Animation

Assign Week 5

SPRING SEMESTER - Week of February 3, 2020

1. Monday

Assignment: Rigged Walk Cycle & Jump Cycle

Learning Target

  • Animate a Character's walk cycle using rigging techniques (Forward Kinematics or Inverse Kinematics)

Success Criteria

  • Know the main poses of walk cycle & jump cycle
  • Create layers and apply naming system for body parts
  • Use child-parent relationships to create a hierarchy
  • Use pegs to group layers together.
  • Insert Key Frames for each pose
DuBose_TeacherExample_WalkJump.mov

Teacher movie example

Character Rigging / Inverse Kinematics Walk Cycle.mp4

Teacher video directions

How to set up a character rig

Rigged Walk and Jump Cycle.mp4

Teacher Video Directions

How to create rigged walk cycle and jump cycle.

Copy of JumpRigg.pdf

2. Wednesday

Introduction to Passport Discovery Project (Lip Sync / Rigging)

Learning Target

  • Students will learn the process of creating a scripted speech to be recorded and apply lip syncing technology with photos and animations.
  • Success Criteria
  • Research the given city for 5 landmarks and photos.
  • Write a speech using the template provided and record.
  • Create a Rigged Character (Apply naming conventions to layers)
    • Choose 1 of 3 tools to rig/animate
  • Use the X-sheet to name drawings
  • Apply lip-sync function in Harmony with voice clip
  • Animate the timing of photos, text and character with to match speech

Deadlines

  • Friday Feb 14 - Script Due and 6 Images imported to Harmony
  • Feb 21 - Character and Recording Completed
  • Feb 27 - Final “Passport to Discovery” Completed and turned into Google Classroom
Passport to Discovery
Passport to Discovery Directions

2. Thursday

Introduction to Lip-Syncing (Mouth Chart and Voice Clips)

Learning Target:

  • Students will learn and apply lip syncing effects to an animated character.

Success Criteria:

  • Use the mouth chart to recreate mouth drawings for a character
  • Learn how to use the X-sheet panel to name mouth drawings
  • Insert sounds clips and understand the editing process of audio.
  • Apply the lip-sync setting inside Harmony to sync audio and mouth drawings.
Lip-Syncing Directions
Lip-Sync Directions.mp4

Directions: How to Lip-Sync a character