CPSC 815 Special Effects Production
Fall 2001
Final Project

Objectives:

To produce a short animation using Composer.

Motivation:

The final project relies on concepts covered throughout the course.

Due dates:

Project writeup and animation: 12/08/01

Description:

Create a short animation utilizing concepts and effects discussed in the course.

• Use Composer to create the final animation.

Notes, suggestions, and additional requirements:

• Requirement: the animation should be composed of at least two (camera) shots. Keep in mind that the average shot is only about 4 seconds long.
• Requirement: use a storyboard to sketch out the action and camera angles.
• Requirement: provide titles and credits.
• Suggestion: for the web page "thumbnail animation", keep the animation resolution small, e.g., 1/2 or 1/4 of the size of NTSC video.
• Suggestion: keep the animation short, e.g., maybe only 30 seconds or a minute (a fake commercial would be suitable).
• Note: a good animation could be a short "story" of an animated object (e.g., created in Maya) over a still background image, e.g., an animated humanoid running across a desk. The background could be a small set, erected with blue screens, if needed, to provide appropriate lighting (matching the lighting over the subject).

What to hand in:

``Professional-quality'' brief writeup, including:

1. Cover page containing: Course Id--Section No.
   Name:
   SS No:
   Assignment No.
   
2. Animation description
3. Key frames (clickable images) of the animation on web page
4. Complete animation

Electronic submission of images: provide a URL (web address) to your on-line presentation of the assignment. To keep the page size manageable, please use reduced images on your web page, but provide links to the full-scale example images.