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Pre-Production |
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| 1) 1/22 - 1/26 |
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TBS Intro / tools and workspace |
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L1 TBS intro Tutorials |
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Lec |
Class intro / semester plan / story-script |
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A1 Cartoon reviews |
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| 2) 1/27 - 2/2 |
Lab |
TBS Camera views |
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Cartoon story - narrative |
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L2 TBS Animate in 3D space |
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Lec |
Cartoon Pitch / Storyboards |
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with visual writing |
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A2 Cartoon Pitch (in class) |
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A3 Cartoon Story and Script |
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| 3) 2/3 - 2/9 |
Lab |
Scanning / vector conversion in TBS |
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Cartoon script |
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L3a TBS scanning/vectorization |
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Lec |
Making of Tarzan |
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2 column format |
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| 4) 2/10 - 2/16 |
Lab |
TBS camera control (pan, zoom, truck) |
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Cartoon storyboards |
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L3b TBS scanning/vectorization |
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Lec |
Peer recommendations |
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A4 Cartoon Storyboards |
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| 5) 2/17 - 2/23 |
Lab |
Holiday M 2/18 |
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Production |
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Lec |
Audio processing / dialogue / x-sheets |
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dialogue, music, sfx |
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A5 Cartoon reviews and updates |
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| 6) 2/24 - 3/1 |
Lab |
TBS Audio / TBS sceneplanning |
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A6 Cartoon x-sheets |
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Lec |
media: optimization, management, formats |
x-sheets |
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A7 Cartoon
soundtrack(s) |
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| 7) 3/2 - 3/8 |
Lab |
TBS lip sync |
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Character development |
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L5 TBS lip sync |
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Lec |
background art, image processing |
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Backgrounds (for animatic) |
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A8 Cartoon backgrounds |
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| 8) 3/9 - 3/15 |
Lab |
Animatic production |
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Animatic |
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A9 Cartoon title and credits |
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Lec |
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Lec |
Drawing keys and extremes |
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| 9) 3/16 -3/22 |
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Spring Break |
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| 10) 3/23 - 3/29 |
Lab |
Animatic Production |
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A10 Cartoon
Animatic |
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Lec |
Drawing keys and extremes |
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| 11) 3/30 - 4/5 |
Lab |
TBS special effects |
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Keys, Extremes, Inbetweens |
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A11 Completion Plan |
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Lec |
Drawing keys and extremes |
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Pencil tests |
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| 12) 4/6 - 4/12 |
Lab |
Cartoon production |
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Pencil tests |
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Lec |
Pencil tests / Peer recommendations |
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| 13) 4/13 -4/19 |
Lab |
Cartoon production |
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Clean-up |
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Lec |
Pencil tests / Peer recommendations |
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Digital Ink and Paint |
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| 14) 4/20 - 4/26 |
Lab |
Cartoon production |
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Lec |
Drawing keys and extremes |
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Post-production |
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| 15) 4/27 - 5/3 |
Lab |
Cartoon production |
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Lec |
Output options and properties |
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Special Effects |
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| 16) 5/4- 5/10 |
Lab |
Cartoon production |
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Media Packaging |
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Lec |
Cartoon Screening |
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Output to DVD and web |
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A10 Cartoon
completion |
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| 17) 5/11 - 5/17 |
final class meeting |
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Cartoon Screening |
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points may be adjusted as semester progresses due to extenuating
circumstances) |
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*Assignments
must be completed to a C or better grade before continuing |
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to next assignment. The can mean redoing the
assignment. |
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