Schedule of Classes and Assignments Spring 2016

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

Week of	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
January 11 Week 1	Introduction and Syllabus Animations from classes in previous years: Spring 2014: System Spring 2014: Midterm Spring 2013: Mother Necessity Spring 2010: Cognitive Learner Spring 2009: The Season Spring 2007: Eye to Eye Spring 2005: Pinion Break Assign first round of Tech Assignments N-mesh, cloth and cloth colliding with cloth Trax editor + Expression editor/MEL N-Particle systems + Soft/Rigid bodies and dynamic constraints Fluids + Dynamic effects (Fire, smoke, fireworks, lightening, shatter) Bifröst (Foam, guided liquid simulations) N-Hair, Fur, Strokes, XGen and shading nodes Animation editor with mocap from mocap library Sculpting toolset, Mud box + Referencing Advanced rigging: facial rigs + using set driven keys with skeletons Render Layer editor and AfterEffects compositing + Mental ray rendering Stretchable character models. Delta Mush deformer Advanced Materials, layered materials, materials editor and subsurface scatter. Maya Demonstrations (Spencer in cluster) Lynda Tutorials desktop polygonal modeling basic mapping lighting	Examples from Assignment 1: Spring 2009 Spring 2010 Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Examples from Tech Assignments Animations: How do you get in "Outside"? Hikaru Yamakawa Land by Masanobu Hiraoka It's not the end of the world - Super Furry Animal - Duran Duboi (Issue 141, SIGGRAPH '02) Break Maya Demonstrations (Spencer in cluster) deformers + blendshapes keyframing camera rendering layering Set-driven Keys: Introduction to Set Driven Keys in Maya Set Driven Key in Maya Part1 Set Driven Key in Maya Part 2 Reading: pages 2-55 in Inspired 3D Short Film Production Assignment 1 out Tech Assignment 1 out
January 18 Week 2	MLK day -- no class	Storyboard clips from Monsters Overview of Creating a Storyboard (Daniel) Animations: Duku Spacemarines Forms The Owl who Married a Goose Caroline Leaf Video Editing Demo (Spencer) Premiere demo uploading to Vimeo Storyboard Assignment out	Assignment 1 uploaded to Vimeo (due in class on Monday January 25th) Tech Assignment 1 uploaded to Vimeo (due in class on Monday January 25th)
January 25 Week 3	Animations: The Event How to Eat an Apple Maya demonstrations(Spencer) (in parallel with crit in two sessions): Principles of Animation rigging and IKs basic skinning weights Trax editor Overview Character Pt1 Character Pt2 Character Pt3 Critique Assignment 1 (graded) (in parallel with demo in two sessions) Group 1: 2:00 Crichton Will Banks Audrey Damasco Luca Gordon David James Michael Liu Roger Rispoli Zachary Michalak Jack Zhou Emily Sidique Sohail Yeung Keith Group 2: 3:00 Celik Hizal Heathershaw Cole De Bree Guy Iott Alicia Mok Eunice Ramser Kevin Zhu Sophia Stiles Char Assignment 2 out	Animations: Loom, Polynoid, ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Video Review Issue 167 Balance, Lauenstein Brothers, Academy Award for best animated short 1990 Foxed! Discussion of Assignment 2 Walk Cycle Examples: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Critique Remaining Assignment 1 (graded, whole class) Huo Jun Green Orianna Mai Judy Scott Ben Critique Technical Assignment 1 (graded, whole class) N-Particle systems + Soft/Rigid bodies and dynamic constraints -- Kelli Clark Advanced Materials, layered materials, materials editor and subsurface scatter -- Miranda Jacoby: Advanced rigging: facial rigs + using set driven keys with skeletons -- Junghyun Kim: N-Hair, Fur, Strokes, XGen and shading nodes -- Shih-Tsui Kuo Fluids + Dynamic effects (Fire, smoke, fireworks, lightening, shatter) -- Maryyann Landlord Render Layer editor and AfterEffects compositing + Mental ray rendering -- Michelle Ma N-mesh, cloth and cloth colliding with cloth -- Vidya Vinnakota Trax editor + Expression editor/MEL -- Eric Yu Assign Tech Assignment 2 Topics Tech Assignment 2 out	Storyboard due as a two minute video uploaded to Vimeo by class time on Monday
