Instructors
Steve DiPaola
sdipaola@sfu.ca
www.sfu.ca/~sdipaola
(604) 268-7479
Office Hours:
Tu
noon-2pm
room 14-350
Sara
Cordirck
Office
Hours: TBA
KJ
Lee (TA)
Office
Hours: in Lab
NOTE:
Your Instructor is:
- Sec 101, 104,105: Sara Coldrick is your instructor.
-
Sec 102,103 : Steve DiPaola is your instructor, with KJ Lee as
your section Ta.
-
DiPaola lectures to all and DiPaola and Coldrick have prepared
this course in concert. Your specific instrutor (DiPaola or Coldrick)
is solely responsible for your grades and the rules of the course).
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Class
Times / Rooms
IAT241
fall05
lecture
(DiPaola)
for all: Tu 8:30-950 rm 2600
sect
1
D101 (Coldrick)
Mn 11:30-12:50 - rm 655
sect 2 D102
(Lee)
Th
2:30 - 3:50 - rm 655
sect
3
D103 (Lee)
Th 4:00 - 5:20pm - rm 655
sect
4
D104 (Coldrick)
Fr 11:30 am - 12:50 - rm 655
sect
5
D105 (Coldrick)
Fr 1:00 pm - 2:20 - rm 655
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Course
Details:
Final
Project: An Animation Short
This course will culminate in a 3D computer animation "short"
created by small teams or individuals. Most of the last 4-5 weeks will
be the production phase of creating this short. Most of the earlier
weeks will be learning enough and getting all the setup (idea,story,objects,
knowledge, inspiration, team members, mistakes, prototypes, experiments,
...) to be ready to create your animation short.
Assignments
& Grading:
See
the assignment page for
a break down of grading and assignments.
Readings:
See
the readings page for how
to acces the electronic readings.
Alias
Maya Software
Where
is it:
Maya (Alias Maya)
software is a profession 3D authoring package used by most major movies
and games. We only have it accessible in rooms 655 (our lab classroom),
225 and 230 plus on all the Apple computers( I think). Besides class
you can use these rooms when they have no classes going on. We might
have an unsupervised openlab reserved for you to do Maya assignments
outside of office studio lab.
Who do I figure it out:
This class is not on Maya, it is on 3D computer animation and animation
in general. We don't teach software packages here, we teach ideas and
knowledge techniques. That said we will be using and learning Maya in
studio labs class but it is highly technical and additional questions
will come up which can slow down the class if we addressed them all.
You have two additional ways of getting that technical help. One is
post your questions on the WebX
board on on Maya tech questions and check out the many additional
resources in the library ( both online and in book form). You can also
get a personal learning edition of Maya ( for students - no saving and
other limitations) here for home
use.
Animation
Talk
Speaking of class participation. Use the web boards to talk about your
favorite animation or ask on how they did an effect in your favorite
animation movie. Just post your questions/thoughts on the WebX board
on the animation
talk discussion.
Open
Labs
These are scheduled times for extra open lab for iat241 work:
IAT
241 OpenLab
: Tues 02:30 - 03:20 PM : room 655
IAT 241 OpenLab
: Wed 08:30 - 09:20 AM : room 655
IAT 241 OpenLab
: Wed 03:00 - 04:20 PM : room 655
IAT 241 OpenLab
: Thur 12:30 - 02:20 PM : room 655
IAT 241 OpenLab
: Fri . .08:30 - 11:20 AM : room
655
IAT 241 OpenLab
: Fri . .02:30 - 04:20 PM : room
655