Course Syllabus
Course Number: MAA480
Course Title: Portfolio 1
Class Meetings: M/W 11:00am-1:45pm rm.1019
Session/Year: Spring 2013
Instructor Name: Sam Ellis
Email Address: smellis@aii.edu
Instructor Availability Outside of Class:
Monday/Wednesday: 9:30AM-11PM Room 901
Course Description:
This course will focus on the refinement of previous work into a comprehensive collection representative of Media Arts & Animation skills. Emphasis will be on development, design, craftsmanship and presentation. This course begins the process of examining the student’s strengths and building upon them to produce a marketable portfolio.
Course Competencies: Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
Develop a digital and online portfolio for professional use
· Create a website to display portfolio work
· Compose demo reel elements
· Utilize video editing and/or authoring software to assemble demo reel
Articulate career goals
- Collect and assimilate information regarding possible career opportunities
- Explore opportunities in various geographical regions
- Associate specifics of possible career opportunities with intended personal goals and interests
- Generate targeted resumes and cover letters for effective job search
- Identify and research potential employers and their submission requirements
- Develop professional awareness for researching and networking
Demonstrate the ability to pitch a concept
- Present and defend original portfolio concept
Develop a digital and online portfolio for professional use
· Create a website to display portfolio work
· Compose demo reel elements
· Utilize video editing and/or authoring software to assemble demo reel
Create a website
· Utilize a web authoring package to produce a web page
· Integrate movies, images and sound in web page
· Identify web standards and hosting requirements
· Produce a live web page
Produce a portfolio in accordance with program requirements and industry-standard
- Discuss the relative effectiveness of various media for different communication purposes
- Produce portfolio pieces according to graduation specifications
- Meet all expectations for portfolio requirements
Requiremet: MAA470 Portfolio Foundations
Recommended Text: Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, 13th ED.
· ISBN-10: 0932102158
· ISBN-13: 978-0932102157
Materials and Supplies:
· Writing/Drawing Materials
· Sketchbook (8.5 x 11) –at least-
· 3 Ring Binder
· Loose-leaf
· USB Flash Drive (at least 2GB)
Technology Needed:
SUPPLIED BY SCHOOL
Estimated Homework Hours: 6-8+ hours week.
Quarter Credit Hour Definition: A quarter credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:
(1) One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for 10-12 weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
(2) At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.
Student Evaluation / Methods of Assessment:
Projects with specific guidelines including tools and techniques will be assigned. Projects will be graded on the following:
Final Deliverables (incl. Portfolio): 100%
Students with Disabilities: The Art Institute of Washington provides accommodations to qualified students with disabilities. The Disability Services Office assists qualified students with disabilities in acquiring reasonable and appropriate accommodations and in supporting equal access to services, programs and activities at The Art Institute of Washington Students who seek reasonable accommodations should notify the Disabilities Services Coordinator at (Arber Winn, 703-247-2685 ) of their specific limitations and, if known their specific requested accommodations. Students will be asked to supply medical documentation of the need for accommodation. Classroom accommodations are not retroactive, but are effective only upon the student sharing approved accommodations with the instructor. Therefore, students are encouraged to request accommodations as early as feasible with the Disability Services Coordinator to allow for time to gather necessary documentation. If you have a concern or complaint in this regard, please contact the Dean of Student Affairs in Room 1107, telephone 703-247-6841. Complaints will be handled in accordance with the school’s Internal Grievance Procedure for Complaints of Discrimination and Harassment.
Student Conduct Policy: The Art Institute of Washington expects its students and employees to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times. In addition, the Art Institute of Washington has a strict policy, which disallows sexual harassment of either students or employees. All students or employees are encouraged to report any professional or sexual misconduct to the academic director.
