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Interactive Dance Game Name:_______________ Interactive: interacting with a human user, often in a conversational way, to obtain data or commands and to give immediate results or updated information. Dance: to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music. STEP ONE: RESEARCH at least 3 Dance Styles/Moves by looking at the attached “Dance Styles Categories” sheet and then ANSWER the attached sheet “ Researching Dance Styles & Moves.” STEP TWO: DRAW 3 conceptual designs of possible character designs for your one dance figure. STEP THREE: SCAN your character design into the computer and/or create digitally in Adobe Photoshop or directly in Macromedia Flash. Character Design Graphic Names STEP FOUR: BREAK UP the pieces of your digital character design like the above Character Design Graphic Names . If creating in Adobe Photoshop ensure you save each piece of your digital character with a TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND and save each separately as PSD files . STEP FIVE: IMPORT your character design (approved by teacher) into the program Macromedia Flash – piece by piece by OPENING Macromedia Flash then SELECT from the top of menu -> WINDOW -> SHOW LIBRARY -> STEP SIX: DOUBLE CLICK on the specific Character Design Graphic piece you want to IMPORT (SEE the above photo for specific names of body parts i.e. right arm upper graphic) STEP SEVEN: DELETE the template graphic part and PASTE or choose FILE IMPORT in the one you designed on paper or Adobe Photoshop . (head etc..) STEP EIGHT: RESIZE specific Character Design graphic pieces by RIGHT MOUSE CLICKing on the graphic and choose FREE TRANFORM to scale up or down. STEP NINE: REPEAT ABOVE STEPS SIX TO EIGHT until all specific Character Design Graphic piece have replaced the template graphics. STEP TEN: NEXT IS ANIMATION! In the LIBRARY -> DOUBLE CLICK on the Figure – Start Body Movie Clip file. STEP ELEVEN: MOTION TWEEN the individual specific Character Design Graphic piece you want to animate on the figure. PRESS ENTER to preview your Movie Clip animation. NOTE: The Dance Move animation will play as a Movie Clip graphic and will continuously loop. As a result you only need to create the dance move animation once. It will be triggered by the interactivity of the user choosing and clicking on the chosen DANCE MOVE BUTTON(s) (1-5). HOW TO MOTION TWEEN A GRAPHIC: RIGHT CLICK on the TIMELINE the Black dot which represents the graphic piece. (in this case chest graphic) CHOOSE COPY FRAMES. RIGHT CLICK on the end of the TIMELINE where you want the animation to end and SELECT PASTE. (You should now have copied the Black dot which represents the chest graphic to another part of the TIMELINE .) Next SELECT the first Black dot again and then hold SHIFT on the keyboard and at the same time and SELECT the other Black dot (keep holding SHIFT ) and then RIGHT MOUSE CLICK and SELECT CREATE MOTION TWEEN. (There should be a little arrow connecting the first Black dot with the other Black dot on the TIMELINE .) MOVE the individual graphic piece (in this case chest graphic) somewhere else on the STAGE. PRESS ENTER to preview your Movie Clip animation and MOTION TWEEN. STEP TWELVE: CREATE the 5 dance move animations by DOUBLE CLICKING on the following Movie Clip files in the LIBRARY: Figure – Dance Moves 1, Figure – Dance Moves 2, Figure – Dance Moves 3, Figure – Dance Moves 4, Figure – Dance Moves 5. STEP THIRTEEN: CREATE the following graphics as well in either Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Flash and replace the template graphics: STEP FOURTEEN: LISTEN to the following sound wav files on the school network: K://Mr. Arnett/ASM 4M/Unit 3/Interactive Dance Game Folder/Music Sounds STEP FIFTEEN: CREATE/EDIT the sound files for your various Dance Moves in either Adobe Premiere or Audacity and then IMPORT them into the LIBRARY in your Interactive Interpretive Dance.fla file in Macromedia Flash in your Digital Portfolio. STEP SIXTEEN: REFLECT by answering and submitting the following questions: 1) What aspect of your finished work do find most successful and why? 2) What aspect of your finished work do find least successful and why? 3) If you had to do this project again, what would you do differently and why? Dance Styles Categories Traditional Jazz / Black Bottom, Boogie-woogie, Cabbage patch, Cakewalk, Charleston, African-American Chicago stepping, Detroit Ballroom, Drunken Sailor, Hand Dance / vernacular dance Bop, Jitterbug, Lindy hop, Monkey, Moonwalk, Swing, Tap dance, Texas Swingout, Texas Tommy Afro-Caribbean Calypso, Reggaeton dance, Salsa, Salsaton dance, Soca dance, vernacular dance Bernie dance Dancehall dance Experimental / Boogie, Jump Up, Raving Freestyle Folk dance Hip-hop & Funk dance Breaking, Boppin', Bounce, Crip Walk (C-Walk), Clown Walk, Detroit Jit, Dougie, Electric boogaloo, Floating, Memphis Jookin', Bboying, Krumping, Litefeet, Locking, Robot dance, Popping, Liquiding, Waving, Tutting, Snap dance, Street