Day 06: In-Camera Editing & Rendering

Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

1. Create smooth camera movements

2. In-Camera Editing

3. Depth of Field

4. Rendering Animation

Agenda

Note: The exact timing and topics covered may shift.

Dailies: 10:10am-10:20am

1. Homework Review: Lighting

2. Q&A: Have any questions come up since last class?

Animating Objects/Cameras Along Splines: 10:20am-10:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory:

3. Technique: How to Animate an Object Along a Path

   1. Align to Spline Tag: allows you to animate an object along the length of a preset path.

   2. Target Tag: to adjust the rotation of the camera so that it focuses on a subject.

   3. Target Null: a way of targeting something other than your object's axis.

   4. Vibrate Tag: to add randomness to the camera movement.

4. Exercise:

In-Camera Editing: 10:50am-11:20am

1. Watch: Clock by Phillip Bloom

2. Theory:

3. Technique: RetroSpace (Model, Textures, & Lighting by Anders Kjellberg | dogday-design.se)

4. Exercise:

Depth of Field: 11:20am-11:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory: Canon Explains Exposure

3. Technique: Greyscale Gorilla Explains DOF in C4D

4. Exercise:

Rendering Animation: 11:20am-11:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory:

3. Technique:

4. Exercise:

Homework 11:55am-12:00pm

What:

1. Using Hardware (Open GL) Renderer, create a 30sec film showing a single subject.

   1. Render Settings Template File

   2. Examples

      1. Clock by Phillip Bloom

      2. The Car by Matt Stapleton

   3. Upload and post a video to the slides.

Due: By the start of our next class session on your Course Projects Blog.

Recommended Reading / Viewing

• Cinema 4D: Camera Animation by Donovan Keith

• Product Promos with Hardware OpenGL Rendering: Series Overview [Product Promos with Hardware OpenGL Rendering] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D

• Sports Motion Graphic Template, Part 08: Setup Camera Animation with the Morph Camera [Video Tutorial] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D

• The Motion Camera Tag, Part 01 [The Motion Camera Tag] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D