Schedule of Classes and Assignments Spring 2012


We'll try to stick to this schedule but there's always the possibility that something might change. Stay tuned to the announcements on the main class page for updates.

Syllabus

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Week of Monday Wednesday Friday
January 16
Week 1 		no class --- MLK Introduction and Syllabus
Animations from classes in previous years
Animations:
  • Spring 2010: Cognitive Learner
  • Spring 2009: Orange Light, The Season
  • Spring 2007: Eye to Eye
  • Spring 2005: Pinion
Assignments of Advanced Demos
Break
Maya Demonstrations (Jim)
  • desktop
  • polygonal modeling
  • basic mapping
  • lighting
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January 23
Week 2 		Examples from Assignment 1: Animations:
  • The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside - Passion Pictures (Issue 144, SIGGRAPH '03)
  • It's not the end of the world - Super Furry Animal - Duran Duboi (Issue 141, SIGGRAPH '02)
  • Minamitama District - Nagoya City University (Issue 163, SIGGRAPH '09)
Maya Demonstrations (Jim)
  • deformers + blendshapes
  • keyframing
  • camera
  • rendering
  • layering
Reading:
  • pages 2-55 in Inspired 3D Short Film Production

Assignment 1 out

Storyboard clips from Monsters
Animations:
  • Cubic Tragedy (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 150)
  • ShapeShifter (charlex, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review Issue 171)
  • Chernokids (Suminfocom Valenciennes), SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review Issue 171
  • The Street (Hollywood Salutes Canadian Animation)
Demonstrations:

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January 30
Week 3 		Animations:
  • Loom, Polynoid, ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Video Review Issue 167
  • The Experience of Fliehkraft, Framebox, ACM SIGGRAPH 2011, Video Review Issue 171
  • Balance, Lauenstein Brothers, Academy Award for best animated short 1990

    Demo of possible technical contributions:
    • Possible technical projects (jkh)
    • Lifting 2D images to 3D (Laura)
    • Puppeteering (Jessica)
    Maya demonstrations(Daniel Lee):
    • rigging and IKs
    • basic skinning weights
    Work time

    Assignment 1 due (Tuesday, January 31st midnight)

    		• Critique Assignment 1 (graded)
    • Group 1: 1:30
      • ERIC MACKIE, emackie
      • CAROLINE RECORD, crecord
      • CATHY LI, chli
      • ALAN HERMAN, aherman
      • DANIELLE KOGAN, dlkogan
      • CLYDE SHAFFER, cshaffer
      • MARY NESTOR, mnestor
      • DEREK BASEHORE, dbasehor
      • ALYSSA GERHARTER, amgerhar
    • Group 2: 2:45
      • CHANDANA BHARGAVA, cbhargav
      • ALEXANDRA WOLFE, akwolfe
      • ANDREW BUENO, abueno
      • KELLIE MEDLIN, kmmedlin
      • PINAR OZLEN, pozlen
      • JILLIAN GOODWYN, jgoodwyn
      • ERICA LAZRUS, elazrus
      • LORENA LOPEZ, lorenal

    Assignment 2 out

    Storyboard due as a powerpoint file (firstnamelastname.ppt)(Sunday noon)
    February 6
    Week 4     		Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each)
    Readings:
    		Pitch remaining storyboards
    Vote for 7 storyboards
    Form 2-3 person teams to refine storyboards (via email)

    Work time otherwise

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    February 13
    Week 5     		Animations:
    • The Itch (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2007, Issue 156)
    • Clik Clak (Supinfocom) (Issue 158, SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Theater)
    • First Contact (Media Design School) (Issue 171, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review)

    Maya Demonstrations

    Readings:
    • Chapter 12 Model in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
    • Chapter 19 Visual Effects in Inspired 3D Short Film Production

    Work time

    		Animation
    • Strasse der Spezialisten from CyberArts 2006
    • Flamingo Pride (Talking Animals Animation Studio) (Issue 171, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review)
    • East End Zombies (SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater Issue 150)

    Maya Demonstrations

    Revised storyboards due Sunday at noon

    February 20
    Week 6     		Pitch revised storyboards
    Voting for storyboards
    Form teams (email)
    Readings:
    • Chapters 10 and 11 in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
    Worktime otherwise
    		 Discussion of animatics
    • Antz
    Animations:
    • Pixar Animations
    Maya Demonstration:
    First group meetings
    Animatics out
    Jim out     		----
    February 27
    Week 7     		Animations:
    • 458NM (SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater)
    Maya Demonstrations:
    • Cloth and cloth colliding with cloth (Spencer Diaz)
    • Muscles (Noah Alzayer)

    Field trip for Mocap Lab Demo
    Work time otherwise

    Assignment 2 due Tuesday at midnight

    Assignment 3 out

    		Critique Assignment 2 (graded)
    • Group 1: 1:30
      • Lorena Lopez lorenal
      • Jill Goodwyn jgoodwyn
      • Alan Herman aherman
      • Alyssa Gerherter amgerhar
      • Clyde Shaffer cshaffer
      • Cathy Li chli
      • Andrew Bueno abueno
      • Erica Lazrus elazrus
      • Eric Mackie emackie
    • Group 2: 2:45
      • Alexandra Wolfe akwolfe
      • Chandana Bhargana cbhargav
      • Danielle Kogan dlkogan
      • Derek Basehore dbasehor
      • Katie Nestor mnestor
      • Kellie Medlin kmmedlin
      • Pinar Ozlen pozlen
    Work time otherwise
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    March 5
    Week 8     		Animations:
    • Take your Medicine (ACM SIGGRAPH 2011, Issue 172)
    • Ravin Rabbids "E3" (ACM SIGGRAPH 2011, Issue 172)

