Students will:
Set dress an empty room.
Find assets in the Assets Browser.
Place objects with the Place Tool.
Note: The exact timing and topics covered may shift.
Attendance
Administrivia - If you have other options... drop?
Dailies
Paired critiques - with an emphasis on the technical
Review random sampling of homework
Answer questions
Asset Browser
Place Tool
Make a "castle" using primitive Cubes, Cones, and Cylinders
Dynamic Place Tool
Set Dressing
Finding Models Online
TurboSquid.com
Recommended File Formats for Imported Models (in order or preference):
*.c4d Cinema 4D
*.fbx For exchanging animation / characters
*.obj Brings in a single static mesh (no sub parts, probably no materials) but almost always works
*.abc Alembic - Good for complex scenes but not great for materials
Perfection =/= Realism
What:
Pick an interior location from a play, story, or your life.
Collect reference imagery into a mood board (Google Slides / Photoshop are fine, whatever tool you prefer).
Construct an open set of that environment and dress it using preset models.
Don't worry too much about materials/lighting, we'll tackle those in future weeks.
Deliverables:
Screenshots (or renderings) of:
Your moodboard.
Your set-dressed environment.
Suggested filenames:
CalArts_2022FallC4D_Wk02_SetDressing_v001
Due: By the start of our next class session in our shared Google Drive.
Submission
Open our classes Shared Google Drive folder.
Navigate to the Dailies folder.
Navigate to this week's folder.
Add a folder with your FirstnameLastname
Drop in your work.