Wk 07: Basic Animation

Agenda

Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

1. Do simple PSR Keyframe Animation

   1. Manually Keyframe

   2. Auto-Keyframe

2. Render an animation

Agenda

Note: The exact timing and topics covered may shift

Dailies (9:00am-9:20am)

1. Homework Review: Character Made from Primitives

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

Keyframe Animation (9:20am-9:45am)

1. Technique: How to animate an object in Cinema 4D

Bouncing Ball Animation (9:45am-10:15am)

1. Exercise: Animate a Bouncing Ball

2. Technique: Rendering a Preview

Camera Animation (10:15am-10:45am)

1. Technique: Camera Animation

Homework: Verb Animation

To submit your work, please add your rendered animation to our course's shared Google Drive folder.

What:

1. Project: Verb Animation

Blog Post Specifications:

• 1. Title: Verb Animation: VERB

     1. Where you see "VERB" replace it with the verb you used.

  2. Body: An embedded version of the video.

Due: By the start of our next class session on your course projects blog.

Recommended Reading

• (1) Animating inside Cinema 4D - YouTube

• C4D R25 Beginners Workshop (Part 4 - Animation and Dynamics) - YouTube

• (1) #AskTheTrainer | Animation - YouTube

• How to Set Keyframes in Cinema 4D

• Understand Disney's 12 principles of animation | Creative Bloq