	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Week One			October 1
			Introduction Show and Tell ASSIGN → Maya Exercises Go to Project 1 and do the prerequisite exercises.
Week Two	October 6	October 7	October 8
	Show and Tell (Pt. 2) DEMO: Basic Modeling ASSIGN → Project 1: Basic Modeling	DUE ← Project 1 (midnight) Basic Modeling	REVIEW: Project 1 DEMO: Polygon Hand, NURBs Sailboat ASSIGN → Project 2: A) Hand Modeling B) NURBs Modeling
Week Three	October 13	October 14	October 15
	REVIEW WIP: Project 2 LECTURE: Story	DUE ← Project 2 (midnight) A) Hand Modeling B) NURBs Modeling	REVIEW: Project 2 DEMO: SubD Polygon, Head ASSIGN → Project 3: Head Modeling
Week Four	October 20	October 21	October 22
	REVIEW WIP: Project 3 LECTURE: Shading Principles	DUE ← Project 3 (midnight) Head Modeling	REVIEW: Project 3 DEMO: Basic shading, NURBs/poly primitive mapping, Dragon shading (hypershade, UV maps/Photoshop) ASSIGN → Project 4: A) Shading B) Texturing
Week Five	October 27	October 28	October 29
	REVIEW WIP: Project 4 LECTURE: Lighting Principles	DUE ← Project 4 (midnight) A) Shading B) Texturing	REVIEW: Project 4 DEMO: Lighting in Maya ASSIGN → Project 5: A) Three Point Lighting B) Lighting ASSIGN → Preproduction: Location and Fantasy Sequences
Week Six	November 3	November 4	November 5
	DUE ← Preproduction (class-time) Location and Fantasy Sequences REVIEW WIP: Project 5 LECTURE: Posing, Motion Principles	DUE ← Project 5 (midnight) A) Three Point Lighting B) Lighting	REVIEW: Project 5 DEMO: Posing, Basic Motion ASSIGN → Project 6: A) Posing B) Simple Animation ASSIGN → Preproduction: Sets
Week Seven	November 10	November 11	November 12
	DUE ← Preproduction (class-time) Sets REVIEW WIP: Project 6 Best of Past Mouse Traps ASSIGN → Mouse Trap: 1) Mouse Trap Groups 2) Models (board pieces) 3) Initial Story	DUE ← Project 6 (midnight) A) Posing B) Simple Animation HOLIDAY: NO CLASS! (it's Wednesday, anyway)	REVIEW: Project 6 DEMO: Basic IK, rigging, weight painting ASSIGN → Project 7: A) Basic Rigging B) Character Rigging
Week Eight	November 17	November 18	November 19
	DUE ← Mouse Trap: Initial Story Pitch (present in class) REVIEW WIP: Project 7	DUE ← Project 7 (midnight) A) Basic Rigging B) Character Rigging	DUE ← Mouse Trap: Set Pieces REVIEW: Project 7 DEMO: Cinematography, After Effects/Compositing
Week Nine	November 24	November 25	November 26
	DUE ← Mouse Trap: Board (pieces assembled) DUE ← Mouse Trap: Revised Story Pitch (present in class) ASSIGN → Mouse Trap: Animatic		HOLIDAY: NO CLASS!
Week Ten	December 1	December 2	December 3
	DUE ← Mouse Trap: Animatic (present in class) REVIEW WIP: Mouse Trap ASSIGN → Mouse Trap: Motion		DUE ← Mouse Trap: First Motion (present in class) REVIEW WIP: Mouse Trap
Week Eleven	December 8	December 9	December 10
	REVIEW WIP: Mouse Trap 1) Second Motion Review 2) First Review of Mouse Trap Look and Feel START FINAL RENDERING!		REVIEW WIP: Mouse Trap 1) Final Motion Review 2) Second Review of Mouse Trap Look and Feel CONTINUE RENDERING!
Week Twelve	December 14	December 15	December 16
	DUE ← Mouse Trap (midnight)