Course Number: ARTD 275

Course Name: Time Arts II

Professor: Mr. Bart Woodstrup

Spring 2010



Weekly Tentative Course Schedule - subject to change.


Week One

January 12/14

Lecture: Review Photoshop - Screen Design (SD, HD, Computer, TV).

Assignment: Interact
Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 26-55, 158-174 (This reading will be quizzed).



Week Two

January 19/21


Lecture: QUIZ! Work-in-class.

Assignment: Interact
Reading: TBD

Week Three

January 26/28


Lecture: Intro to Time and Motion: Animation (Timeline) Photoshop.

Assignment: Interact (DUE)

Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 232-267.



Week Four

February 2/4


Lecture: Intro to Time and Motion continued: Flash Animation.

Assignment: Time and Motion.

Reading: TBD - Einstein's Dreams


Week Five

February 9/11


Lecture: TBD - possible guest lecturer (CAA week)

Assignment: Time and Motion assignment.

Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 270-283.



Week Six

February 16/18


Lecture: Intro to Interactive Programming (Actions, Syntax, Comments, Trace Statements, and Buttons.).

Assignment: Time and Motion assignment (DUE), Sound Toy.

Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 102-117, 124-138, and 284-299.


Week Seven

February 23/25


Lecture: Interactive Programming (Data Types, Functions, Variables, Strings, Operators, Events, and Common Errors.)

Assignment: Sound Toy

Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 304-326




Week Eight

March 2/4


Lecture: Interactive Programming (Returning a value, Constants, for/while, and If/then Statements).

Assignment: Sound Toy
Reading: Digital Media Primer pp. 326-348, Storytelling and Scriptwriting.

Artist: Pablo Pedercini



March 9/11 - Spring Break




Week Nine

March 16/18


Lecture: Interactive Programming (Drawing, x y Positioning, Mouse Tracking, Alpha, Rotation, Scale, and Randomization).

Assignment: Sound Toy (DUE), Non-Linear Narrative

Reading: My Design Philosophy by Ernest Adams

Artist: TBD

Week Ten

March 23/25


Lecture: Work-in-class

Assignment: Non-Linear Narrative


Week Eleven

March 30/April 1


Lecture: Work-in-class

Assignment: Non-Linear Narrative


Week Twelve

April 6/8


Lecture: Work-in-class

Assignment: Non-Linear Narrative
Reading: Processing..., Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry.

Artist: Jared Tarbell, Scott Snibbe


Week Thirteen

April 13/15


Lecture: Intro to Processing

Assignment: Non-Linear Narrative (DUE)

Reading: Creative Code (Casey Reas)

Artist: Casey Reas, Ben Fry, Daniel Shiffman


Week Fourteen

April 20/22


Lecture: Processing continued

Assignment: Pixel Gardening

Reading: Creative Code (John Simon Jr., Golan Levin)

Artist: John Simon Jr., Golan Levin, Paul Thayer


Week Fifteen

April 27/29


Lecture: Work-in-class

Assignment: Pixel Gardening


Week Fifteen - Finals
May 4 2-3:50 p.m. Pixel Gardening (DUE)