MDA 1909: Animation Brief

MDA 1909: Media Practice 1


Project Brief:
Students should produce a non-interactive animation. This should be accompanied by a Research Portfolio that contains a storyboard together with a brief commentary explaining and reflecting on your production process and design decisions (1250 words).
You may, in consultation with your module tutors, not use Flash, and instead use other methods/applications to produce your animation.
You should also submit a link to your Blog for 1909.


The Animation should:

• be a novel re-working of a popular folk tale or myth.
• be no shorter than 1 minute.
• include sound.
• be an individual, not group, piece.
• be delivered on a labelled DVD/CD.

The Portfolio should include:
An essay that should:

• document your design decisions and process.
  • why you chose to do things the way you did and how you carried them out
  • techniques/aesthetics/narrative/process)
• Describe the background and context of your work
  • What was the original fairytale/myth
  • What was the twist/reworking?
  • What other work has addressed this fairytale/myth.
• Include a reflection on how successful you have been.
• Include references to referenced sources.
• Include a link to your Blog

A Storyboard that:

• .Describes (graphically with textual annotations) the critical points in the action and narrative.

A Blog that should:

• Be a diary of your work on the project and associated research.
• Include links to any completed exercises (uploaded to youTube/Vimeo etc.._
• Include a link to your uploaded final piece.

[Be mindful of the fact that your Blog is a public document]


The labelled CD/DVD:
This should include a .FLA and .swf version of your Flash work (if used) as well as digital versions of your storyboard and accompanying notes (which should also contain a link to your Blog). If you want to produce a hand-drawn storyboard, you should digitise this for inclusion on this CD as well as handing in your non-digital version.



All work to be submitted in a labelled folder.
Your labelled CD/DVD and any paper-based material should be submitted in a labelled folder. A stapled plastic pocket is not sufficient because opening it often damages the enclosed items.
Demand on printing and computing facilities is likely to be high on deadline day. Make sure you give yourself time to prepare the work for submission.


Submission summary/check list:
(% refer to proportion of total marks for MDA 1909)

• Animation (30%)
• Portfolio (20%)
  • To include an Essay (1250 words), Blog (link to it) and Storyboard.
  
   

Deadline:
4:00pm Tuesday May 3rd 2011