| Week of | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| January 13 | Introduction and Syllabus Demonstration of desktop and modeling in Maya Work time Assignment 1 out
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Demonstration of animation in Maya Work time
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January 20 | no class MLK Day |
Work time
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Assignment 1 due
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January 27 | Critique animations Demo for modeling in Maya (2nd assignment)
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Lecture on storyboards including clips from Antz and Monsters Demo of first assignment from advanced group Work Time |
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February 3 | Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/student)
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Pitch storyboards (5 minutes/student) |
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February 10 | Work time Assignment 2 due at midnight
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MEL / C++ programming demo Critique 2nd assignment
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February 17 | Snow Day! |
Work time
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February 24 | Examples of MEL / C++ functionality Discuss storyboard sketches from advanced group Assignment 3 due at midnight
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Additional discussion of storyboards Organize groups First group meetings
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March 3 | Work time
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March 10 | Critique assignment 3 Fleshed out storyboard due Work time
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Critique Complete Storyboards Discuss what an Animatic should be Work time
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Animatic due |
March 17 | Critique animatics (graded)
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Work time
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March 24 | Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
March 31 | Model/programming preliminaries due at 9am Discussion of model/prelimaries
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April 7 | Models, environments, and sample rendering/lighting examples due at 9am (graded)
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Work time
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April 14 | Updated animatic due at 9am Critique in class
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Work time |
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April 21 | Updated animatic due at 9am (graded) Critique in class
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April 28 | Updated animatic due at 9am Critique in class
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May 12 5:30pm |
Final Presentations during final exam slot (graded) |
End of Semester |
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