February 1 Week 4	Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each including questions) Keith Yeung Sophia Zhu Char Stiles Emily Zhou Kevin Ramser Eric Yu Jack Michalak Vidya Vinnakota Judy Mai Ben Scott Michelle Ma Eunice Mok Roger Liu Maryyann Landlord Hannah Liu Michael James Shih-Tsui Kuo Miranda Jacoby Junghyun Kim Orianna Green Alicia Iott David Gordon Jun Huo Guy De Bree Cole Heathershaw Kelli Clark Luca Damasco Hizal Celik Will Crichton Audrey Banks Vote for 7 storyboards Form 2-3 person teams to refine storyboards (via email) Readings: The process of effective critiques. Jana Whittington, Educator's Forum, SIGGRAPH 2003. Chapter 2 Character Development in Inspired 3D Short Film Production	Animations Clik Clak (Supinfocom) (Issue 158, SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Theater) East End Zombies (SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater Issue 150) The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside - Passion Pictures (Issue 144, SIGGRAPH '03) Critique wrap-up: Render Layer editor and AfterEffects compositing + Mental ray rendering -- Michelle Ma Set up 2nd Tech Assignmnets N-mesh, cloth and cloth colliding with cloth -- Eric Yu N-Particle systems + Soft/Rigid bodies and dynamic constraints -- Maryann Landlord Bifröst (Foam, guided liquid simulations) -- Ralph Kim N-Hair, Fur, Strokes, XGen and shading nodes -- Hannah Liu Sculpting toolset, Mudbox + Referencing -- Vidya Vinnakota Advanced rigging: facial rigs + using set driven keys with skeletons -- Michelle Ma Stretchable character models. Delta Mush deformer -- Miranda Jacoby Fluids + Dynamic effects (Fire, smoke, fireworks, lightening, shatter) -- Ariel (Shih-Tsui) Kuo Teams for Revised Storyboard Growing up at Terminal Velocity Will Crichton Keith Yeung Bobogai Hannah Liu Eric Yu Fishbowl Emily Zhou Shih-Tsui Kuo Hizal Celik There are no Trees Here Sophia Zhu Orianna Green Roger Liu Water Fighters Jack Michalak Kelli Clark Cute to me Kevin Ramser Alicia Iott David Gordon The Last Meal Vidya Vinnakota Judy Mai The First Piece Audrey Banks Junghyun Kim (Ralph) Ben Scott Bridge of Birds Maryyann Landlord Cole Heathershaw Michael James Reapers Guy De Bree Jun Huo Char Stiles Bobblebird Miranda Jacoby Luca Damasco Flip Flop Michelle Ma Eunice Mok Work time otherwise (Jim out)
February 8 Week 5	Animations: Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels Kein Platz fur Gerald (Ars Electronica 2006) Orgesticulanismus Mathieu Labaye Work time otherwise Jessica out Readings: Chapter 12 Model in Inspired 3D Short Film Production Chapter 19 Visual Effects in Inspired 3D Short Film Production	Animation The Servant Nuggets Pipe Dream Id Vita Mortalis Field trip for Mocap Lab Demo Work time otherwise	Revised storyboards due by class time on Monday (uploaded to Vimeo as a two minute movie)
February 15 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: Logorama Demo of Mocap importing and editing (Spencer) First group meetings during work time Animatics out	Assignment 2 due Monday in class uploaded to Vimeo