Academic Honesty at the Art Institute of Washington: As a member of he academic community, students are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic integrity. Under all circumstances, students are expected to be honest in their dealings with faculty, administrative staff, and fellow students. In speaking with any member of the college community, students must give an accurate representation of the facts at hand. Students are required to refrain from any and all forms of dishonorable or unethical conduct related to academic work. In class assignments students must submit work that fairly and accurately reflects their level of accomplishment. Any work that is not the product of the student’s own efforts is considered dishonest. Engaging in academic dishonesty can have serious consequences for the student.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Cheating
- Plagiarism
- Submission of the same work in two or more classes without prior approval of the
Faculty members of the classes involved
- Submission of any work (full or partial) not actually produced by the student.
- Submission of any works without the clear acknowledgement (reference/credit) of the original author or creator of the work.
Students proven to have been dishonest in submitting or presenting their work in a class will receive a grade F for the class and may be subject to further disciplinary action including suspension or expulsion from school. Record of this incident will also be kept in a student’s file. If such an incident occurs and you would like to file a written appeal, you may do so with the academic director of the department. Please refer to page 39 of the NEW Student Handbook for the complete Academic Dishonesty policy.
Attendance Policy:
- You are required to attend all class meetings, to arrive on time, and to stay for the duration of the class. Any deviation from class policies will be marked as a demerit.
- Each class time will go towards a direct professionalism grade, determined through number of demerits (this will be 50% of your grade). Upon your 4th demerit, you will be penalized for the full amount of your professionalism grade, ultimately causing you to receiving a letter grade of F for the quarter. If you have documentation of a particular situation that prohibits your attendance in class (death in the family, illness, court, etc.) then that particular date can be evaluated. Otherwise, appeals will not be accepted.
- If you are not present after the first minute of class, you will be marked with a demerit.
- In the event that a faculty member is absent, students should wait 15 minutes. Students should then circulate an attendance sheet and designate one of their members to deliver the sheet to the Academic Affairs office for placement in the faculty member’s mailbox.
Late Submission of Work: NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Make up Work: Students who miss a class must meet with the instructor to find out how to make up missed work.
Class Participation and In Class Performance: All students are expected to participate in class discussions, critiques and project assignments. Failure to do so may result in a lower grade (both on a daily basis and for the final average). There will be class critiques every other week and we will cover on average one chapter of the text each week. Students will be expected to use key design terms during their discussion during critiques. Quizzes will be given…
Electronic Devices: Phones and pagers must be turned off or to vibrate during class. Any emergency calls that come in during class should be taken outside the classroom. Headphones may not be used in class.
Sketchbook: Students will be required to keep a sketchbook for this class. The sketchbooks will be reviewed once during mid-term and once during finals. The sketchbook will play integral part of your final grade. Please bring sketchbooks to class each session.
Homework: Student should be prepared to work on assignments, readings, preparing for quizzes and sketching during non-class room time. Your hard work and dedication both in class and outside of class are most important in succeeding. Students should expect to spend 4 - 8+ hours per week on homework assignments.
Professionalism: All artwork submitted to class must be neat and clean and professionally presented. This means that all required work must be mounted. All work must be delivered in accordance to classroom policies stated by the professor, and must be delivered on time, and in full.
Student Evaluation/Methods of Assessment:
- Grasp core concepts
- Basic design elements, Composition, Craftsmanship, Design process, Professionalism (each category will be assigned specific points and added together for a final grade)
- Originality, execution and timeliness.
- Effort Expended DOESN’T COUNT FOR ANYTHING. (sorry)
- Final grade will be calculated based on quality and appropriateness of finished work.
Grading Scale:
Grading Scale
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Points
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A
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100 to 92
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A-
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91.9 to 90
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B+
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89.9 to 88
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B
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87.9 to 82
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B-
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81.9 to 80
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C+
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79.9 to 78
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C
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77.9 to 72
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C-
D
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71.9 to 67.2
67.1 to 67
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F
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66.9 and below
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This is a Senior level class, and your portfolio must reflect this. Your work must be adequate towards not only your chosen field, but also at the level where it can compete not only with your peers, but also with professionals within the field. Failure to do so will result in a letter grade of F, and a 0%.
