Zach P- Capital punishment for teens

Sara M- Change the drinking age

Lauren- Against Capital punishment

Kyle- Equal rights for gays

Erin- Stop the meltdown

Sara B - Abortion is not only solution

Brendan- Defend your Country

Zach F- War with Iran

Thomas-Evolution is a lie

Steve- Saving Iraq

Ryan- Global Warming

Nicole- Equality in marriage

Matt-End Discrimination

Liz- Stop global warming

Kim- Don't let alcohol end your life

Kate- Keep Abortion legal

Jei- Creationism

Danielle- Supporting gays in society

Caitlin- Bring home our troops

Andrew - Global Warming

Intro to Animation

This first blog is directed towards my "Advanced Computer Art" students.

This first animation you are about to see was created by my nephew Shawn. It was designed as an introduction for the movie "Resevoir Dogs" which was constructed in Adobe AfterEffects. Please take the time to study the use of graphics, motion, and especially use of text.



Granted, this video is a little hard to see, and I had to drop its quality to allow it to fit on the web, but it is a good place to get started with some discusion.

Now, lets take a look at another AfterEffects video... which... strangely enough... is on the same exact topic. I found it on YouTube.



I am sure you have (by now) noticed that there are a lot of similarities between the two animations. So, between the two of them... which would you say displayes a stronger use of text? What about interest? If you were to use one over the other as the intro to the movie "Reservoir Dogs", which one would it be? What is the basis of your decision

I am excited to hear your thoughts.

-Mr. Caponi