February 22 Week 7	Critique Assignment 2 Group 1: 1:30 Eunice Mok Jack Michalak Judy Mai Kelli Clark Luca Damasco Orianna Green Jun Huo Michael James Cole Heathershaw Will Crichton Group 2: 2:20 Keith Yeung Hizal Celik Emily Zhou Ben Scott Sophia Zhu Roger Liu Audrey Banks Kevin Ramser David Gordon Alicia Iott Char Stiles Guy De Bree Work time with teams otherwise Tech Assignment 2 due Wednesday in class (uploaded to Vimeo) Assignment 3 out	Critique Technical Assignment 2 (whole class) N-mesh, cloth and cloth colliding with cloth -- Eric Yu N-Particle systems + Soft/Rigid bodies and dynamic constraints -- Maryann Landlord Bifröst (Foam, guided liquid simulations) -- Ralph Kim N-Hair, Fur, Strokes, XGen and shading nodes -- Hannah Liu Sculpting toolset, Mudbox + Referencing -- Vidya Vinnakota Advanced rigging: facial rigs + using set driven keys with skeletons -- Michelle Ma Stretchable character models. Delta Mush deformer -- Miranda Jacoby Critique rest of Assignment 2 0:00 Keith Yeung 0:05 Kevin Ramser and Char Stiles 0:10 Eunice Mok 0:25 Cole Heathershaw 0:30 Sophia Zhu and Roger Liu 0:40 Luca Damasco and Jun Huo
February 29 Week 8	Animations: Ballet of Unhatched Chicks (SIGGRAPH 2011, Issue 172) 458NM (SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater) and Ars Electronica 2006 Discuss Assignment 3 Crit Assignment 2 Orianna Green Judy Mai Michael James Fluids + Dynamic effects (Fire, smoke, fireworks, lightening, shatter) -- Ariel (Shih-Tsui) Kuo Individual meetings with teams 0:00 Flip-Flop (Jim and Spencer) 0:00 Bobblebird (Jessica and Daniel) 0:20 Bridge of Birds (Jessica and Daniel) 0:20 Fishbowl (Jim and Spencer) 0:40 There are no Trees Here (Jessica and Daniel) 0:40 Cute to Me (Jim and Spencer) Animatic due Wednesday in class (uploaded to Vimeo by noon)	Group critiques of animatics (whole class) (graded) Fishbowl There are no Trees Here Bridge of Birds Cute to me Bobblebird Flip-Flop Composers in class Work time otherwise
March 7	spring break midterm grades due	spring break
March 14 Week 9	Animations: Doll Face (ACM SIGGRAPH 2006, Issue 153) The Itch (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2007, Issue 156) Demo: Project Schedule Examples: System Sophisticated Instinct Pipeline Demo: Part 7 Part 8 Worktime otherwise Daniel out Reading: Chapter 16 Animation in Inspired 3D Short Film Production	Animations: In the Air is Christopher Gray MUZORAMA La Station Animation Demo in the cluster Referencing (Spencer) Worktime otherwise Daniel out Reading: Chapter 18 Lighting and Rendering in Inspired 3D Short Film Production
March 21 Week 10	Animations Gas Planet (PDI, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 91 SIGGRAPH 1993 ET) The Building (SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater, Issue 153) Hominid by Brian Andrews Assignment 3 due Wednesday in class (uploaded to Vimeo)	Critique Assignment 3 (graded) Whole class Guy De Bree Miranda Jacoby Luca Damasco Jun Huo Hannah Liu Shih-Tsui Kuo Jack Michalak Judy Mai Michael James
March 28 Week 11	Animations The Colors of Evil Alyse Lauren Miller, Ringling College of Art + Design Aquatic Bloom Critique Remaining Assignment 3 Orianna Green Eunice Mok David Gordon Char Stiles Will Crichton Vidya Vinnakota Maryyann Landlord Sophia Zhu Audrey Banks Ralph Kim Alicia Iott Kevin Ramser Michelle Ma Ben Scott Roger Liu Kelli Clark Keith Yeung Emily Zhou Hizal Celik Eric Yu Work time otherwise	Animation: Luz, Sombra e Medo (Light, Shadow and Fear Mauricio Bartok Mr. Choco in love Directed by Petr Marek 2011 Cubic Tragedy by Ming-Yuan Chuan 2005 Demo: After Effects and compositing (including layering) (Daniel) Work time otherwise	Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples due Monday in class (uploaded to Vimeo)
April 4 Week 12	Critique Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples (separate, graded) 1:30pm Cute to me 1:55pm Fishbowl 2:20pm Bobblebird 2:45pm Flip-Flop 3:10pm Bridge of Birds 3:35pm There are no Trees Here	Making of video examples: The Aleph A Walk through Another's Life Night Dwellers Animation: Oral Fixations End of Code Gray Elegy Work time otherwise	Materials for Monday review to be submitted on Vimeo. Preliminary making of video to be submitted as well. Production schedule to be shown in class. All materials due in class on Monday. Results embedded in Animatic due on Vimeo
