August 22, 2023

Architecture 5420: Computer Animation And Storytelling
Due: In-class screening September 14, 2023

Exercise 1: a process

Create an animation of up to 30 seconds using simple objects involving some kind of process with a beginning, a middle and an end, such as a short chain reaction or cause and effect theme. This could be an imaginative recreation of one object impacting several others in turn as in a Rube Goldberg machine, or a precision mechanical contraption or a relatively abstract series of interactions that perhaps offers more than one interpretive reading.

1. Use simple nurbs and/or polygon primitives and basic keyframing techniques.
2. Create one or several separate sequences at the same resolution.
3. Work with one or more objects.
4. Render your work in Maya Software or Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer.
5. Record your work to a jpeg animation sequence(s) and compile the resulting animation in OpenShot (free download at openshot.org) or any alternative video editor if you are familiar with one, and optionally assemble more than one sequence. Adobe Premiere or an alternative video editor is perfectly acceptaible.
6. Place your work in the CLASSES submit folder for ARCH 5420 and email a short 1 to 2 paragraph description by email to the course instructor Earl Mark at ejmark@virginia.edu.

NOTE: The CLASSES server is accessible from anywhere on grounds. Or you can also access it from off grounds through installing UVA's VPN (virtual private network) service on your personal computer at the following address:

Mac - smb://Classes.arch.virginia.edu/SARC-CLASSES (use Mac  OS “Go/Connect to Server” utility)
Win - \\Classes.arch.virginia.edu\SARC-CLASSES (use Windows OS “Start  Run” command)

When logging into the CLASSES server by means of the Windows OS “Start Run” option, type eservices\ followed by your UVa computing ID (e.g., eservices\ejm9k) similar to instructions for accessing the university’s computer network via UVA’s VPN system. The eservices\ prefix is not needed when using the Mac OS method.

For more details see computer setup (this link prompts you for yourNetbadge login to review the document)