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Computer Animation CPU Objectives

Activity 1

1-1. Explore the history of animation.

1-2. Define words associated with animation's history.

1-3. Watch the kind of animations you will soon be able to create.

1-4. Consider the creation process behind your favorite animated shows and films.

Activity 2

2-1. Recognize when communication has, and hasn’t, occurred.

2-2. Discover the various forms of communication.

2-3. Identify the five purposes of communication.

2-4. Define the communication process.

2-5. Identify feedback.

2-6. Create a simple animation using 3d Choreographer.

2-7. Compare animating in 3d Choreographer to animating hand-drawn pictures.

Activity 3

3-1. Recognize the creative team who develops animations.

3-2. Discover how perspective applies to animation.

3-3. Develop an animation illustrating perspective based on an existing storyboard.

3-4. Explain your opinion on computer animators versus artists who use ink or paint.

Activity 4

4-1. Identify why timing is such an important part of animation.

4-2. Discover the importance of creating illusion in animations.

4-3. Define frame.

4-4. Explore the responsibilities of animators and inbetweeners.

4-4. Begin developing ideas for an original 3D animation.

4-6. Describe how concepts such as perspective are used in your favorite animated movie or television show.

Activity 5

5-1. Integrate a background and 2D actor into an animation.

5-2 Manipulate path points so the Centaur actor waves, and says "Hello!" when he reaches the turn in the walkway.

5-3. Adjust the "Hello!" 2D actor so it appears and disappears while the Centaur is speaking.

5-4. Examine concepts behind production in the animation industry.

Activity 6

6-1. Finish the animation you began in the last activity.

6-2. Read about how audio is integrated into animations.

6-3. Use software to integrate sound into the animation.

6-4. Begin work on an original animation.

6-5. Discuss the importance of sound in animation.

Activity 7

7-1. Discover and define the responsibilities of art directors, layout artists, and background artists.

7-2. Develop storyboards for the original animation that is to be completed in Activity 10.

7-3. Analyze stylistic elements of character design.

Activity 8

8-1. Define the role of a special effects animator.

8-2. Begin developing the original animation.

8-3. Discuss how special effects in animation impact viewing.

Activity 9

9-1. Complete the development of the original animation.

9-2. Explain your opinion of animation and the work involved.

Activity 10

10-1. Put the final touches on your original animation as outlined in Activity 4.

10-2. Describe any changes you might make to your finished animation if given the opportunity.

Activity 11

11-1. You will begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

11-2. Consider how the challenge you have chosen is important to the field of computer animation.

Activity 12

12-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

12-2. Explain the path to achieving a career in computer animation you’re most interested in, and describe an average workday in this career.

Activity 13

13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

13-2. Consider how the challenge you have chosen is important to the field of computer animation.

Activity 14

14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

14-2. Describe which challenge interested you most and how you would do it differently if given the opportunity.

Activity 15

15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided.

15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course.

15-3.State and explain your opinion of the Computer Animation CPU.

The objectives for the challenges in Activity 11 through Activity 15 of this CPU include:

Challenge 1

You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the computer animation field. Share your findings in a presentation.

Challenge 2

Using 3d Choreographer, you will create an advertisement for any instructor-approved product or service.

Challenge 3

You will discover how to replace an existing actor’s face with a picture of someone else.

Challenge 4

You will discover how to perform a morph using 3d Choreographer.

Challenge 5

You will conduct research on an animator of your choice.

 

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