Art 442 3-D CG Animation III Advanced
CSUN Course Outline, Fall 2014
Art Department, room AC402
Week 1: 8/26 8/28
What is good animation?
Timing, Spacing, and Mass
Read Course Reader pages i1-i6, 28-32
Week 2: 9/2 9/4
Progressive breaking of joints
Read Course Reader, pages 129-145
Professor Michael Padilla
Email: mpadilla@csun.edu
Office Hours Th 630-7pm, 945-1015pm, AC 402
Assignment 1: Mass: bouncing ball variations
Exercise 1: first bouncing ball exercise
Assignment2: Overlapping Action Tail
Week 3: 9/9 9/11
Posing, staging and the camera
Read Course Reader, pages 117-128
Assignment 3: Pantomime/Surprise
Exercise 2: Pose Test
Week 4: 9/16 9/18
Timing , and Break Downs
Read Course Reader, pages 75-101
Pantomime first pass review
Exercise 3: Timing Test
Week 5: 9/23 9/25
Creating Cycles (Walk )
Read Course Reader, pages 102-116
Assignment 4: Walk
Week 6: 9/30 10/2
Cinematography
Read Course Reader, pages 1-15
Walk first pass review
Exercise 4: Previs Camera
Week 7: 10/7 10/9
Cycles (Run), Facial Animation Mechanics
Read Course Reader, pages 16-41
Week 8: 10/14 10/16
Assignment 5: Run
Mid Term Presentation
Run first pass review
Week 9: 10/21 10/23 Mid Term Presentation
Read Course Reader, pages 42-64
Exercise 5:lip synch test
Week 10: 10/28 10/30 Lip Sync and Acting
Read Course Reader, pages 65-74
Assignment 6: Lip synch with provided dialog
Week 11: 11/4 11/6
Tying Down Lip Synch
Read Course Reader, pages 165-175
Lip Synch pose test review
Week 12: 11/13
Tying Down Animation
Read Course Reader, pages 176-202
Assignment 7: You Choose Lip synch
(Less than 10 Sec)
Week 13: 11/18 11/20 Character and Story Telling
Read Course Reader, pages 203-215
Week 14: 11/25
Tips and Tricks
Week 15: 12/2 12/4
Review and Final Touches
Less than 10 Sec Choose Lip synch review
Assignment 8: Acting Animation show case
Acting animation review
Week 16: Final Exam and Post Test Final Thursday Dec 11 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Final Critique TURN IN all work in formats required by Instructor and Area Coordinator. These will not be returned.
This syllabus is subject to change due to overall student progress, or judgment calls from the Instructor.