IDS 252: Topics for the Week of January 23, 2012

• Lab:

  • Review work for Lab 1: Introduction to Maya.
  • Discuss and begin Lab 2: Introduction to Modeling

• Animation History - Animators at Disney

• General Discussion

  • Maya: Transformations, pivot points, nodes, and parent/child relationships.
  • Duplicating objects.
  • Overview of Animation Production Process. Roles
  • Text:
    • Chp 1 Visual Story Telling and Storyboards - how the juxtaposition of images tells a story.
    • Chp 3: Fundamentals of the Shot. Also look
      • online at Film Analysis; 3. Cinematography; Framing.
      • Scott McCoud's "Making Comics" - excerpt is on cs-render in folder IDS252Resources\bookExcerpts
  • Composition in Maya: Importing files, preparing maya objects for importing, duplicating
  • Cameras
    • In Maya (types, renderCam, etc)
    • Using the Camera to Tell the Story, e.g. 12 Angry Men

• Animation Topics (time permitting)

  • Principles of Animation
    • Principles of Animation.
    • John Lasseter's orginal article with Luxo Jr as example.
  • Bouncing Ball
    • Larry's Toon Institute
  • Look at Poly's World on \\home\classes or go to Polly's World.

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