Unit information: Animation Production in 2009/10

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Unit name Animation Production
Unit code COMSM1105
Credit points 10
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Mr. Dalton
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

COMS31000 Character and Set Design
Co-requisites

COMS31000 Character and Set Design
School/department Department of Computer Science
Faculty Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

This unit explores animation principles, character setup and visual effects production. Professional software is used as a framework to introduce fundamental concepts. The syllabus includes: Conceptual Design - storyboarding, character development and motion planning; Animation - animation principles, keyframing, path and camera animation, SDK and expressions; Character setup - character controls, skeletons and kinematics, deformers and constraints; Dynamics and Simulation - soft and rigid bodies, particle and field effects.

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