Course Overview Photo Realistic Creatures In Movies -

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PHOTO REALISTIC CREATURES IN MOVIES

PLANET RAPTOR

Week 1

Concept & idea

Animator - Yogesh Khairnar

COURSE: PHOTO REALISTIC CREATURES IN MOVIES

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After Week 1 students will:

Have locked down 1 idea for your shot
Confirm how long the shot will be, and how it looks in camera
Have confirmed which rig you are going to use. Please test your rig to avoid delays in the event the rig is not working
Have decided on which reference (s) you will import into Maya for key poses
Have drawn 5 keyposes that define your character in this shot

Course timeline

Concept & Idea - (Week 1)

41%

Layout: Creature & camera basic animation - (Week 2)

9%

Blocking: Static Keyposes - (Week 5)

5%

Spline: Clean up - (Week 11)

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Spline: Polish - (Week 14)

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Final Details - (Week 15)

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Week 2

Laying out of your entire shot

Animator - Yogesh Khairnar

COURSE: PHOTO REALISTIC CREATURES IN MOVIES

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After Week 2 students will:

Have set up a Maya directory in your folder
Learned a correct naming convention for your Maya files. *Reminder to only save Maya scene files in iterations
Have your Golden key-poses
Have timing of key-poses in camera
Have your correct eyeline poses
Have detailed camera animation
Working relationship of Character within the camera

Course timeline

Concept & Idea - (Week 1)

73%

Layout: Creature & camera basic animation - (Week 2)

63%

Blocking: Static Keyposes - (Week 5)

12%

Spline: Clean up - (Week 11)

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Spline: Polish - (Week 14)

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Final Details - (Week 15)

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Week 5

The anatomy of a Punch!-creating heavy hitting impact in your shot. Designing appeal with action lines and smear frames.

Animator - Yogesh Khairnar

COURSE: PHOTO REALISTIC CREATURES IN MOVIES

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After Week 5 students will:

Have deconstructed and created a correct hard hit for impact
Ensure all your hits and impacts are heavy and believable.
Have used an arc tracking tool to add believable weight on your character's centre of gravity and movements.
Have added more in-between poses .
Have used the Ghosting tool to help refine your breakdown of keyposes.
You will have a firm grasp on how to use spacing and timing to create heavy hits.

Course timeline

Concept & Idea - (Week 1)

93%

Layout: Creature & camera basic animation - (Week 2)

87%

Blocking: Static Keyposes - (Week 5)

86%

Spline: Clean up - (Week 11)

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Spline: Polish - (Week 14)

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Final Details - (Week 15)

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Week 11

Polish your action lines, add weight into your contact points and track all your arcs.

Animator - Yogesh Khairnar

COURSE: PHOTO REALISTIC CREATURES IN MOVIES

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After Week 11 students will:

Have polished your action lines for effective storytelling.
Have refined your contact points and foot steps to add weight to your transitions.
Have added in more 2D FX cards from the provided 2D library which will help you see your idea and to make it visually appealing.
Have polished your body, chest and head overlap for weight and for realism.
Have added more props to your environment in the foreground and background to show foreshortening and depth in the camera.
Know how to Polish facial animation .
Have refined your spacing, timing and arcs to add weight to your transitions.