Week13_Labs 1 & 2 (Exercise 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Exercise 1:

Going through a famous short movie on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhZm5FRV4s

A nice short video clip where it stands out the principles of animation along with the techniques and skills implement in this short video clip.

Exercise 2:

Going through the tutorial:

http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2011help/files/Inverse_kinematics.htm

To learn how to animate a basic animation with the robot and the box.

Exercise 3:

The final product of my animation after following the tutorial in exercise 2:

Exercise 4:

1) Apart from their different sizes, it is obvious from Luxo Jr. that the big lamp is “older” and that the small lamp is “younger”.

How is this communicated by the animation? Give at least THREE examples.

Do NOT say because the small lamp is playing with a ball, or that its name is Luxo Jr. – you should be looking at the animation, how the lamps move and emote (emote means to express emotions).


2) Give an example from Luxo Jr of how timing is used for comic effect. Explain how the timing decisions contribute to the humour.


3) When you create a joint chain, these form a hierarchy, with the first joint at the top and the last joint at the bottom. Explain why this is necessary for the joints to work properly.