Administivia:

Organizer: Barbara Mones-Hattal (mones@cs.washington.edu)
Time: Tuesday, Thursday 4:30 - 5:50
Place: EE1 026
Level: Undergraduate and Graduate
Departments: Architecture, Art, Music, and CSE
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Overview:


The Animation Production Seminar is open to students from any area in the University who have an interest in digital animation. Short films ("shorts"), animated feature films, and television commercials will be reviewed and analyzed in depth. Emphasis will be placed on the technical and aesthetic basics of animation production in commercial studio environments. Practicing animators and other guests lecturers from the animation industry will present topics ranging from character development and performance to compositing and post production. 

 

Lecture Schedule

Date Lecture Topic Speaker Company
1/11 No Class  N/A N/A
1/13 No Class N/A N/A
1/18 Story Development for Animators Andrew Glassner Microsoft Research
1/20 New Tools for Character Setup Jules Bloomenthal Independent
1/25 No Class N/A N/A
1/27 Compositing for Feature Films Mimi Abers Industrial Light and Magic
2/1 No Class N/A N/A
2/3 Storyboard and Layout Ken Occonnell University of Oregon
2/8 Technical Pipeline at Pixar: Case Studies Leo Hourvitz Pixar Animation Studios
2/10 2D Imaging and Feature Film Production Rachel Falk Pacific Data Images
2/15 Animation and Technical Direction for Commercials Marcus Stokes Industrial Light and Magic
2/17 Design for Interactive Games and Experimental Animation Jane Veeder San Francisco State
2/22 No Class NA NA
2/24 Puppetry, Performance, and Animation Puppeteers of America
3/2 Timing for Animators Ruth Hayes Evergreen State College
3/9 Story Development 2 Andrew Glassner Microsoft Research

Links

University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering

Microsoft Research

Industrial Light and Magic

University of Oregon

Pixar Animation Studios

Pacific Data Images

San Francisco State

Evergreen State College

University of Washington School of Music Computer Center

Grail

 

 



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