iat 241 Animation
Week 4 Page

 

Week 4 outline:

LECTURE
Storytelling for animation:
   storyboarding
   animatics
   storytelling and narrative
Storytelling Lecture Notes (PPT, PDF)


STUDIO
• If you haven't finished, finish the following Maya tutorial in the Maya Program under Help: Tutorials
     Getting Started with Maya
          NURBS Modeling
              Preparing for the lessons
              Lesson 1 Revolving a curve to create a surface
              Lesson 3 Lofting curves to create a surface
          Subdivision Modeling (optional) -- SUBD IS OPTIONAL (FOR ADVANCED USERS)!!
• Using NURBS (or SubD) finish your Port 2) Still Life assignment
    (see assignments page for details) which states:

"The subject matter of some modern painters was the Still Life -- a study of objects found in everyday life, such as a bowl of fruit, a table setting, a vase of flowers, or other objects. Create your own still life from your imagination (you may choose to reference a photograph, or your own visual sketches). Model these objects in Maya creating an interesting, dynamic composition which explores the use of NURBS modeling, and may include some Subdivision modeling."


• Save your completed tutorials and all assignments on your on-line portfolio. For this assignment, post: your NURBs ( or SubD) .mb file, your still life .mb file and 2 to 4 creative jpgs of your still life and include a short write-up and captions. Make sure this is under an Assignments and Port2 link so we can find it easily.


Due for next week's class :

• Your Port 2) Still Life assignment in your portfolio this week ( by your lab section). It must be submitted via your published online portfolio.  (see above or your assignments page for details)

• Work with your team on your ideas for the short and start preparing the storyboard for week 6.