This Interactive Animation class will consist of four assignments.

Project 1: Flip book animation

A flip book is a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change.
Flip books are essentially a primitive form of animation. Like motion pictures, they rely on persistence of vision to create the illusion that continuous motion is being seen rather than a series of discontinuous images being exchanged in succession. Rather than “reading” left to right, a viewer simply stares at the same location of the pictures in the flip book as the pages turn. The book must also be flipped with enough speed for the illusion to work, so the standard way to “read” a flip book is to hold the book with one hand and flip through its pages with the thumb of the other hand. The German word for flip book—Daumenkino, literally “thumb cinema”—reflects this process.
Look up flip books on Wikipedia
Examples of Flip Book animation
Project Specifications:
Create a flip-book animation on the subject of your choice. You will want to keep in mind the  the 12 Principles of Animation that we went over during the first class. You can find the presentation archived here if you want to review it.
Material: Most students use index cards for this
Duration: 100 Frames

Project 2: Frame by Frame animation

Project 3: Animated banner ad or Public Service Announcement

Project 4: Animated/Interactive Story or Mini-site

Additional details and project specifications will be provided after the initial class meeting.