. Flash Video (.flv) Due: Week 10