CSE 490ap - ANIMATION PRODUCTION - WINTER 2003

The Animation Production class focuses on the pre-production of collaboratively designed animated shorts. Students from Architecture, Art, Music, and Computer Science will study all styles of animation.  The course will include in-depth analysis of both classical and computer generated works.  Topics include: character design and pre-planning; design of model sheets; character rigging; character motion in action and acting; design for multiple characters; and  principles of animation as applied to  character motion and effects.

TA office hours: 

Eric:                             Mon                                      11:30am-12:30pm  2:30pm-3:30pm Tues                                   2:00-5:00pm            Weds                              11:30am-12:30pm  Thurs                                   2:00-5:00pm                         

Dave:                         Mon                                   5:00-8:00pm            Weds                                 5:00-8:00pm                Sun                                        5:00-8:00pm 

Brian:                         Thurs                                   12:00pm-2:00pm            Sat                                 10:30am-1:30pm                Mon                   5:30pm-9:30pm                      

NOTE: MAYA files should be viewed with the monitor ratio at 1.33 --- 1024x768, 1200x960, 1600x1200, etc.

• personnel
• syllabus
• lecture series 
• lab usage policy 
• Hypermail Archive
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• Ben says: "Use my forum!!"

• Groups from Feb 24 to March 3
• Final Project groups
• temporary production groups
• assignments and tutorials
• schedule
• Final Project Artifacts from last year
• Modeling Assignments
• scale sheet
• ShotBreakdown
• model sheets
• prop list

• MAYA cheat sheet
• CSE490 cheat sheet
• animation check list
• working with function curves
• Links to Everyones Tutorials

video

• RSI information
• animation web pages
• link to CSE458 Computer Animation
• link to Visual Effects Page
• link to reference material 2003
• Written Story 2003

• link reference video winter 2002 (TFT)
• link to story reel winter 2002 (TFT)
• link to story reel winter 2003 (crows~1.4GB)