    Maya Demonstrations:
    Work time otherwise

    Animatic due (Tuesday midnight)



    jkh out
    		 Group critiques of animatics (whole class) (graded)
    • Bedtime
    • Dinnersauras Rex
    • Mother Necessity
    • Skoll
    • Thirsty?
    Composers in class
    Work time
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    March 12
    		spring break
    midterm grades due     		spring break ----
    March 19
    Week 9     		Animations
    • Monk and Monkey (ACM SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 169)
    • Kein Platz fur Gerald (Ars Electronica 2006)
    • The Building (SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater, Issue 153)
    Maya Demonstration:
    • Shaders and MentalRay (Emily So)
    • Lighting, soft shadows (Emily So)
    • Advanced mapping/UV editor (Jimmy Krahe)

    Reading:
    • Chapter 16 Animation in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
    		 Animations:
  • Mr. Choco in Love (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 172)
  • Agenda Circling Forth (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 169)
  • Get Out (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 168) Reading:
    • Chapter 18 Lighting and Rendering in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
    Work time
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    Assignment 3 due Sunday at midnight in the afs folder (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/assignment_3/)
    March 26
    Week 10     		Critique Assignment 3 (graded)
    Whole class
    • Bedtime
      • Andrew Bueno abueno
      • Cathy Li chli
      • Meng Zhang mengz1
      • Erica Lazrus elazrus
      • Eric Mackie emackie
      • Clyde Shaffer cshaffer
    • Mother Necessity
      • Kyna McIntosh kpmcinto
      • Jill Goodwyn jgoodwyn
      • Alyssa Gerherter amgerhar
      • Noah Alzayer nalzayer
      • Alan Herman aherman
    • Skoll
      • Alexandra Wolfe akwolfe
      • Katie Nestor mnestor
      • Chandana Bhargana cbhargav
      • Pinar Ozlen pozlen
      • Paul Miller ppm

    		Continue critique Assignment 3 (graded)
    Whole class
    • Dinnersauras Rex
      • Emily So emilyso
      • Sharon Hoosein shoosein
      • Danielle Kogan dlkogan
      • Chengfu Chen chengfuc
      • Kellie Medlin kmmedlin
      • Derek Basehore dbasehor
    • Thirsty
      • James Krahe jkrahe
      • Emma Olsen eolsen
      • Daniel Lee dcl1
      • Spencer Diaz srdiaz
      • Lorena Lopez lorenal
      • Michael Julian mjjulian


    April 2
    Week 11     		Animation:
    • Bridge (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Issue 168)
    • Amazonia (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Issue 168)
    • Doll Face (ACM SIGGRAPH 2006, Issue 153)

    Work time otherwise
    Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples due Tuesday midnight on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/models/)

    		Critique Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples (separate) (graded)
    • 1:30-1:55 Skoll
    • 1:55-2:20 Thirsty?
    • 2:20-2:45 Dinnersauras Rex
    • 2:45-3:10 Mother Necessity
    • 3:10-3:35 Bedtime
    Work time otherwise     		 
    April 9
    Week 12     		Animation:
    • Oral Fixations
    • End of Code

    Work time otherwise Materials for Wed review, including production schedule, to be submitted on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/crit_April11/). Preliminary website to be setup in www folder on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/www/). All materials due Tuesday midnight.

    		Critique (separate) (ungraded)
    • 1:30-2:00 Mother Necessity
    • 2:00-2:30 Skoll
    • 2:30-3:00 Bedtime
    • 3:00-3:30 Thirsty?
    • 3:30-4:00 Dinnersauras Rex

    Work time otherwise
    April 16
    Week 13     		Animations:
    • Moutons (SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Festival, Issue 158)
    • Fog (SIGGRAPH 2006 Animation Theater)
    • Our Wonderful Nature (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Issue 159)

    Work time

    Results embedded in Animatic due (Tuesday midnight) on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/crit_April18/)     		Group critiques (whole class, graded)
    • Bedtime
    • Dinnersauras Rex
    • Thirsty?
    • Mother Necessity
    • Skoll

    April 23
    Week 14     		Animations:
  • Oh Hisse (Tohoku University of Art and Design, SIGGRAPH Video Review 154, 2006)
  • Tim Tom (Issue 144, SIGGRAPH 2003 ET)

    • Work time otherwise
    jduesing out
    Current animation sequence due Tuesday midnight on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/crit_April25/)

    		Group critiques (separate, ungraded)
    • 1:30-2:00 Thirsty?
    • 2:00-2:30 Bedtime
    • 2:30-3:00 Dinnersauras Rex
    • 3:00-3:30 Skoll
    • 3:30-4:00 Mother Necessity
    Work time otherwise
    April 30
    Week 15     		Animations:
    • Mindplotter -- Jan Bitzer, Ilija Bruck, Tom Weber
    • Onde Sonore -- Martina Stiftinger
    • Musicotherapie -- Supinfocom
    Work time otherwise
    Current animation sequence due Tuesday midnight on afs (/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15465-s12/crit_May2/)

    		Extra topics
    Group critiques (separate, ungraded)
    • 1:30-2:00 Skoll
    • 2:00-2:30 Dinnersauras Rex
    • 2:30-3:00 Thirsty?
    • 3:00-3:30 Mother Necessity
    • 3:30-4:00 Bedtime
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    May 7
    		 Exam week
    		Exam Week
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    Final exam slot May 14

    Final Presentations during final exam slot (graded)
    May 15th 9:30am CFA 303

    		End of Semester ----

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