Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Character Animation (17.IGA013)

Native organizations units: Chair of Animation in Engineering
General information:
 
Category Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field Animacija i vizuelni efekti
Interdisciplinary No
ECTS 6
Educational goal:

The objective of the course is that students trained a combination of all basic modes of moving a humanlike character into a complex movement, in which a change in rhythm and tempo in movement or action occurs.

Educational outcome:

To apply acquired knowledge in the further process of education as well as in the future professional work.

Course content:

Creating characters simple swing in the sport, if character has geometry and rigging, which was previously created and his skinning was done. The character starts from the static position. The actor should use a props (racket, stick, basketball ball). To create a scene, 2 cameras are used, at right angles to the actors - a side orthogonal camera and a frontal orthogonal camera. The movement has five phases: hold, anticipation, movement to the target position, switching the targeted position and hold again. Creating a personalized character walk. The movements and position of the body of the character indicate the emotional and physical state of the character: a restful walk, a tired, sad, happy or angry walk. Creating one cadre in which the character should go from linear motion, in which the movement repeats itself in the synchronic cycle, to nonlinear motion, where the character will have a change in the rhythm of movement, acceleration or deceleration, somehow jump up or down in relation to the previous position.

Teaching methods:

Lectures and Computer Practice. Consultations.

Literature:
Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Roberts, S. Character Animation Fundamentals - Developing Skills for 2D and 3D Character Animation 2011 Elsevier & Focal Press, Waltham English
Walt Stanchfield Gesture Drawing for Animation 2007 Leo Brodie, Washington English
Vujanović, M., Obradović, R. Animacija karaktera 2013 Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad Serbian language
Knowledge evaluation:
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory No Yes 30.00
Exercise attendance Yes Yes 5.00
Project task Yes Yes 15.00
Project task Yes Yes 15.00
Project Yes Yes 30.00
Homework Yes Yes 5.00
Lecturers:

doc. Đurić Isidora

Assistant Professor

Lectures
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vanr. prof. dr Kekeljević Igor

Associate Professor

Lectures

Asistent Bobić Aleksandra

Assistant - Master

Computational classes

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