Jazz, Strobing, Turfing House dance Footwork, Hustle, Jacking, Lofting, Vogue, Tecktonik Punk dance Hardcore, Pogo Rave dance Candy Walk, Hardcore, Hakken, Jumpstyle, Kandi Stomping, Rebolation, Melbourne Shuffle, Hardstyle, X-Outing Historical dance Perafic dance Folk dance Ballroom dance Ballroom dance, International standard, South African Sokkie, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, American Smooth, Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, (Formerly: Peabody) Latin dance Latin dance, American Rhythm, Mambo, Rumba, Bolero, East Coast Swing, International Latin, Rumba, Samba (ballroom dance), Jive, Reggaeton, Salsa, Rueda, Danza, Samba (Brazilian dance), Samba de Gafieira, Bachata, Cumbia, Merengue, Capoeira, Maculelê, Argentine tango, Quebradita, Duranguense, Cumbia Texana, Corridos, Tejano Swing dance Modern Jive, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Blues dance, Balboa, Deneme, Jitterbug, Jitting (evolved from Jitterbug), Jive (dance), East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Collegiate Shag, Carolina Shag, Hand Jive, Charleston, Western dance Traditional dance Liturgical dance Participative dance Contact improvisation, Ecstatic dance aka Freestyle Dance aka improvisation Barefoot Improvisational Dance Miscellaneous Disco dance, Novelty and fad dances, Flying Men dance, Pom dance, Line dance, Bollywood dance Concert dance / Acro dance, Ballet, Contemporary dance, Greek Classical, Concert performance dance dance, Flamenco, Modern dance, Performance dance, Tap dance Historical dance Historical dance, Medieval dance, Renaissance dance, Masque, English country dance, Baroque dance, Regency dance, Vintage dance Belly dance K/U: Researching Dance Styles & Moves /18 Name:_______________ 1. What does Interactive mean? (1) 2. What does Interpretive mean? (1) 3. What does Dance mean? (1) 4. What is the name of the first Dance Style and move(s) you are researching? (1) 5. Who created the first Dance Style and move(s) you are researching and/or where did it originate? (2) 6. What makes the first Dance Style and move(s) you are researching unique or different from other Dance Style(s) and move(s)? (1) 7. What kind of mood/feeling is created from the first researched Dance Style and move(s)? (1) /8 8. What is the name of the second Dance Style and move(s) you are researching? (1) 9. Who created the second Dance Style and move(s) you are researching and/or where did it originate? (2) 10. What makes the Dance Style and move(s) move you are researching unique or different from other Dance Style(s) and move(s)? (1) 11. What kind of mood/feeling is created from the second researched Dance Style and move(s)? (1) 12. What is the name of the third Dance Style and move(s) you are researching? (1) 13. Who created the third Dance Style and move(s) you are researching and/or where did it originate? (2) 14. What makes the third Dance Style and move(s) you are researching unique or different from other Dance Style(s) and move(s)? (1) 15. What kind of mood/feeling is created from the third researched Dance Style and move(s)? (1) /10 Interactive Interpretive Dance Rubric Name:____________ Achievement Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Criteria Thinking/Inquiry Concept is unclear Concept is slightly Concept is clear and Concept is clear and Concept & Meaning: Incomplete. and/or weak. unclear and/or valid. Meaning or strong. Meaning or Conceptual Design 1 Meaning or ideas weak. Meaning or ideas conveyed are ideas conveyed are 0 conveyed are not on ideas conveyed are on par with student’s above expectations par with student’s below expectations grade level. for student’s grade grade level. for student’s grade 0.50 - 0.75 level. /1 0.25 level. 1 0.25 – 0.50 Incomplete. Concept is unclear Concept is slightly Concept is clear and Concept is clear and Conceptual Design 2 and/or weak. unclear and/or valid. Meaning or strong. Meaning or 0 Meaning or ideas weak. Meaning or ideas conveyed are ideas conveyed are /1 conveyed are not on ideas conveyed are on par with student’s above expectations par with student’s below expectations grade level. for student’s grade grade level. for student’s grade 0.50 - 0.75 level. 0.25 level. 1 0.25 – 0.50 Conceptual Design 3 Incomplete. Concept is unclear Concept is slightly Concept is clear and Concept is clear and /1 and/or weak. unclear and/or valid. Meaning or strong. Meaning or 0 Meaning or ideas weak. Meaning or ideas conveyed are ideas conveyed are conveyed are not on ideas conveyed are on par with student’s above expectations par with student’s below expectations grade level. for student’s grade grade level. for student’s grade 0.50 - 0.75 level. 0.25 level. 1 0.25 – 0.50 Knowledge/ Incomplete. Poor/limited Some research & Good research & Superior research & /5 Understanding 0 research & analysis; analysis; analysis; analysis; Investigative 1 2 3-4 5 Research Questions: Dance Styles Categories Research Questions Limited Some Considerable Superior Design Process: Incomplete.