Short Video (Animation and Live Action)
Created by: Jeremy Lassater
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MM255 - 3D Animation
Instructor: Nancy Moskin

Goal:
. Plan and develop an animated sequence for video, web, or CD distribution using storyboards
. Work in a 3D space as represented in 2D using an XYZ co-ordinate system
. Create and control motion through several techniques: keyframing, metamorphing, hierarchical chains, IK
. Create 3D objects starting from "primitives", platonic solids, points, curves, text
. Customize objects by using both additive and subtractive tools
. Control the surface appearance of the objects via both procedural textures and images
. Use lighting effectively by creating, positioning and customizing light sources
. Render single frames and image sequences
. Save work in a variety of stages and ways: scenes, objects, projects, images, renders
. Manage files and projects in this complex environment
. Utilize rendered output

Assignment: to create their own animation segment within a unifying framework that the students chose. The framework they developed was to have one object from their segment installed in a virtual Museum of Alien Archeology. The object(s), in the museum display, served as a way to link the individual segments together.