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September
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27	28	29	30 ASSIGN: Project 1a and Project 1b Basic Modeling Hand Modeling 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Introductions Syllabus Show and Tell Signups DEMO: Intro to Maya (Xavier) Intro to Modeling, Yacht (Cody)	01

October
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
04 DUE: Progress Report Basic Model Hand Model Turn-in on Canvas with progress report.	05 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS Show and Tell (Students Part A) Production Pipeline Overview - Part 1 How to Think Like A Hard Surface Modeling Artist (Barbara) Hard Surface Modeling Supervisor Questions DEMO: Hand Modeling (Cody)	06 DUE: Project 1 (11 PM) DUE: Project 1 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Basic Model Hand Model	07 ASSIGN: Project 2 Head Modeling 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell (Students Part B) Production Pipeline Overview - Part 2 How to Think Like A Soft Surface Modeling Artist (Barbara) Soft Surface Modeling Supervisor Questions DEMO: Head Modeling (Evan)	08
11 DUE: Progress Report Head Model Turn-in on Canvas with progress report.	12 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell Matt Smith	13 DUE: Project 2 (11 PM) DUE: Project 2 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Head Model	14 ASSIGN: Project 3a and Project 3b Shading Texturing 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell How to Think Like A Shading Artist (Barbara) Shading Supervisor Questions How to Think Like A Texturing Artist Texturing Supervisor Questions DEMO: UV Unwrapping and Texturing (Amy) Digital Painting Techniques (Xavier)	15
18 DUE: Progress Report Shading Texturing Turn-in on Canvas with progress report.	19 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Ned Frisk - Lighting Principles	20 DUE: Project 3 (11 PM) DUE: Project 3 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Shading Texturing	21 ASSIGN: Project 4a and Project 4b Three Point Lighting Office Lighting 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell Ned Frisk - Lighting Part 2 How to Think Like A Lighting Artist (Barbara) Lighting Supervisor Questions DEMO: Lighting in Maya (Oliver)	22
25 DUE: Progress Report 3-Point Lighting Room Lighting Turn-in on Canvas with progress report.	26 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell (Cody) How to Think Like A Rigging Artist (Cody) DEMO: Basic Rigging (Cody) Character Rigging - Part 1	27 DUE: Project 4 (11 PM) DUE: Project 4 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Three Point Lighting Room Lighting	28 ASSIGN: Project 5a and Project 5b Basic Rigging Character Rigging 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Rigging Supervisor Questions DEMO: Character Rigging - Part 2 (Cody)	29

November
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
01 DUE: Progress Report Basic Rigging Character Rigging Turn-in on Canvas with progress report.	02 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Show and Tell (Xavier) How to Think Like An Animator (Xavier) Animation Principles + Practicing Observation (Xavier)	03 DUE: Project 5 (11 PM) DUE: Project 5 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Basic Rigging Character Rigging	04 ASSIGN: Final Project Part A Designing Your Bigfoot Character 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Animation Supervisor Questions Everything Is A Bouncing Ball DEMO: Intro to Animation in Maya – Bouncing Ball (Xavier)	05
08 DUE: Progress Report Animation Basics Turn-in on Canvas with progress report. TA Check-Ins	09 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Matt Smith DEMO: Armature The Seven Steps of Story	10 DUE: Project 6 (11 PM) DUE: Project 6 - Individual Critique (9:30PM) Animation Basics	11 Veterans Day	12
15 DUE: Progress Report Turn-in on Canvas with progress report. TA Check-Ins	16 DUE: Bigfoot Project Part A (11 AM) Designing Your Bigfoot Character ASSIGN: Final Project Part B Bigfoot Group Pitch Story Packet 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Quick Presentations of Bigfoot Characters Bigfoot Project Overview DEMO: Into to the Bigfoot Character Rig Bigfoot Walk Cycle	17	18 DUE: Bigfoot Project Part B (11 AM) BigFoot story packet 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS BigFoot group story packet pitch DEMO: Adding Constraints (Xavier) How to pose characters - acting How to animate a jump How to do a walk cycle How to pose Bigfoot face	19
22 CHECK-IN: Team Progress Report Turn-in on Canvas with progress report. TA Check-Ins	23 ASSIGN: Final Project Part C Create Animatic Start Motionmatic 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Cinematography and Layout Lectures DEMO: (Xavier) “Setting up your film so you don’t fail” Technical Production Overview + Recommendation for Pipeline Coordination Introduction to Bigfoot Character Rigs Part 2 Intro to Layout Creating scenes Camera settings Basic Set Building	24	25 Thanksgiving Day	26 Day after Thanksgiving
29 DUE:One Blocked-In Shot (11 AM) TA Check-Ins	30 ASSIGN: Final Project Part D Rendermatic Post-Production 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Using the Render Farm Compositing Images DEMO: Adobe Premiere (Staff / TA) Adding Audio (Staff / TA)	01	02 DUE: Bigfoot Project Part C (11 AM) BigFoot Animatic + Motionmatic 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Bigfoot Project – Finished Layout and Blocked in Animation Review	03

December
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
06 DUE: One Rendered Shot (11 PM) TA Check-Ins	07 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Gary Faigin DEMO: Facial Expressions for Stylized Characters	08	09 DUE: Bigfoot Project Motionmatic with 1 rendered shot persequence (11 AM) Rendermatic and Post-Production 11:30-12:50 Lecture CSE2 141 CLASS: Bigfoot Project – Animation and First Renders Review	10
13 DUE: Bigfoot Project for Feedback 11 PM (All shots rendered) TA Check-Ins	14	15 DUE: Rendermatic with Audio Due at 4PM Rendermatic with Audio 4:30-6:20 Final exam	16	17 DUE: Final Reel Due at 11AM Final Reel