Administrative

• Four golden rules
• Grading
• Syllabus

Overview

Apply the knowledge gained in previous animation courses to produce a short animated film. Topics include scene planning, digital cinematography, creature and hard surface modeling, animatics and basics of character animation, and rendering techniques.

Previous Courses

• This year: cse458, cse459
• Previous spring quarters: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1996

Links

• cs.haku - a lot of really useful materials
• learning-maya.com - good tutorials
• cgsociety.org - everything
• 3dtotal.com - news, textures & etc.
• turbosquid.com - free textures
• highend3d.com - textures, tools, etc.
• conceptart.org - awesome 2d

Stitches Production

• Calendar
• Production Roles: by person, by group
  (role definitions)
• Meeting schedule

Production Materials

• Shot Assignments
• Shot List (4/9)
• Current Storyreel (5/3)
  Old versions: 4/27, 4/21, 4/14
• Current Animatic (4/27)
  Old versions: 4/14, 4/9, 3/18
• Current Motionmatic (5/28)
  Old versions: 5/26, 5/1
• Current Rendermatic (6/1)
• Current Texture Reel (4/3)
• Concept art/reference
  

Production notes/guides

• Shot Setup Pipeline
• Transition notes

Readings

• Modeling guide
• Animatic guide
• Lighting guide
• Cluster Rendering