DES 251
Digital Media Design
Readings / Resources
Lynda.com Training Tutorials UIC,http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/training.html/index.html
Box @ UIC, http://accc.uic.edu/service/box
Blackboard—a Web-based course management system with password-protected access at
http://blackboard.uic.edu/—is used to communicate online and post grades only. You can find support in using Blackboard at the ITL Help Desk at 312-996-9824, by email: blackboard@uic.edu, and http://accc.uic.edu/service/blackboard, so plan accordingly
Adobe’s online help page:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/index.html
Tutorials
http://ae.tutsplus.com/tag/basix/
http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/the-missing-manual-time-saving-tips-nobody-wrote-down-ae-basix/ http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/virtual_3d_photos/ http://www.tutorialsphere.com/tutorials/after-effects
Examples
Forget the Film, Watch the Titles
http://www.watchthetitles.com/
Catch Me If You Can title sequence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLDyrun_Cc&feature=related
Saul Bass title sequence – The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS76whmt5Yc
Dawn of the Dead title sequence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntq0BtrYPrY
http://midcenturymodernist.com/2008/culture/film-tv/charade-film-titles-and-opening-scene/
Touch Me I'm Going To Scream by Mixtape Club
http://mixtapeclub.com/projects/mymorningjacket
300 title sequence by yU+Co (www.yuco.com)
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/03/17/300/
Carnivale title sequence by A52 (www.a52.com)
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/21/carnivale/
The Walking Dead title sequence by Prologue (prologue.com)
http://vimeo.com/15266890
Photo montage, compositing, keyframes:
Nature Boy by Shoot the Boss (Montreal)
http://vimeo.com/2750104
Terminal Bar by Stefan Nadelman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USDCEyHt7rI
Kaleidoscope (1935) by Len Lye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qi9DYE38I8
End Scene music video by Steffen Bygebjerg
http://vimeo.com/5915043
Dr No (1962) James Bond title sequence by Maurice Binder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-YR-3KmyE
Charade (1963)
Thunderball
Arabesque (1966)
Barbarella
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
Licence To Kill https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgd5l7ML-sO8vTCIFJFjxPuXhV7L870BV
NYTimes Drug Cartels
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/world/2009-mexican-cartel/index.html
NYTimes Election coverage
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/politics/2008-election-overview/
Typography
Make It Better by Clim
http://vimeo.com/18678091
A History of Scotland by ISO Design
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2010/02/01/a-history-of-scotland/
http://vimeo.com/7522026
Flickermood 2.0 by Sebastian Lange
http://vimeo.com/3302330
GOODmagazine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OT5uw1Fb_0&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C44BOxKhwsQ
Lotus Knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DskEwGx24Xk
Kinetic Typography by Stephen Fry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
Refraction—The Alphabet by Jesse Zanzinger
http://vimeo.com/17509873
http://mashable.com/2010/10/01/kinetic-typography-videos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29#uYW
25 Great typography projects
http://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/roundup/25-great-typography-pieces-trailers-and-overall-awesomeness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aetuts+%28Aetuts%2B%29