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NEWM-N 441 3D Production

3 credits

  • Prerequisites: NEW-N 342 and NEWM-N 343
  • Delivery: On-Campus
  • Team-based course focusing on the creation of high-end, broadcast-quality animations. Team members demonstrate mastery of narrative, modeling, lighting, effects, rendering, and animation skills culminating in a final team project. Other topics include planning, preproduction, production, and postproduction.

    Learning Outcomes

    Students will develop skills in areas related to production in a 3D project. These will include pre-production skills such as story concept and development, script writing, research, conceptual drawing, storyboarding, animatics, and project management. Production skills will be explored in 3D asset creation, time management, file management, sound, and title sequences. Post-production processes will include final rendering issues, movie creation, formatting for various playback devices.

    Extended Course Description

    Students work in a team environment emulating a production studio to create high-end animation incorporating all aspects of 3D.

    Technology Learned

    • Adobe Production Suite
    • Maya
    • Substance Painter
    • Unity
    • UV Layout

    Syllabi