NOTE:
For your Class Deliverables, I will need your choice of advisor, your chosen project, and your project schedule (including what I can expect by Mid-Term week and our Final) by our first meeting day of week 2.
This should include your contract, signed by your advisor (I need a physical/printed copy), as well as your project proposal and schedule (these can be digital or printed, and can be placed on your MAA folder within my Faculty folder for this class.)
You will be meeting with your advisor for the next ten weeks, getting one signature per day of meeting, and must have ten signatures by the end of the quarter.
Failure to produce ten signatures along with your Business Deliverables and Senior Deliverables at the end of the quarter will result in an automatic failing grade in this class (F).
This class is a ten week course, with tenth week dedicated to Final Review.
Students are to dress professionally, have correct paperwork/deliverables, and be present on time for their review, or else they will not be reviewed and receive a failing grade in this class (F).
MidTerm grade will be determined by your progress on your personal projects as well as specific deliverables meant for Mid Term (budget and booth mock-up).
Failure to produce said deliverables will cause you to receive a failing grade at Mid Term (F). Furthermore, lack of business deliverables will determine whether you will get to present by final or not
MAA480 Portfolio 1 MEETING RECORD
DATE
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TIME
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STUDENT
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ADVISOR
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TOPICS DISCUSSED
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MAA480 Portfolio 1
FACULTY ADVISOR AGREEMENT
I, _________________________________ (faculty advisor), agree to work with and advise:
_____________________________________________ (student) during the ________ quarter.
It is understood that this appointment translates to up to an hour of consultation a week.
It is the student’s responsibility to make and keep all appointments.
If you have any questions about what might be expected of you in this role, please contact me at smellis@aii.edu.
FACULTY SIGNATURE:
STUDENT SIGNATURE:
INSTRUCTOR SIGNATURE:
DATE:
Requirements for Portfolio classes
and Studio classes
Storyboard Artist
Per Class: 1 set of storyboards that equal a minimum of one minute of animation
1 animatic of the storyboards that were drawn
Storyboards need to be fully rendered. Either full greys or colors
Student needs to pick one of these five for their storyboards: action, cinematic for T.V. animation, comedy, commercial and slice of life. (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)
There must be at least one scene transition
Student must include slug information
Concept Designer
Per Class: Two characters are needed
One model sheet for each character with a color key
One five point turn around in color for each character
Six action poses for each character
Eight facial expressions for each character
One environment illustration
One orthographic projection of the environment
One conceptual illustration with both characters interacting with each other in the environment
Environment Modeler
Per Class: One fully realized, recognizable, believable environment
Must be populated with pertinent elements
One fly through of the environment
Minimum of 15 different assets (drinking glass and broken drinking glass only count as one as well as having 15 windows that only counts as one)
Level Designer
Per Class: One fully realized, recognizable, believable, playable environment
Must be populated with pertinent elements
One walk through showing playability of level
3d Modeler
Per Class: Three recognizable character models per class
Models must be high poly (next gen console ready)
One bi-ped model
One Multi-ped model
One hard surface model
All models must be textured
Characters need to show a variety of body type, gender, age and genre
Character Animator
Per Class: 2d traditional
20 second pencil drawn animation
Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
Must contain audio
Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation: action, pantomime , comedy, dialog and slice of life. (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)
2d computer aided animation (Flash/Toonboom/ Harmony)
60 second animation
Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
Must contain audio
Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation: action, pantomime , comedy, dialog and slice of life. (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)
3d animation
60 second pencil drawn animation
Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
Must contain audio
Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation: action, pantomime , comedy, dialog and slice of life. (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)
Requirements for Final Review
Storyboard Artist
Three out of the five productions that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Three animatics from the same three productions that were chosen to present
