IDS 252: Topics for the Week of September 28, 2009

• Reminder! We will meet with musicians: Thursday Oct 1 during class. We will meet in the Ford Theater (rm 122)

• Lab:

  • On Tuesday, very briefly review student work for Lab 4: Music and Animation. A full review of both lab 3 and 4 will take place on Thursday when we meet with the musicians.
  • Discuss and begin Lab 5: Creating an Animation Loop .
    • Look at examples from previous years.

• Maya Topics

  • Using Deformers, e.g. squash & stretch
  • Path animation

• General Discussion

  • More examples of lighting: Monet's Haystacks
  • Gesture and Animation
    • Garfield
    • A gesture is defined as "a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture." (dictionary.com)
    • Drawing examples
    • Caravaggio
    • In animation
    • Books by Ed Hooks, e.g. Acting for Animators

  • Animation Production

    • Three states:
      1. Pre-production (Thinking Stage): writing, design, storyboards, animatics
      2. Production: (Doing Stage): modeling, animation, rendering, etc
      3. Post-Production (Assembling Stage): editing, final sound, title/credits
    • Look at movie examples: Shrek, Ice age.
    • Example Roles
    • Flowhart

  • Story Development and Storyboarding