Year 8 Gifted & Talented Media Arts Motion Comic Assignment A motion comic (or animated comic) is a form of animation combining elements of print comic books and animation. Individual panels are expanded into a full shot while sound effects, voice acting, and animation are added to the original artwork. Text boxes and sound effect bubbles are typically removed to feature more of the original artwork being animated. Motion comics are often released as short serials covering a story arc of a long running series or animating a single release of a graphic novel. Single release issues of a story arc are converted into ten- to twenty- minute-long episodes depending on content. Your Task: In groups of 3-4 create a small (2-3min) motion comic using the Adobe Suite, predominately, After Effects. You will need to plan & storyboard before creating the animation. You will divide the animation into equal parts to be working on and then bring them together at the end, using Premiere to create the animation. This task will make you have to watch different tutorials on After Effects to create the desired special effects you want to achieve in your animation. The teachers will upload relevant tutorials to the class blog. You HAVE to use COPYRIGHT FREE images – so that’s why the Digital Comic Museum, is useful. It’s a resource which has comics available to download that are copyright free and in the public domain. Year 8 Gifted & Talented Media Arts Motion Comic Marking Key Pre-Production 4 Produces a detailed plan and structured storyboard that considers technical aspects such as camera angles, shot sizes, lighting, special effects etc 3 Produces a clear plan and structured storyboard that considers technical aspects such as camera angles, shot sizes, lighting, special effects etc 2 Produces a plan and storyboard that considers technical aspects such as camera angles, shot sizes, lighting, special effects etc 1 Limited planning that rarelt considers technical aspects 0 Performance does not met the minimum requirements for a D grade Production 7-8 Selects and uses skills, technologies, codes and conventions to construct narratives, preferred meanings, representations and/or viewpoints 5-6 Uses skills technologies, codes and conventions to construct meanings and viewpoints in own media productions that are produced for particular audiences and/or viewpoints 3-4 Applies a limited range of skills, techniques and processes 1-2 Only using skills and techniques with guidance 0 Performance does not met the minimum requirements for a D grade Post-Production 4 Selects and uses editing software to construct narratives, preferred meanings, representations and/or viewpoints 3 Uses editing software to construct meanings and viewpoints in own media productions that are produced for particular audiences and/or purposes 2 Applies a limited range of skills, techniques with guidance 1 Only using skills and techniques qith guidance 0 Performance does not met the minimum requirements for a D grade Group Work 4 Performs production roles responsibly. Adapts plans and processes when particular problems are encountered during production 3 Fulfils a production role. Deals with predictable problems during production 2 Works with teacher guidance and deals with predictable problems 1 Shows little initiative, dependent on teacher assistance to deal with production problems 0 Performance does not met the minimum requirements for a D grade TOTAL /20 Comment: .