Storyboards must be at a professional entry level
Concept Designer
Three out of the five productions that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Concept designs and Illustrations must be at a professional entry level
Environment Modeler
Three out of the five environments that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Environments must be at a professional entry level
Level Designer
Three out of the five level designs that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Level Designs must be at a professional entry level
3d Modeler
Ten models
Two must be humanoid (Male)
Two must be humanoid (Female)
Two must be a creature
Four are you choice
3d models must be at a professional entry level
Character Animator
2d traditional
Three out of the five animations that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Storyboards must be at a professional entry level
2d computer aided animation (Flash/Toonboom/ Harmony)
Three out of the five animations that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Storyboards must be at a professional entry level
3d animation
Three out of the five animations that were done in the Portfolio and Studio classes
Storyboards must be at a professional entry level
Quarter Breakdown for Animations
(What needs to be accomplished on a week by week basis)
Week 1 Premise and character designs
Week 2 Storyboards
Week 3 Layout (environments)
Week 4 Animation
Week 5 Animation
Week 6 Animation
Week 7 Animation
Week 8 Animation
Week 9 Animation
Week 10 Post production
Week 11 Post Production
Important Information
2D-3D Clubs: The 2D and 3D clubs gets students involved in exciting projects that will build up both experience reserves as well as your resume, while also helping up and coming animators with demos and exercises meant to enrich their learning experience at AI. Both clubs meet on Fridays, from 12-4pm (in 1021; both clubs meet together). Email me for more info.
24hour challenge:
The 24hr Challenge will be returning this quarter (date and time still to be determined.) Students who attend will have opportunities to win prizes, as well as enjoy multiple (bad) movies and share in random shenanigans (no drinking! Argh!) For further details, keep your eyes open for emails and announcements in the near future.
Gigacon!!!!!:
Gigacon will be held at the Art Institute of Washington on January 11th-12th. It is a multi-media convention brought to you by the MAA/GAD Department as well as the Art Institute of Washington, and in it you’ll have the chance to speak to industry professionals, get critiques, view demos, and begin networking towards your future careers! This will be the first weekend of the Winter Quarter, so plan on being there, as attendance to the event will be tied to grades in future classes.
When is the First-Progress Portfolio Review?
First-Progress Portfolio Review takes place during quarter four or quarter five. The first review is to be turned in to your instructor for MAA102: Drawing for Animation class during week 9 or 10. Your portfolio will be reviewed by your MAA102 professor. A letter including your portfolio results will be given to you within a couple of weeks after it’s submitted.
When is the Mid-Progress Portfolio Review?
The Mid-Progress Portfolio Review takes place during quarter seven or quarter eight. The mid-review is to be turned in to your instructor for MAA235: Character Modeling/Rigging class during week 9 or 10. Your portfolio will be reviewed by a group of professors.
When is the Final Portfolio Review?
Final Portfolio Review takes place during the 10th week in class MAA480, Portfolio 1. You must pass the Final Portfolio Review to get into Portfolio 2, MAA490. Your portfolio will be reviewed by a group of professors. A letter including your portfolio results will be given to you within a couple of weeks after it’s submitted.
If you have questions about any of these events, or about any concerns within the MAA/GA department, please contact:
Bryan Tillman
btillman@aii.edu
703-247-6846
Room 820
I, ____________________________, affirm that I have received the syllabus for MAA480 for Spring Quarter 2013. Furthermore, I have read the content of this document and understand that I will be held accountable for the assignments and other required work for this class.
I understand that the times, dates and details of some assignments are subject to change at the instructor’s discretion and that it remains my responsibility to deliver my work on time and under the requirements assigned.
With this sheet I commit to meeting with an advisor no less than ten times during the quarter for critique and assessments, to fulfill the requirements of my chosen portfolio plan, and to complete all projects concerning my professional identity/presentation, thus beginning the process of my eventual graduation.
I confirm that I have received the following documents:
· MAA480 syllabus
· Class attendance policy
· Overview of assignments and class schedule
· Grading criteria
· Purchase requirements
Signature_____________________________ Date__________________________
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