Tuesday 

Thursday

1

 458

Sept. 25  

 

Intro Class 1

Intro to Maya UI

 

ASSIGN: Project 1: Modeling Yacht

2

Sept. 30

Oct. 2

Show and Tell 

 

UI Intro

Preproduction Discussion

 

DUE: Project 1 due at midnight Wednesday

 

Show and Tell 2

 

DEMO: Polygon, Hand, Sailboat 

 

ASSIGN: Project 2: Modeling Hand & Sailboat

 

REVIEW: Project 1

 

3

Oct.7

Oct.9

LECTURE: Story

 

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 2 hand

DUE: Project 2 Hand due at midnight Wednesday

DEMO: SUBD Polygon, NURBS, Head

ASSIGN: Project 3: Modeling head

FINAL REVIEW: Project 2a

4

Oct. 14

Oct. 16

LECTURE: Shading Principles

  

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 3 Head

DUE: Project 3 Head due Wednesday at midnight

DEMO: Basic Shading, NURBS/poly primitives mapping

DEMO: Shading2 Dragon demo i.e. Hypershade, UV Maps/Photoshop

 

ASSIGN: Project 4: Shading Still Life & Dragon

 

FINAL REVIEW: Project 3

 

5

Oct. 21

Oct. 23

 DEMO: Basic Lighting, Lighting Effects

 

SPEAKER: Ned Frisk, “Lighting for Animated Films”

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 4

DUE: Project 4 due Wednesday at midnight  

 LECTURE: Lighting Principles

 

ASSIGN:  Project 5: Lighting

 

FINAL REVIEW: Project 4 Shading Dragon

 

6

Oct. 28

Oct. 30

DEMO: Basic IK/Rigging/weight painting

 

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 5 Lighting

DUE: Project 5 Lighting due at midnight Wednesday

LECTURE: Poses

LECTURE: Motion Principles

ASSIGN:  Project 6: Basic IK/Rigging/Poses

FINAL REVIEW: Project 5 lighting

 

7

Nov. 4

Nov.6

SHOWING: Best of Past Mouse Traps

ASSIGN:

1. Mouse Trap Groups

2. Models (Board Pieces)

3. Initial Story

FINAL REVIEW: Project 5 Lighting

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 6 Rigging

DEMO: Basic Motion (Bouncing Ball)/Motion Path

 

ASSIGN:  Project 7: Basic Motion, and Posing

 

DUE: Project 6 Rigging

REVIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Project 7 Motion

8

Nov. 11

Nov.13

HOLIDAY: NO CLASS!!!

DUE: Bouncing Ball Due Tomorrow night Wednesday,

November 12th 11:59 pm

DEMO: Cinematography

REVIEW: Mouse Trap Models and Rigging

PITCH: Initial Story Pitch Mouse Trap

 

ASSIGN: Mouse trap Storyboards/Script

DUE: Initial Story Pitch Mouse Trap

9

Nov. 18

Nov. 20

DEMO: Walk Cycle

PITCH: Mousetrap Storyboards & Scripts

 

ASSIGN:  Mouse Trap Animatic

DUE:

Revised Story Pitch Mouse Trap

Mousetrap board/Set pieces

                              

 

Mouse Trap

 

DEMO: After Effects/Premiere Compositing

 

REVIEW: Animatics

DUE: Final Animatic by CLASS!

 

 

10

Nov 25

Nov 27

 

REVIEW:  Mouse Trap Project In-Class Critique/Review first Motion

 

DUE: First Motion by CLASS!

Thanksgiving!!! No Class!!!

 

11

Dec 2

Dec 4

Mouse Trap Project In-Class Critique

Second Motion Review

First Review Mouse Trap Look and feel

 

START FINAL RENDERING!           

Mouse Trap Project In-Class Critique

Final Motion Review

Second Review Mouse Trap Look and feel

 

CONTINUE RENDERING!

 

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