Lecture Topic Details
IDS 352: 3D Advance Animation, Fall 2014

Week: [1]  [2-3]  [4-6]  [7-10]  [11-15]

• Course Overview
• Pick a new lab time
• Lab 1: Bouncing Ball
• Learning the importance of observation.
• Maya tools:
  • Graph Editor
  • Keyframe setting and manipulation
• Breathing Life into Animations
  • Principles of animation
  • Forces: Gravity, Newton's laws
  • Acting and Motivation
• The 11 Second Club

• Review Lab 1: Bouncing Ball
• Begin Lab 2: Legs & Torso Walk/Run (2 parts, see lab for due dates)
• Maya tools:
  • Clips
  • Animation layers
• Animating using Pose-to-Pose vs Straight Ahead
• Rig Controls including FK/IK
• The importance of reference material.
• Basic Walk & Run cycles
  • Basic poses
  • Examine video reference
• Add variation and character - Consider different:
  • walk/run styles
  • weight assumptions: heavy, light
  • speeds: fast and slow
  • emotional states

• Lab 3: Walk/Run - Full Body (3 parts, see lab for due dates)
• Gimbal Lock Explained
• Basic poses for arm, head, hip
• Add variation and character - Consider different:
  • Stopping/starting
  • walk/run styles
  • weight assumptions: heavy, light
  • speeds: fast and slow
  • emotional states

• Lab 4: Complex Motion & Interaction (4 parts, see lab for due dates)
• Types of Interactions
  • Pushing/pulling a light/heavy object
  • carrying a light/heavy object
  • Jumping over/on an object
  • 51 Great Animation Exercises
• Acting to create character and personality
• Repeated actions with variations
• For information on Robert Hodgin and other algorithmic artists, look under Creative Coding on our links page.

• Lab 5: Creative project (see lab for due dates)
• What makes for a good story.
• Camera and framing.
• Storyboarding and reel
• Maya tools: Camera sequencer

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