Schedule of Classes and Assignments Spring 2005

Luciernaga, no se come
Benjamin Rosales
Estefania Pickens
Allison Theus
Katy Tanis
Jessica Liu

The Lumberjack
Bum Lee
Daniel Hill
Joel Kraut

Pipe Dream
Eunjeong Ryu
Neel Kar
Mohamad Hassan Mohamad Rom
Seema Moorjani
Amber Samdahl

cym
Ting Ting Wu
Megan Pentz
Anthony Rogers
Lauren Klixbull
Katya Mirochnik

Pinion
Jeff Horn
Abraham Wong
Jason Macallister
Charles Brandt
Eddie Canaan

We'll try to stick to this schedule but there's always the possibility that something might change. Stay tuned to the announcements on the main class page for updates.

Syllabus

Week of Monday Wednesday Friday
January 10
Week 1 		Introduction and Syllabus
Animations from classes in previous years
Maya Demonstrations
  • desktop and modeling
  • subdivision surfaces
  • keyframing and lighting
Animations:
  • Walking
  • Gas Planet

Assignment 1 out

Storyboard clips from Monsters
Animations:
  • The Street
  • Bingo
Reading:
  • pages 2-55 in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Field trip for Mocap Lab Demo
Field trip to Linux Cluster
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January 17
Week 2 		no class -- MLK Sampler of ideas for technical projects
Maya Demonstrations
  • setting up menus under linux (Eric)
  • simple objects from scratch
  • mapping (Ian)
  • rigging/blendshapes (Jeff)
Animations:
  • Liquid Selves, Karl Sims
  • Wanting for Bridge, Joan Staveley, 1991

Storyboard due as a powerpoint file (firstnamelastname.ppt)(Sunday noon)

January 24
Week 3 		Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each)
Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each)
Vote for ~20 storyboards
Form two person teams to refine storyboards (via email)

Assignment 1 due (Sunday noon)

January 31
Week 4 		Critique Assignment 1 (graded)
Animations:
  • Bunny - Blue Sky
  • The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside - Passion Pictures
Readings:

Assignment 2 out

Maya Demonstrations
  • track editor (Eddie)
  • layering (Eric)
  • shaders (Joel)
  • fur (Eric)
Animations:
  • Solder Man
  • Creatures
  • F8
Work time
Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
February 7
Week 5 		mini/mid semester break
no class
Revised storyboards due Tuesday at noon
Pitch revised storyboards
Voting for storyboards
Composers in class
Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
February 14
Week 6 		Maya Demonstrations
  • MEL / C++ programming demo of grouping behaviors (Eric)
  • fluids (Eric)
  • hair (Eric)
  • cloth (Ian)
Animations:
  • The Natures Ancient
Form teams
First group meetings
Start webpages for animations
Readings:
  • Chapter 12 Model in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
  • Chapter 19 Visual Effects in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Work time

Assignment 2 due
Assignment 3 out

Critique Assignment 2 (graded)
Sound Editing and Recording workshop (optional)
10am and 11:30am sign up in the ccon office
February 21
Week 7 		Discussion of animatics
  • Grinning Evil Death + Animatic
  • Antz
Readings:
  • Chapters 10 and 11 in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Work time
Animations:
  • The Making of Ryan
  • Tim Tom
Work time

Assignment 3 due (noon Sunday)

Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
February 28
Week 8 		Critique assignment 3 (graded)
Critique complete storyboards (separate):
The Lumberjack 1:30
Pipe Dream 2:00
cym 2:30
Pinion 3:00
Luciernaga, no se come 3:30

Work time otherwise 		Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
March 7
spring break
midterm grades due 		spring break ----
March 14
Week 9 		Finish critique of assignment 3
Animations:
  • For the Birds, Pixar
  • The Chubb Chubbs
Work time

Animations:
  • The Cameraman's Revenge
  • This is not the end of the world
Work time
Reading:
  • Chapter 16 Animation in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Animatic due (Sunday noon)
Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
March 21
Week 10 		Group critiques of animatics (whole class) (graded)
Work time otherwise
Animations:
  • Rockfish
  • Balance
Reading:
  • Chapter 18 Lighting and Rendering in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Work time 		Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples due (Sunday noon)
Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
March 28
Week 11 		Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples (whole class) (graded)
Animations:
  • Cathedral
  • Eva Solal
Work time 		Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
April 4
Week 12 		Group critiques (separate):
Pipe Dream 1:30
cym 2:00
Pinion 2:30
Luciernaga, no se come 3:00
The Lumberjack 3:30

Work time otherwise 		Animations:
  • PGi 13
  • Frank
  • Mickey's Garden
Work time 		Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
April 11
Week 13 		no class for CFA festival
 Critique (whole class) (graded)
Work time 		Editing workshop (optional)
See Art School Calendar for times
April 18
Week 14 		Animations:
  • This Wonderful Life
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street
  • Chain Smoker
Work time 		Group critiques (separate):
cym 1:30
Pinion 2:00
Luciernaga, no se come 2:30
The Lumberjack 3:00
Pipe Dream 3:30

Work time otherwise 		----
April 25
Week 15 		Animations:
  • Coffee World
  • The Future is Wild
  • Oddworld Stranger CG Intro
  • Louis
Work time 		Critique (whole class) (ungraded)
Work time otherwise 		----
Final exam slot (tbd)

Final Presentations during final exam slot (graded)
May 10 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. CFA 303

End of Semester ----