Course Syllabus. 1. Program of Study: Bachelor of Arts Program (Animation Production) 2. Course Code: ICAM Number of Credits: 4 (0-8- 4) 8 hrs

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1 Course Syllabus 1. Program of Study: Bachelor of Arts Program (Animation Production) Faculty/Institute/College: Mahidol University International College 2. Course Code: ICAM 303 Course Title: 3D Animation II 3. Number of Credits: 4 (0-8- 4) 8 hrs 4. Prerequisite: ICAM Type of Course: Required for Animation Production 6. Trimester/Academic Year: Trimester 2/ Year 3 7. Conditions: Enrollment cap: 19 students 8. Course Description: Advanced skills for 3D computer animation; developing a working knowledge of the underlying process of 3D animation; polygonal modeling techniques, HDRI, procedural and raster image mapping, digital matte painting, lighting, camera, Standard and Mental Ray lighting and shader, rendering methods, computer graphics pipeline workflow, compositing, and pre- production fundamentals. 9. Course Objectives: After successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 9.1 demonstrate advanced skills in modeling, animating, lighting, and rendering 9.2 apply compositing techniques for CG projects 9.3 use 3D methods to create a narrative animation. 9.4 apply pre-production fundamentals for 3D animation projects

2 Course Outline Week Topics Explore the different way to make Animatic Discuss: 2D Animatic Studio Ghibli Discuss: 3D Animatic Brave Hours Lec Studio I.S. Instructor 1 (07/1) Team brainstorming for better story Making a good story better Revise and refine the script and storyboard Homework: Create an animatic from the storyboard CG Pipeline Discuss: How a CG pipeline works Create a pipeline for your team 2 (14/1) Production Planning Discuss: Production planning, steps in the production, creating a production schedule, how to present in stages, staying on track Roles and expectations of CG production crew i.e. director, producer, layout artist etc. Create a production plan for your team Homework: Create a pipeline and production plan for your team 3 (21/1) Layout Discuss: Layout for 3D animation (Tangled) Working with references 3D Camera setup Asset Creation Homework: Create rough 3D layout of scenes

3 4 (28/1) 5 (4/2) Team Evaluation I Discuss expectations, level of responsibility and emerging problems. Create a personal production plan of roles and responsibilities Digital Composite: After effect Revision and 2D Matte paint Technique Learn and understanding Digital matte paint Homework: Create one animated Digital Matte paint Background Introduction to Basic understanding of SLR (Shade, Light and Render) in Maya Understand the concept of light Unit, world scale and Space in 3D Understanding how 3D software calculating the light (Mental Ray and Final Gathering) Standard Shade and Mental Ray Shade Multi pass (include OCC) rendering Homework: Continue in asset creation, refine story 6 (11/2) 7 (18/2) Advanced SLR Leaning how to apply and control light for your Understanding advance Area Light and Photometric Light Create a light to use with real image/photo Learn how to use GI and how to combine GI with Final Gather Cache GI, Final Gather solution before render Homework: Block rough animation, continue in asset creation, refine story Understand Color grading, tone mapping using After Effect Understand the concept of color balance and grading Working with tone mapping in CG Homework: Continue work on short film

4 8 (25/2) 9 (4/3) 10 (11/3) 11 (18/3) 12 (25/3) Students Shot film Evaluation Up-to-date project short Presentation Project s discussion problem solving Advanced Animation Animating for emotion CG project animation Team Evaluation II Evaluate progress so far and see how each person s effort and results measure up to original personal plan Homework: Continue work on short film Project Development I Student continue working on their project Student will have to submit all up-to-date work include all problems to instructor Homework: Update project s current stage and revision online I Project Development II Student continue working on their project Student will have to submit all up-to-date work include all problems to instructor Homework: Update project s current stage and revision online II Compositing 3D Compositing integration techniques Final touches in the comp CG project compositing Compositing Case Study: Take Your Medicine by Transfer Homework: Continue work on short film Final Presentation Final project presentation Team Evaluation III Confidential evaluation that counts towards the participation grade Total

5 10. Teaching Methods 11.1 Lecture 11.2 Group discussion and critique session 11.3 Practical & self study 11.4 Team project work 11. Teaching Media 12.1 Reference Books and the Internet 12.2 Supplementary handouts 12.3 PowerPoint presentation 12.4 Visual references 12.5 Online blogs 12. Measurement and Evaluation of Student Achievement Students will demonstrate their ability to: 13.1 create a short film using CG techniques 13.2 layout 3D scene 13.3 use advanced animation techniques 13.4 render using HDRI and multi pass rendering 13.5 composite CGI 13.6 work as a team Student achievement will be evaluated by means of: Class Attendance 10% Weekly assignments 25% Final assignment 45% Team work evaluations 20% Total: 100% Student achievement will be graded according to College and University standard using the symbols A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, D and F. Students must have attended at least 80% of the total class hours of this course. 13. Course Evaluation 14.1 Students achievement as indicated in number 13 above Students satisfaction towards teaching and learning of the course using questionnaires. 14. References Choi, J. (2004). Maya Character Animation. Sybex Inc; Book&Dvdrm. Sullivan, K. Schumer, G. Alexander, K (2008). Ideas for the Animated Short. Focal Press Bacher, H. (2008). Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation. Focal Press

6 Begleiter, M. (2010). From Word To Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process. Michael Weise Productions. 15. Course Instructors Saksit Techaratanachok 16. Course Coordinator Mr. Bryan Ott