| Week # | Tuesday | Thursday |
| 1 | Jan 3 | Jan 5 |
Poses Assign Project 1: Poses |
Intro to Pre-Production Poses Review |
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| 2 | Jan 10 | Jan 12 |
Rigging Project 1 Due Assign Project 2: Rigging |
Story Presentation Review Character Design |
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| 3 | Jan 17 | Jan 19 |
Walk cycles Project 2 Due Assign Project 3: Basic Animation 1 - Walk cycles |
Concept Art and Reference Presentation Models Sheets Motion Planning and Principles Part One |
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| 4 | Jan 24 | Jan 26 |
Jumps Project 3 Due Assign Project 4: Basic Animation 2 - Jumps |
Motion Planning and Principles Part Two Model Sheets Due Storyboard and Story reel - review Character Sculpture Review |
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| 5 | Jan 31 | Feb 2 |
Advanced Lighting Advanced Motion Project 4 Due Assign Project 5: Advanced Lighting - The Bedroom OR Advanced Motion - Character Action with Acting (Choice) |
Model and 3D Paint Presentation |
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| 6 | Feb 7 | Feb 9 |
Compositing, Render layers/Settings |
Presentations of Preproduction Material |
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| 7 | Feb 14 | Feb 16 |
Review Project 5 (Motion or Lighting) Project 5 Due Assign Final Project: Signature Shots |
Animatics Presentation CSE Research Presentation Mocap Introduction |
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| 8 | Feb 21 | Feb 23 |
Dynamics: Particles (Hardware / Software) |
Animatics Presentation |
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| 9 | Feb 28 | Mar 2 |
Dynamics: Soft / Rigid bodies |
Character Model 3D Paint Presentation |
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| 10 | Mar 7 | Mar 9 |
Fluid Effects |
Motion Reference Presentation Motion Planning and Principles Part Three |
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| Finals | Final Project review will be held on MONDAY, MAR 13th from 10:30 - 12:20PM |
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