IDS 252: Topics for February 23/25, Spring 2016

• Thursday (Feb 25) during lecture, we will meet with MUSC 121 in Ford 122 (Theater) to review work from both Lab 4: Creating an Animation Loop and Lab 5: Creating an Animation Loop with Sound, Consider Music/Anim Crit Questions.

• Lab:

  • Review work for Lab 5: Creating an Animation Loop with Sound See Evaluation Sheet (pdf).
  • Discuss and begin Lab 6: Collaboration, Character, and Sound See evaluation sheet.

• Suggested Reading:

  • Chapter 8: Continuity
    • Want to create seamless sequences. Cuts and transitions should make sense to the audience.
    • Do not want to cross Line of Action.
    • Using the Camera to Tell the Story

• If you have not yet used the Render Farm, please take time to learn.

• Maya File References and Proxies. We won't be using proxies but they are good to know about.

• Shots:

  • What is a Shot?
  • Shot transitions
  • Yale Film Analysis, See sections on Cinematography->Movement as well as Editing.

• More on Gesture and Animation

  • 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.
  • Garfield
  • Drawing examples
  • Caravaggio
  • In animation
  • Animator's Survival Kit
  • Books by Ed Hooks, e.g. Acting for Animators Also see Various Ways to Use Gesture (scroll down page to see this).

• More on Animating Pose-to-Pose

  • What is pose-to-pose vs straight ahead animating? Also see 3 Ways to Animate E.g. see Basic Walk.
  • Read these basic steps for doing pose-to-pose animation.