ACAT Handbook 1994 Entry

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ACAT1004 Computer Animation Practice B

One two-hour tutorial per week for one semester.
Prerequisite Computer Animation Practice A.
Aim To gain practical expertise in 3D computer animation.
Content Three-dimensional modelling and rendering techniques for animation.
Exercises in motion scripting and animating hierarchies, cameras and lights.
Assessment The first half of the semester will be spent doing short exercises to be presented together in a folio.  Students are required to prepare a minor work during the second half of this semester to be performed at the end of it.
Folio-20%.        Examination performance-80%.
Texts none
References Vince, J., 3-D Computer Animation, Addison-Wesley, 1992.