CSE 459 - Pre-PRODUCTION FOR COLLABORATIVE ANIMATION - WINTER 2005
CSE 459 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. Lectures TTh 10:30 – 12:30   Sieg 332/329 Lecture Series        Monday 5 – 6ish Barbara Mones, Instructor mones@cs.washington.edu TA office hours: Dean Halford, TA drh4@u.washington.edu Monday: 1:30 - 4:30 pm & 6 – 9 pm Wednesday: 1: 30 – 4:30 pm Friday: 1:30 – 2:30 pm Irene Yi, TA iyi@u.washington.com Tuesday: 2 – 6 pm Wednesday: 8:30 – 11:30 pm Thursday: 8:30-11:30 pm Jesse Miller, TA jimiller@u.washington.com Monday: 12 pm – 3 pm Tuesday: 6 – 10 pm Wednesday: 11 am  – 2 pm Nick Poplaski, TA npops@cs.washington.edu Sunday: 6 – 10 pm Monday: 7 – 10 pm Wednesday: 7 – 10 pm NOTE: MAYA files should be viewed with the monitor ratio at 1.33 --- 1024x768, 1200x960, 1600x1200, etc. Staff Meetings: Tuesdays: 12:30 – 2 pm Thursdays: 12 – 12:30 pm Room 332
	Pre-Production Work	·     Story/Storyreel (TBA) Seven Step Story ·     Animatic (TBA) ·     Concept Art (TBA) ·     Model/Rigging (TBA)
	Administrivia	·     Announcements! personnel syllabus schedule cse459 mailing list Archive cse458 mailing list Archive Archive to animatics, storyboard, modeling, and concept art.
		Pre-Production groups Contracts Production Leads (TBA) Latest Story
	Projects	Project 1 - rigging    (Models: Mark, Baby, Yeti) Project 2 - poses Project 3a – animation 1 ( 3 – 4 ) Project 3b – animation 2 ( 5 – 6 ) download Earl for Lipsync Project 4 – Orange ( * Download Solution File ) Project 5 (Choice) - Advanced Lighting OR   - Motion Extra Credit: Compositing [Download Zip here] Extra Credit: Dynamics
	Reference	TBA
	Help	Tutorials more tutorials working with function curves Smoke Sim, Crowd Sim, and Flocking Info written 7-step story (sample) scale sheet (sample) model sheets (sample)
	etc	RSI information animation web pages link to CSE458 Computer Animation

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