Objectives:

• to create a video clip relating symbols, motion and sound
• to study movement, sequencing and time
• to examine basic geometric and spatial concepts

The Students Will:

• understand the concept of order by sequencing a series of events
• describe the position of an object in relation to another object
• describe the geometric shapes that are used in their construction
• understand the timing used in music and its relationship to movement
• create a video clip
• use a set of criteria for evaluation of their video

Materials/Tools:

• Flash
• royalty free music from Playlistmag.com or your iPod
• iMac
• iTunes

The Video:

• Students will choose a selection of music available from JAMENDO or their iPods' using iTunes
• Students will choose a portion of the music selection that will be approximately 30 seconds in length or 360 frames in length and insert into its own layer
• Students will work directly in Flash with no preset shape development or storyboard
• Students will create a series of geometric shapes.
• Students may modify and change number of shapes as the video is developed
• Students will use motion and shape tweening to move the geometric shapes in time to the music
• Students will create either an introduction or credit page.

Evaluation:

• Students will be evaluated using the instructor evaluation rubric

Next Steps

This assignment is worth 50 marks. To get credit for doing this assignmentl you must upload your finished 'YOUR_NAME'.fla file to the
appropriate shared folder on the LTV server. Logon as: ltv password: ltvnews. Create a folder called 'your name' in the 'Flash Tutorials' folder.