Week | Dates | Schedule | Assigned Chapters | Assignments |
1 | 1/19 - 1/21 | Intro, Motion Interface | Tutorial - 1 | Get Book and Print Out Tutorial |
2 | 1/26 - 1/28 | Tour of Motion, Compositing, Behaviors, Clones | Tutorial - 2, Lessons 1, 2, 3 | - |
3 | 2/2-2/4 | Keyframing, Shapes, Generators, Paint, Text, Emitters, Replicators | Lesson 4, 5 | 1 - Custom Templates (200) |
4 | 2/9 | Templates Cont. | Lesson 6, 7 | - |
5 | 2/16 - 2/18 | Templates Cont. | - | Assignment 1 due! |
6 | 2/23 - 2/25 | Audio, Speed (keyframe, behavior, filter), Keying, Motion Tracking, Animated Masks, Color Correcting | Lesson 8, 9, 10, Tutorial - 3 | 2 - Green Screen Composite (150) |
7 | 3/1 - 3/3 | Green Screen Cont. | Tutorial - 4, 5 | - |
8 | 3/8 - 3/10 | Green Screen Cont. | - | - |
9 | 3/15 - 3/17 | Green Screen Cont. | - | Assignment 2 due! Spring Break next week - 3/16 - 3/20 |
11 | 3/29 - 3/31 | Publishing FCPX Smart Templates, Rigging, Widgets | Lesson 11, 12 | 3 - Publishing FCPX Effect, Transition & Title (150) |
12 | 4/5 - 4/7 | FCPX Publishing Cont. | - | - |
13 | 4/12 - 4/14 | FCPX Publishing Cont. | - | Assignment 3 due! |
14 | 4/19 - 4/21 | 3D, Animating Cameras, Reflections, Lights, Shadows | Lesson 13, 14 | 4 - 3D Kinetic Typography (150) |
15 | 4/26 - 4/28 | Kinetic Typography Cont. | - | - |
16 | 5/3 - 5/5 | Kinetic Typography Cont. | - | - |
17 | 5/10 - 5/12 | Kinetic Typography Cont. | - | - |
Finals | 5/17 | Final Projects Due, Tuesday 11AM | - | Feedback (extra 25) |