March 29, 2022

ARCH 423/523: Computer Animation And Storytelling
Due: In-class screening April 12, 2022

Exercise 1: chain reaction

Create an animation of up to 30 seconds using simple objects and a short chain reaction or cause and effect theme. This could be an imaginative recreation of one object impacting several others 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 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 minimal raytrace quality in Maya Software or Maya Hardware 2.0 renderer.
5. Record your work to a jpeg or png animation sequence(s) and compile the resulting animation in Quicktime Pro.
6. Place your work in the class submit folder as will be demonstrated in class and email a short 1 to 2 paragraph description to emark@uoregon.edu.