Course Readings:

Required:

Due Week 2 :
Online Paper: Motion Perception in Movies and Painting: Towards a New Kinetic Art
by Michael Betancourt

Due Week 3:
TBA

Supplementary Resources:

Online Books:

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To access electronic books from Books24x7, click link below and use your sfu login/passwd (sometimes several times) then click through to the book and then specific chapter.

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Kuperberg, Marcia. A Guide to Computer Animation and TV, games, multimedia and the web. Focal Press: 2002.       [Electronic resource: Books24x7]

Whitaker, Harold and Halas, John. Timing for Animation.
Focal Press. 2002.               [Electronic resource: Books24x7]

John Kundert-Gibbs. Maya: Secrets of the Pros
Sybex 2002.                        [Electronic resource: Books24x7]

Maya Books: Surrey and SFU have many Maya books online and in print:

The Art of Maya : an introduction to 3D computer graphics.
Published [Toronto, Ont.?] : Alias/Wavefront Education, 2000 (2002 [printing])

Patnode, Jason.
Title The Focal easy guide to Maya 5 : for new users and professionals / Jason Patnode.
Published Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Focal, 2004.

Adams, Mark.
Title Inside Maya 5 / by Mark Adams, Erick Miller, Max Sims with contributions by Adrian Dimond ... [et al.].
Published Indianapolis, IN : New Riders, 2004.

Title Learning Maya 5/Foundation.
Published Toronto, Ont. : Alias/Wavefront, c2003.

Learning Maya 5 : MEL fundamentals.
Published [Toronto, Ont.] : Alias/Wavefront, c2003.

Learning Maya 6. Character rigging and animation : a hands-on introduction to the key tools and techniques of character rigging and animation with Maya / Alias/Learning Tools.
Published Toronto, Ont. : Alias, c2004.

Kundert-Gibbs, John L.
Title Maya 5 / John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee [with] Dariush Derakhshani, Eric Kunzendorf.
Published San Francisco, Calif. : SYBEX, 2004.

Hanson, Eric (Eric Joseph), 1960-
Title Maya 5 KillerTips : the hottest collection of cool tips and hidden secrets for Maya / Eric Hanson with Eric Pender and Erick Miller.
Published [Indianapolis, IN] : New Riders, c2004.

Riddell, Danny.
Title Maya 6 for Windows and Macintosh [electronic resource] / Danny Riddell.
Published Berkeley, Calif. : Peachpit, 2004.

Watkins, Adam.
Title The Maya 6 handbook / Adam Watkins, Christopher Neuhahn.
Published Hingham, Mass. : Charles River Media, c2005.

Maya beginner's guide [videorecording].
Published [Toronto, Ont.?] : Alias Systems Corp., c2004.

Choi, Jae-jin.
Title Maya character animation / [Jae-jin Choi]
Published Alameda, CA : Sybex Inc., c2003.

Maraffi, Chris.
Title Maya character creation : modeling and animation controls / Chris Maraffi.
Published Indianapolis, Ind. : New Riders, c2004.

Kundert-Gibbs, John L.
Title Maya [electronic resource] : secrets of the pros / John Kundert-Gibbs ; with Robin Akin ... [et al.]
Published Alameda, Calif. : SYBEX, c2002 (Norwood, Mass. : Books24x7.com [generator])

Title Maya techniques [videorecording] : character articulation for games.
Published [Toronto, Ont.?] : Alias, c2003.

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Supplementary Resources:

Wells. Paul. Understanding Animation. Routledge.New York: 1998.

Kundert-Gibbs, John and Lee, Peter; with Derakhshani. Dariush.
Maya 4.5 Savvy. SYBEX. Calif: 2003 (Norwood, Mass.
Books24x7.com [generator]) [Electronic text].

See SFU Surrey Library for complete list of Maya resources

Readings Recommended:

Betancourt, Michael. "Motion Perception in Movies and Painting: Towards a
New Kinetic Art". Ed. Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise. Ctheory.net. 2002.

Burnett, Ron. -Chapter 9: Reanimating the World: Waves of Interaction-.
How Images Think. MIT Press. Mass:2004. (p200-221).

Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing about Film. Pearson
Longman. Toronto: 2004.

Faber, Liz, Walters, Helen. Animation Unlimited: Innovative Short Films
Since 1940. Laurence King Publishing. London: 2004.

Fumiss, Maureen. Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics.
Indiana University Press. Indiana: 1999.

Stabile, Carol A., Harrison. Mark, Ed.. Rime Time Animation: Television
Animation and American Culture. Routtedge. NY: 2002.

Kerlow, Isacc Victor. The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Imaging.
John Wiley and Sons. New Jersey: 2004.

Wagstaff, Sean. Animation on the Web. Peachpit Press. 1999. [e-text]

Wells. Paul. Animation: Genre and Authorship. Wallflower Press.
London: 2002.

Acting For Animators : A Complete Guide To Performance Animation / Ed Hooks ; Foreword By Brad Bird ; Illustrations By Mike Caputo.
Hooks, Ed.
Call number: TR 897.5 H66 2000
Library: Surrey

Art In Motion : Animation Aesthetics / Maureen Furniss.
Furniss, Maureen.
Call number: TR 897.5 F87 1998
Library: Bennett

Character Animation In 3D : Use Traditional Drawing Techniques To Produce Stunning CGI Animation / Steve Roberts.
Roberts, Steve, 1941-
Call number: TR 897.5 R63 2004
Library: Bennett