Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Build (design, model, texture, rig) a simple 3D character
• Animate a simple 3D character
• Use a simple 3D character in a project

Credits: 12

Schedule: 20.09.2021 - 02.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Kai Lappalainen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  3D-animation course covers, step by step, the whole process of creating an animated 3D-character. The acting of the character and principles of animation are also discussed. A lot of different style of animations are shown and discussed during the course. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures, examples, guided step-by-step exercises, lots of homework.

  3D Animation- course has two parts:

  1. The general teaching (September-February)

  2. The Spring animation project (March-May)

  - Student can get 6 credits from each of these.

  - To get full credits from the first part a student has to, in addition to normal participation and homework, do three to four compulsory animation exercises with student's own character, which has been built during the course.

  - To get full credits from the project part a student has to  create a simple one-scene animation (not a full film). This can be from one's own subject or from a subject given by the teacher. The project consists of writing the script, storyboarding, designing, building and animating the character and the set, lighting, rendering and editing the piece together.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course has detailed lectures with hands-on training and lots of exercises to be done on students own time. 132 h teaching.

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Example files (Maya).

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I-Spring V

  2021-2022 Autumn I-Spring V

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E5014

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  Priorites for those who participated introductory course. Open for others, too. Sign-up in Weboodi right after the introduction course.

   

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

   

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