Schedule
IDS 252: Computer Animation Production, Fall 2007

Note, the schedule below is tentative and may be subect to significant changes.

Week		Topic	Assignment	Comments
1	Aug 27	Overview and Maya Basics	Lab 1: Introduction to Maya
2	Sept 3	Principles of Animation	Lab 2: Introduction to Modeling	Labor Day: No class Mon Sept 3
3	Sept 10	Modeling and Animation	Lab 3: Introduction to Animation	Wed: Meet musicians.
4	Sept 17	Working with Sound	Lab 4: Animation and Music	Wed: Exchange animation and music loops.
5	Sept 24	Lights and Textures	Lab 5: Rendering, Lights, and Shading	Wed: Joint meeting with musicians
6	Oct 1	Conveying Emotion. Lights & Shading	Lab 6: Conveying Emotion through Gesture
7	Oct 8	More on Gesture, shading. Production.	Lab 7: Conveying Emotion Using Gesture and Sound	Wed: Exchange image and music. Fri: Prof Orr at conference
8	Oct 15	Animation Production & Story Development	Begin - Lab 8: Final Project	Wed: Joint meeting with musicians. Fri: Midsemester day
9	Oct 22	Story Reels, Concept & Reference	Lab 8: Final Project (cont)
10	Oct 29	Animatics, Character & Scene Modeling	Lab 8: Final Project (cont)
11	Nov 5	Animatics, Character & Scene Modeling	Lab 8: Final Project (cont)
12	Nov 12	Animation
13	Nov 19	Animation (cont)		Wed - Hard deadline for final animations. Thanksgiving: Nov 22-23
14	Nov 26	Lighting & Shading
15	Dec 3	Refinements	Complete - Lab 8: Final Project
16	Dec 10	Final Presentations will be on Saturday Dec 15, 2-5pm (attendance required)