Tue, Jun 2Foundations
Class introductions and overview. A personal tour through kinetic typography, from Saul Bass and Muriel Cooper to contemporary studios. After Effects fundamentals: compositions, layers, keyframes. Project 1 launched.
Lecture: A personal tour through kinetic typography — from Saul Bass and Muriel Cooper to contemporary studios.
Activity: After Effects fundamentals: compositions, layers, keyframes.
Homework:
Exercise 1: 3×3 Interpolation Grid
A 3×3 grid of 10-second animations, identical except for keyframe interpolation — a study in how timing alone changes meaning.
Due: Tue, Jun 9
Project 1, Phase 1
Begin Project 1 (lyric video). Phase 1 deliverable.
Due: Tue, Jun 9
Tue, Jun 9Type, Timing, and the Match Cut
Tue, Jun 16Ways of Seeing
Tue, Jun 23Lyric Video Work Session
Tue, Jun 30Lyric Video Critique + Procedural Thinking
Tue, Jul 7Expressions, Part 1
Tue, Jul 14Expressions, Part 2 & Generative Reference
Tue, Jul 21Cavalry, Part 1
Tue, Jul 28Cavalry, Part 2: Variable Type and Deformers + Project 2 Critique
Tue, Aug 4Final Critique