CSCI 3900 Animation 4

Communicating with Character Animation

For animation # 4, you'll communicate with the audience by using character animation. Pick a simple action, such as joining a basketball game, swinging at a pitch (thrown by the character you did in your "Pitch" animation), walking & whistling, or anything that communicates a situation with the audience. Your animation should be between 15 & 30 seconds (no longer) and demonstrate at least four of the 12 principles of animation (below):

• Squash & Stretch
• Aniticipation
• Staging
• Pose-to-pose or straight-ahead action
• Follow-through & overlapping action
• Slow-in & out
• Arcs
• Secondary action
• Timing
• Exaggeration
• Solid modeling & rigging
• Character personality

Due Thursday, October 13, at the beginning of class. Make sure to save in a folder (if using a USB drive) called cs3900/anim4/ - & save in AVI format at 720x480 (DV quality, multi-pass, motion blur is optional).