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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