STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABTEC41

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Digital modelling techniques 

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
3D digital modelling techniques 

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

The course's goal is to develop the student's ability to devise and create a small 3D animation project. The course will provide technical and methodological skills for 3D character modelling, with the acquisition of basic techniques including rigging, lighting and rendering.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits = 6 ECTS

Successful students will be able to:

• Create a 3D animation from a model

• Know the workflow and pipeline of 3D animation

• Carry out a critical analysis of contemporary productions

• Devise and pre-visualise authorial animation projects

• Realise a scene for an animated short movie

• 3D animation techniques

• 3D Workflow and pipeline

• Rigging

• Lighting

• Rendering

• Use of 3D animation software

This is a theoretical/project based course.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual study or research

Assessment criteria may include:

• Graded exercises

• Writing a paper

• Oral exam

Further details on the specific tests will be given by each professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

• Chopine, A. (2011) 3D Art Essentials: The Fundamentals of 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Animation. Oxford: Focal Press.

• Palamar, T. (2012) Mastering Autodesk Maya. Indianapolis: John Wiley & Sons.

• Stanchfield, W. (2009) Drawn to Life: 20 golden years of Disney master classes, Vol 1. Boston: Focal Press/Elsevier.

• Stanchfield, W. (2009) Drawn to Life: 20 golden years of Disney master classes, Vol 2. Oxford, England: Focal Press.

• Williams, R.E. (2009) The Animator’s survival kit, Faber and Faber.

• White T., (2006) Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator, Focal Press.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

More books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.