Test Post

Schedule and Topics	Text	Assignment(s) & Quizzes/Exams
Week 1 January 6-10 Class 1: Review Syllabus, Class Policies Class 2: Lecture: Design and Research Process		Pitch 1-Premise Form Teams Choose Genre and Style Devise General Premise Define Time, Place, Characters Begin Visual Development Set up Team Blog
Week 2 January 13-17 Class 1: Pitch #1 Premise and Early Reference Class 2: Lecture: Design/Style		Pitch 2-Look and Feel Gather Reference Style Analysis and Sketches: location and character Thumbnails: Location and Character
Week 3 January 20-24 M.L.King Day-No Classes Monday Class 1: Class 2: Pitch #2 Look and Feel		Pitch 3-Style Guide Character Model Sheets Short rough animation tests Location look and feel comps Color Scheme/Gamut Mask Music: Choose scratch music
Week 4 January 27-31 Class 1: Class 2: Lecture: Composing Pictures		Pitch 3-Continued
Week 5 February 3-7 Founder’s Day-No Classes Monday Class 1: Class 2: Pitch #3 Style Guide		Pitch 4-Story Storyboards Rough Layouts for Animated Parts (Animators must have these to begin work!)
Week 6 February 10-14 Class 1: Lecture: Painting-General Thoughts Class 2:
Week 7 February 17-21 President’s Day-No Classes Monday Class 1: Class 2: Pitch #4 Storyboards and Rough Layouts for Animated Parts		Begin Production Teams will devise schedule, including Milestones for Workbook; Layout; Animation; Background Painting; Compositing; Title Page with Logo; End Credits; Foley (Sound Effects-may choose from DigiPen Library) Music (commission music program students to produce a soundtrack, or create one yourselves if you have the capability).
Week 8 February 24-28 Class 1: Lecture: Organizing Chaos Class 2: LAB
Week 9 March 3-7 Class 1: Lecture: Approaches to Clean-up and Polish Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed		Suggested Animation Milestone 1-Blocking Suggested Layout Milestone 1-comps, or roughs-provide all work to BG painters and Animators as you finish. Suggested Painting Milestone 1: Color Keys
Week 10 March 10-14 Class 1: LAB and Approvals as needed Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed		Suggested Animation Milestone 2-Pose Test with all Breakdowns
Week 11 March 17-21 Spring Break No Classes
Week 12 March 24-28 Class 1: LAB and Approvals as needed Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed		Suggested Animation Milestone 3-Rough Finish Suggested Layout Milestone 2-Finished Layouts. Suggested Painting Milestone 2-Finish Major Painting 1
Week 13 March 31-April 4 Class 1: LAB and Approvals as needed Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed
Week 14 April 7-11 Class 1: LAB and Approvals as needed Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed		Suggested Animation Milestone 4-Clean-up Finish Suggested Painting Milestone 2-Finish Major Painting 2
Week 15 April 14-18 Class 1: LAB and Approvals as needed Class 2: LAB and Approvals as needed		Suggested Animation Milestone 5-Complete coloring and compositing. Suggested Painting Milestone 3-Finish all Minor Paintings-Import into movie file.
Week 16 April 21-25 Final Screening Schedule TBA