Email for first weeks class, sent on Friday 24th July, for students who haven't received it.

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Dear Students,

You are receiving this email because you are currently enrolled in BENV2402/7143 - Time Based Visualisation/Advanced Visualisation.

Classes start on Wednesday 29th July, Lecture at 6pm in room RC2035, and tutorials will be held in the Level 2 Computer Labs from 7pm – 9pm. In order to hit the ground running there is a small task to complete before class starts on Wednesday.

SET
Until recently “Set” was listed by the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) as the word with the longest entry in its pages. With over two hundred meanings, set can be used in an enormous range of contexts. Till this day, it is still the shortest word with the most meanings in the English language.

For class on Wednesday please bring with you to the labs 15 (fifteen) high quality images in digital format (jpg, bmp, png, etc.) all relating to the word “Set”. Images can be sourced from anywhere, though be sure to keep proper references (think Chicago Style of referencing) of where you obtain the images from, as you will be providing a complete set references for these images at a later stage. You can scan the images from books, search online or obtain the images through your own photography. All words should relate to the word “Set”, but don’t necessarily have to relate to each other.

If you would like, it is acceptable to theme your set of images, but in no way is this set in stone. From the outset, you may want to start setting yourself a theme for what sets the tone of your images. Don’t get upset if you can’t think of a good theme to set your images in, as a random set is as good as an ordered set. I am setting you this task hoping for you to be conceptual and creative in your thinking. Even if you set yourself a theme, try to find as large a range of settings as possible, in order to give you a large palette of textures, scenes, colours and shades to work from. You can concentrate on an aspect of “Set”, or try to encompass the full gamut of what you perceive “Set” to be.

Think abstract and conceptual when searching for your images, as these images will form the basis for your first assignment. You may want to start by looking at dictionary meanings of “Set” to spark the imagination, then extend further to how “Set” may be a subset of other concepts. More information will be outlined in the first class as to what you will be doing with these images.

So get to it… 15 images by Wednesday!!!

Sorry for the long Email!
Have a great Weekend, enjoy watching your TV set, watching the sun set or playing a set of tennis before we start another fun session!
See you all on Wednesday!
Good Luck !
Jeremy Harkins
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Independent Study for Week 3 (2nd week of classes, 05/08/2009)

• Create a blog for the course using blogger


• Name the blog:
  
  yournameBENV2402.blogspot.com
  
  Or
  
  yournameBENV7143.blogspot.com

• Read the Week 1 Readings "Hypertextural Picturesques" and "Systemic Delay".
  


• Post to your blogs 150 words which start to tease out a theoretical context relating to concepts apparent in your set of ‘Set’ images and drawing on ideas raised in the weekly readings.
  


• Create 2 short visually appealing videos at a resolution of 640x360 pixels (16:9 ratio) playing on your proposed theoretical context (no longer than 10 second animations).


• Post your 15 images (including references) as well as your visually appealing clips to your blog.

Week 2 (1st week of classes) Tutorial Task

To be completed during Lab

• Complete simple tutorials, and start more advanced tutorials from the links on the BENV2402/7143 Time-Based Visualisation 'Courses on the Web' page.
  


• Explore the 'Create', 'Modify', and 'Modifier' tools in Max.

• Experimentally apply the 15 images you have collected to forms and objects within Max, and start playing with animation techniques. Use Diffuse maps, bump maps, opacity maps, etc.
  

• Consider the nature of your images to help guide your experimentation.
  

• Explore the 'Animation' features, using the 'Auto Key' tool.

Welcome to Time-Based Visualisation

This is the Course Blog for Time based visualisation. Use the links on the side to navigate to students blogs within the course.

This elective will align process based design techniques with time based 3D digital environments. It extends digital visualisation skills by introducing sequencing and storyboards to digital environments.