IDS 252: Topics for the Week of February 7, 2011

• Reminders of attendance and late policies.
• Distributing Grades - Is it ok to use last three digits of ID in a group email?
• Continue discussion of Principles of Animation - Lasseter
• Look at walk cycles on the Animator's Survival Lit

• Lab:

  • Note - it is very important that you name objects!
  • Tuesday: Review work for Lab 3: Creating an Animation Loop
  • Tuesday: Discuss and begin Lab 4: Animation and Sound
  • Look at Bloke.
  • Tue or Thur: Briefly discuss/review work for Lab 2: Introduction to Modeling

• Learning about Sound

  • Begin Readings:
    • What is Sound Design, Randy Thom, (other Thom articles on sound can also be found here.)
    • Yale Film Analysis - Sound
  • Importing sound in Maya (see instructions in lab)

• More in Using the Camera

  • Using the Camera to Tell the Story
  • Continuity (see chp 8 in text)

• Movies/animations

  • Sound - Apocalypse now
  • Camera - 12 Angry Men
  • Animations: Scrat, Bunny