April 11 Week 13	Group critiques (separate, ungraded) 1:30pm There are no Trees Here 2:00pm Bobblebird 2:25pm Bridge of Birds 2:50 Cute to me 3:15pm Fishbowl 3:40 Flip-Flop	Animations: Flamingo Pride (Talking Animals Animation Studio) (Issue 171, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review) PASS from Omer Ben David Reid Willis - The Slow Knife Fernando Lazzari Jessica out Work time	Current animation sequence due on Monday in class (uploaded to Vimeo)
April 18 Week 14	Group critiques (separate (optional if other teams want to attend), ungraded) 1:30pm Bobblebird 1:55pm Bridge of Birds 2:15 Fishbowl 2:35pm Flip-Flop 2:55pm There are no Trees Here 3:15pm Cute to me	Animations: YouTube Smash Up Parag K. Mital Symphony no. 42 Reka Bucsi The Wisdom of Pessimism Claudio Salas Work time otherwise [jkh out]
April 25 Week 15	Group critiques (separate, graded) 1:30pm Fishbowl 2:00pm Flip-Flop 2:25pm There are no Trees Here 2:50pm Cute to me 3:15pm Bobblebird 3:40pm Bridge of Birds Grading Criteria: All team members contributing Level of risk that project will not be completed Narrative/concept clearly conveyed Solutions implemented for crucial technical elements Current animation sequence due in class on Monday (uploaded to Vimeo)	Animations: The Spine by Chris Landreth Payada pa Satan payadapasatan Making of Work time
May 2	Exam week	Exam Week
Final exam slot	Final Presentations during final exam slot (graded) May 9th 9am in CFA 303	End of Semester

Other Animations of Interest

• Mindplotter -- Jan Bitzer, Ilija Bruck, Tom Weber
• Onde Sonore -- Martina Stiftinger
• Musicotherapie -- Supinfocom
• The Regulator (Ars Electronica 2006 and SIGGRAPH Animation Theater 2005, Issue 152)
• The Bellies
• Sprout (PDI Dreamworks, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 141)
• Mauvais Role (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival)
• Chump and Clump (Issue 160, SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival)
• Louis (Issue 148, SIGGRAPH 2004 Animation Theater)
• Madame Tutli Putli
• Versus (Supinfocom) (Issue 158, SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Theater)
• Ryan
• Distraxion (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Issue 159)
• Heavy Duty (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Issue 159)
• Nature is Ancient (Issue 144, SIGGRAPH 2003 ET)
• The Nose (Alwxeieff/Parker DVD)
• Chainsmoker (SIGGRAPH 2003 Electronic Theater, Issue 144)
• Geri's Game (Pixar)
• For the Birds (Pixar)
• Lifted (Pixar)
• Luxo Jr. (Pixar)
• Raymon (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2007, #156)
• phase — tangram co., ltd. (SIGGRAPH 09, Issue 163)
• Bingo (Issue 125, SIGGRAPH '98)
• Chubb, Chubb
• Solder Man (Issue 145, SIGGRAPH 145 CAF)
• Gentleman's Duel (Blur Studies, Issue 156, SIGGRAPH 2007 Electronic Theater)
• Fat Chance (SIGGRAPH 2007)
• Noggin (Brigham Young University, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue #153)
• Beat Dedication (SIGGRAPH 1988 Film and Video Show)
• Grinning Evil Death
• Roadhead
• Snack and Drink
• Waking Life Chapter
• Gjenta (Siggraph issue 141)
• Memorial (SIGGRAPH Issue 155)
• Copenhagen Cycles
• The Burning Safari (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2007)
• Portal (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2007)
• 90 degrees (SIGGRAPH Animation Festival 2007)
• Toohey's War (SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater)
• La Marche des sans nom (Supinfocom) (Issue 158, SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Theater)
• The Aeronaut (Siggraph issue 154)
• Dreamweaver (SIGGRAPH 2007 Electronic Theater Issue 156)
