Walk Cycle ’12
Here’s another study we do early in Digital Animation – the walk cycle. As common and mundane and as walking may be, there’s a lot to learn here, especially if you want to go into animation. Once you break a walk cycle down, you’ll have a much better appreciation for a task we accomplish daily ...
Figure Eight ’12
This assignment in Digital Animation helps students get better familiarized with character turnarounds and keyframing. A simple figure eight motion turns into complex drawings and timing requirements.
Bouncing Ball ’12
Here’s a study we did in Digital Animation about the principles of a bouncing ball. This is typically the first assignment animation students do — it shows them a lot about the fundamental concepts of animation; starting with the squash and stretch principle.
Public Service Announcements ’12
Yet another Video Production project! The purpose of the PSAs are to send a message to the people in a 30 – 90 second run time. Take a moment to watch these videos and see what your peers have to say. They may make an impression on you.
Senior Flash Mob ’11-’12
The class of 2012 decided to put on an awesome flash mob for the students in the front quad! Did you miss it? If so, you’re in luck! Check out how the seniors at Western put on a show!
Homecoming Queen ’11-’12
The awesome reveal of the Homecoming Queen done by our very own ASB! If you didn’t see this spectacular event put on live during the homecoming game half-time show, here is a little recap of what went on. Congratulations again to Yesenia!
Spanish Newscast ’11-’12
The Spanish for Spanish Speakers 3 students had to write a brief newscast. They were instructed to write an original event using the present tense. Students had 30 minutes to write the story, and present. The purpose of the activity was to focus on present tense narration, and presentation skills.
Caricature Study ’11-’12
Caricatures are always fun to try out, but always pose incredible challenges for various reasons. Caricature artists spend years developing their own cartooning style and techniques to get an authentic yet humorous (but flattering!) images of people. Here’s a look at some caricature studies we did earlier in the year. Can you figure out who ...
The Door 11-12
In The Door project, the we had the task of telling a story using only one actor, a door, and a some sort of sound, without ever revealing the origin of the sound. Having to build up suspense through an ominous sound proved to be challenging. This being the first edited project of the year ...
Iconos del Mundo Hispano
My AP Spanish Language students researched the background of some famous/legendary/important Hispanics. They worked as a group to put together a PowerPoint (served as background information) and they had the option to do their own interpretation of some part of the person’s life or write a scene where they interviewed that person.
Homecoming Assembly ’11-’12
As usual, Western kicked off Homecoming season with a bang! Just as expected, the NEW 2011-2012 Homecoming King was revealed but little did our fellow Western students know that they were in for a scare. Thanks to the video production film crew, Mr. Smith won the Knott’s Berry Farm Monster Makeover! Check it out to ...
Character Frenzy 11-12
Here’s a look at the product of our early Wacom training series. We did this using bitmap artwork in Photoshop, so that posed a few problems, none of which, however, we weren’t able to overcome. Enjoy!
ASB Fashion Show ’11
Western High Schools very own ASB put on a fabulous fashion show for all the students at lunch. The fashion show was to encourage the students to dress up for the next weeks sprirt week, which included different outfits such as: men in black, wizards and greasers. Check it out!
Black Velvet 11-12
This assignment asked students to create song based on the classic Allanah Myles hit, “Black Velvet.” They were to use the same song from and general elements from her song and bring them into their song as a study in song writing basics. Robert Taylor Taylor_Robert5BV Jeiel Herrera Herrera_jeiel6 BV Dave Samuel Samuel_David6BV1 Jasmine Franco ...
In-Camera Edit REDUX
Here’s our second attempt at the in-camera edit. There were a few challenges; there was no editing involved on these videos and we followed the 18 shots given to us by Mr. Olmedo. Check ‘em out!
Knott’s Monster Makeover
Hey Pios! Our very own Mr.Smith has been nominated for a monster makeover! Knott's Berry Farm sent out an invitation to all the local schools to participate in there monster makeover contest...
Name Badges ’12
Here are this year’s stand out name badges! It’s always interesting to see the design principles that student’s are coming in with, and this provides a quick and easy way to determine that. Typically, the students featured here go on to do incredibly well in our media design courses.
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