Schedule of Classes and Assignments Fall 2003

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.

Here are the project teams:

Bunny

Fuzzle

Madness (B-012)

Studio 42

Tom Turing

Syllabus

Week of Monday Wednesday Friday
August 25
Week 1 		Introduction and Syllabus
Demonstration of desktop and modeling in Maya
Watch animations
  • storyboards
  • animatics
  • animations from last semester
  • Walking
Assignment 1 out
Demonstration of keyframing and lighting
Storyboard clips from Antz and Monsters
Field trip to Linux Cluster
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September 1
Week 2 		no class -- Labor Day Demo of simple objects from scratch
Demo of rigging
Watch animations (jduesing)
Second assignment out
Field trip for Mocap Lab Demo
Assignment 1 due (Sunday noon)
September 8
Week 3 		Demo of trimming, fillet, blendshapes
Critique assignment 1
Watch animations (jkh)
Storyboard due (Tuesday noon)
Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each)
Editing workshop (optional)
September 15
Week 4 		Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/each)
Vote for ~20 storyboards
Form two person teams to refine storyboards (via email)
no class -- Jill Watson Festival Editing workshop (optional)
Assignment 2 due (noon on Sunday)
September 22
Week 5 		Critique assignment 2
Watch animations
Rendering and Layering Demo
Demo fluids, fur, cloth
Assignment 3 out
Work time
[jkh at UWASH] 		Editing workshop (optional)
Revised storyboards due Sunday at noon
September 29
Week 6 		MEL / C++ programming demo
Examples of MEL / C++ functionality
Pitch revised storyboards
Voting for storyboards
Watch animations
Watch animations
Form teams
First group meetings
Start webpages for animations
[jkh at Humanoids] 		----
October 6
Week 7 		Lecture on animatics
Watch animations
Work time
Watch animations
Work time 		Assignment 3 due (noon Sunday)
October 13
Week 8 		Watch animations
Critique assignment 3
 Critique complete storyboards (separate)
  • 6:30 Bunny
  • 7:00 Fuzzle
  • 7:30 Madness (B-012)
  • 8:00 Meton
  • 8:30 Tom Turing
Work time otherwise 		----
October 20
Week 9 		Watch animations
Work time Mid-semester Grades Due
Critique animatics (graded) (whole class)
Watch animations
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October 27
Week 10 		Watch animations
Work time
[jkh at IROS] 		Field trip to Animation show
at Harris Theater at 7:30
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November 3
Week 11 		Discussion of model and layout animation
Group critiques (separate)
  • 6:30 Fuzzle
  • 7:00 Bunny
  • 7:30 Meton
  • 8:00 Tom Turing
  • 8:30 Madness (B-012)
Work time otherwise 		Watch animations
Work time 		----
November 10
Week 12 		Models, preliminary animation, and sample rendering/lighting examples (graded)
Critique (whole class) 		Watch animations
Work time 		----
November 17
Week 13 		Updated animatic due
Group critiques (separate)
  • 6:30 Madness (B-012)
  • 7:00 Meton
  • 7:30 Fuzzle
  • 8:00 Bunny
  • 8:30 Tom Turing
Work time otherwise 		Watch animations
Work time 		----
November 24
Week 14 		Updated animatic due (graded)
Critique (whole class)
Thanksgiving no class ----
December 1
Week 15 		Watch animations
Work time 		Updated animatic due
Group critiques (separate)
  • 6:30 Meton
  • 7:00 Tom Turing
  • 7:30 Bunny
  • 8:00 Fuzzle
  • 8:30 Madness (B-012)
Work time otherwise 		----
Final exam slot (December 15 8:30-11:30am CFA 303) Final Presentations during final exam slot (graded)
End of Semester ----