• Fallen Art (SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2005, Issue 150)
• Alter Ego (SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Festival, Issue 158)
• Discord Metal and Meat (Northern Michigan University, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 153)
• Bunny - Blue Sky
• SYMPHONY - Erick Oh (SIGGRAPH 09, Issue 163)
• Cherries (SIGGRAPH Animation Festival Highlights 2009, Issue 164)
• Dix (SIGGRAPH Animation Festival Featured Selections 2009, Issue 163)
• Animation of Jellyfish with Tentacles (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Part 2, Issue 160)
• Helium (SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater Issue 150)
• Spring - Framebox, (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 164)
• Unplan the Moment - Boo Lab, (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 164)
• David Oreilly, Crazy
• Greed - Embrya AB (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 165)
• Second Souffle - Maxime Causeret (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue165)
• Muzorama - La Station Animation (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 165)
• Drench Brain's Dance, The Mill (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 165)
• French Roast, (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 163)
• Fog (SIGGRAPH 2006 Animation Theater)
• Our Wonderful Nature (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Issue 159)
• Marcel, King of Tervurne
• First Contact (Media Design School) (Issue 171, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review)
• Monk and Monkey (ACM SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 169)
• Agenda Circling Forth (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 169)
• Bamiyan. Nine Nations Animations.
• Chernokids (Suminfocom Valenciennes), SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review Issue 171
• Atoms for Peace "Before Your Very Eyes"
• 893 (SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Festival Issue 159)
• Strasse der Spezialisten from Ars Electronica 2006
• Take your Medicine (ACM SIGGRAPH 2011, Issue 172)
• Workin' Progress Issue 150
• Voice of the While Issue 148
• Fog Nebula Issue 155
• Aquatic Bloom Issue 176
• Phase Tangram Issue 163
• As One Tangram Issue 165
• Steel Life Issue 164
• Reflexion Planktoon (SIGGRAPH 2012, Issue 175)
• Omerta Supinfocom
• Ra.One Lives Sequence
• Amazonia (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Issue 168)
• The Colors of Evil
• Minamitama District - Nagoya City University (Issue 163, SIGGRAPH '09)
• Oh Hisse (Tohoku University of Art and Design, SIGGRAPH Video Review 154, 2006)
• ShapeShifter (charlex, SIGGRAPH 2011 Video Review Issue 171)
• The Experience of Fliehkraft, Framebox, ACM SIGGRAPH 2011, Video Review Issue 171
• Moutons (SIGGRAPH 2007 Animation Festival, Issue 158)
• The Fall (SIGGRAPH 2004 Animation Theater)
• Mr. Choco in Love (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 172)
• Kudan (ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 Issue 162)
• Ramus
• Tim Tom (Issue 144, SIGGRAPH 2003 ET)
• Tongue of the Hidden - Schofield Films (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 164)
• A bicycle trip by Lorenzo Veracini
• Cubic Tragedy (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 150)
• Anima, Supinfocom (SIGGRAPH 2009, Issue 163)
• Bridge (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010, Issue 168)
• Get Out (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 168)
• Maestro Moustache (ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Issue 168)
• David Oreilly, Please Say Something
• She who measures. Nine Nation Animation Dvd
• Never like the first time (excerpt). Nine Nation Animation DVD
• Walking City Universal Everything