INTRODUCTION PART 2

HOW TO USE THIS JOURNAL

There are THREE main areas that we want you to document here:

1. Your work towards completing your animation courses, i.e. ANIMATION 1A INTRODUCTION in Semester 1 and ANIMATION 1B PRINCIPLES in Semester 2. This is where you provide evidence of all your work and thinking about your animation courses and projects that you will be assessed upon.
   
   
2. Your PERSONAL LEARNING, this is where you will document all of the animation related work that you are doing above and beyond your assessed courses. This section is very important to your development as an animator, it is where you define the type of animator that you are, and the sort of films you want to make. It is not assessed directly, but it will have an enormous positive impact upon your ability and your confidence, which will in turn affect your assessed work. It's not optional...
   
   
3. BRAINFOOD, this is where you document the experiences and thinking that you encounter that will inform and inspire your film making. There are some good films about film making, but great films tend not to be quite so self referential. Your Brainfood as defined by Animation staff should encompass:
   
   
1. Books you are reading
2. Films you are watching
3. music you are hearing
4. Bands you are seeing
5. Food you are eating
6. Exhibitions you are seeing
7. Places you are visiting
8. Conversations you are having
9. People you are meeting.

This list has not ended...

ABOVE ALL ELSE, MAKE SURE YOU "LABEL" YOUR POSTS, OTHERWISE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.