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Subject |
Projects |
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Week 1 |
Introduction to Construction of the Moving Image |
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1/5 |
Introduction to Class
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1/7 |
Animation 101: timing, key frames, in-betweens, arcs
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1/9 |
Animation 101 cont'd: squash & stretch
Workshop: Animating GIFs in Photoshop
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Week 2 |
2D: Breathing Life into Form |
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1/12 |
Visualizing the essence of life or existence:
Expression of essence::
Simple techniques to animate essence:
Evoking vitalism and essential power:
Imbuing worlds with life and vitality:
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1/14 |
Workshop: Project 1
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1/16 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Project 1 is Due in Class.
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Week 3 |
2D: Computational Animation 101 |
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1/19 |
Holiday |
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1/21 |
Procedural Animation 101: drawing shapes to screen, movement |
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1/23 |
Workshop: Game Mod (modding the game Breakout in Processing)
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Project 2 is an in-class assignment: Game Modding
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Week 4 |
3D: Computational Animation 102 |
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1/26 |
Workshop: Navigating the Maya Interface |
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1/28 |
Workshop: Navigating the Timeline in Maya |
Project 3 is assigned: Animating Cause and Effect in Maya (duration: 2-6 seconds) |
1/30 |
Workshop: Animating Objects in Maya |
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Week 5 |
3D: Computational Animation 103 |
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2/2 |
Workshop: Project 3 |
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2/4 |
Workshop: Project 3 |
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2/6 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Project 3 is Due in Class.
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Week 6 |
The "Pose-to-Pose" Technique |
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2/9 |
Storyboards |
Project 4 is assigned: Empathetic Body Language in Maya (duration: 5-15 seconds)
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2/11 |
Workshop: Animating Bones in Maya |
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2/13 |
Workshop: Project 4 |
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Week 7 |
The All-Important Walk Cycle |
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2/16 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Project 4 is Due in Class.
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2/18 |
Breakdown of a Walk Cycle |
Project 5 is assigned: Walk Cycle (duration: 1-3 seconds)
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2/20 |
Walk Cycles in Art, Film and Videogames |
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Week 8 |
The Production Pipeline |
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2/23 |
Workshop: Project 5 |
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2/25 |
Workshop: Setting up Shots in Maya
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2/27 |
Workshop: Rendering in Maya
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Week 9 |
Animating Narratives with Emotional Arcs |
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3/2 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Project 5 is Due in Class.
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3/4 |
Animating Narratives
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3/6 |
Workshop: Navigating the After Effects Interface |
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Week 10 |
2D: Computational Animation 104 |
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3/9 |
Workshop: Navigating the Timeline and Layers in After Effects |
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3/11 |
Workshop: Animating Objects in After Effects |
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3/13 |
Stop Motion Animation |
Project 6 is assigned
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Week 11 |
... |
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3/16 |
Spring Break
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3/18 |
Spring Break
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3/20 |
Spring Break
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Week 12 |
The Final Production of Project 6: "Food and Aristotle" |
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3/23 |
Workshop: Editing and Exporting in Adobe After Effects
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3/25 |
Experimental animation techinques |
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3/27 |
Workshop: Project 6 |
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Week 13 |
Computational Modeling |
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3/30 |
Workshop: Modeling in Maya
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4/1 |
Workshop: Texturing in Maya
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4/3 |
Workshop: Project 6
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Week 14 |
Final Project: Experiments of Story and Motion |
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4/6 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Project 6 is Due in Class.
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4/8 |
Workshop: Rigging and Skinning in Maya
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Final Project is assigned: Smorgasbords of Motion (duration: 90 seconds)
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4/10 |
Workshop: Lighting in Maya
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Week 15 |
Final Project: Experiments of Story and Motion |
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4/13 |
Workshop: Final Projects |
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4/15 |
Workshop: Final Projects |
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4/17 |
Workshop: Final Projects |
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Week 16 |
Final Project: Experiments of Story and Motion |
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4/20 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
Final Project is Due in Class.
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4/22 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
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4/24 |
===>>> Show and Critique projects due today ===>>> |
