This document outlines a course on CG film making over 19 sessions. The sessions cover topics such as story ideas, the animation pipeline, story and character development through dialogue, designing animations, cinematic planning, sound design, facial animation, background animation, lighting and rendering. Each session includes introductions, objectives, and content to be covered. The document provides an overview of the scope and structure of the course.

1. Course Conduct Manual
PAI International Learning
Solutions
CG FILM MAKING
YCMOU
BMG - 308

2. CG FILM MAKING
Session No. Session Details
1 Session Topic: STORY IDEAS
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Type of Story concepts
 The Idea
 Motive of the film
 Not having a story
 Sample Story
 Summery
2 Session Topic: 2 PRODUCTION: THE ANIMATION PIPLINE
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Prepare to Organizer
3 Session Topic: 2 PRODUCTION: THE ANIMATION PIPLINE
 CG’s Scope of Work
 Planning – A Preview of the 3D Process
 Wearing the Producer’s Hat
 Production Documents
 Scope of Work: Post – Production
4 Session Topic: 2 PRODUCTION: THE ANIMATION PIPLINE
 Feasibility Revisited
 Decision of Key Methodology
 Scheduling: Adding Life to the Invention
 R&D and Learning: Computer Graphics Concepts
 Organizational methods
5 Session Topic: 2 PRODUCTION: THE ANIMATION PIPLINE
 Planning a Simple film
 Factors that Affect Scheduling
 Production Tools
 Role of Feasibility
 Top-Level Considerations
6 Session Topic: : 2 PRODUCTION: THE ANIMATION PIPLINE
 Summary
 Key Terms
 Questions and Exercises
 Further Reading
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7 Session Topic: STORY AND CHARACTER THROUGH DIALOGUE
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Preparation
 Outlining the Plot
 Creating a Back Story
8 Session Topic: STORY AND CHARACTER THROUGH DIALOGUE
 Knowing what your Character would do
 Sample Biography
 Challenges of Adaptations
 Scriptwriting: What Does a Given Phrase Make One Animate?
 Character Acting Starts with the Script : New Characters
9 Session Topic: : STORY AND CHARACTER THROUGH DIALOGUE
 Writing Dialogues
 Internal Dialogues: Writing Actions
 Writing Script for the Sample Film
 Revision: Fine – Tuning the Dialogue
 Summary
10 Session Topic: : DESIGNING THE ANIMATION
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Art Direction: Establishing an Aesthetic
 Reference Creating Concept Art
11 Session Topic: DESIGNING THE ANIMATION
 Character Setup
 Issues and Limitation of Character Design
 Facial Design
 Male/Female Facial Design
 Male /Female Body Type
 The Male / Female Costume Design
 Tying Aesthetic Elements Together
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12 Session Topic:: DESIGNING THE ANIMATION
 The Character’s Design Drawings
 Set Design
 The Visual Identity
 Summary
 Key Terms
13 Session Topic : CINEMATIC PLANNING
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Storyboarding: A Cinematographer’s job
 Character Choreography and placement
 Action, Drama and Expressions
 Camera Composition and Moves
 Editing by Animators
 Storyboards: The Ultimate Planning Tool
14 Session Topic: CINEMATIC PLANNING
 Define the Target Audience
 Demographics
 Psychographics
 Define the Content
 Define the Appropriate Medium
 Drawing Storyboards
 Revisualization
 Final Draft
15 Session Topic: A FILM’S SONIC IDENTITY
 Introductions
 Unit Objectives
 Thormas Edison’s ‘The Sneeze’
 Setting the tone
 Sound as Storytelling tool
 Directing a Dialogue-Recording Session
 Sound Effects
 Components of a Soundtrack
 Audio Workflow for your Animation
 Character Dialogue
Session Topic: A FILM’S SONIC IDENTITY
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 The Producer’s Job
 Organizing with Selection Sets and Filters
 Summary
 Key Terms
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 Questions and Exercises
16 Session Topic: KEYFRAMING EXPRESSIONS
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Rigging the Face With Morph Targets
 Defining a Set of Morph Targets for Modeling
 Setting up the Morpher Modifier
 Facial Animation: Animating the Eyes
 Animating Facial Expressions
 Morphing of Muscles
 Summary
17 Session Topic: BRIGING THE BACKGROUND TO LIFE
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 Secondary Animation: 3-D Effects Animation Scatter Compound Objects
 Distribution Object Parameters
 The Transform Rollout
 Orbiting Particle Systems
 PixielDust
 Unique Particle Settings
 Secondary Animation with the Flex Modifier
 Final Linking, Framing, and Merging
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18 Session Topic1.0 LIGHTING AND RENDERING: CRAFTING AN
ATMOSPHERE
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 The Importance of Lighting in CG
 Develop your Eye
 Character Lighting within a Scene
 Character Lighting: Three Point Set-UP
 Key Light
 Fill Light
 Back Light
 Three-Point Lighting in Action
19 Session Topic: LIGHTING AND RENDERING: CRAFTING AN
ATMOSPHERE
 Integrating Character and Environmental Lighting
 Adding Global Illumination and High Dynamic Range Images
 Creating a Volume Lighting in Action
 Volume Light Parameters
 Choosing a Renderer
 Final Rendering: Letting Your Computer work for you
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7. CG FILM MAKING
18 Session Topic1.0 LIGHTING AND RENDERING: CRAFTING AN
ATMOSPHERE
 Introduction
 Unit Objectives
 The Importance of Lighting in CG
 Develop your Eye
 Character Lighting within a Scene
 Character Lighting: Three Point Set-UP
 Key Light
 Fill Light
 Back Light
 Three-Point Lighting in Action
19 Session Topic: LIGHTING AND RENDERING: CRAFTING AN
ATMOSPHERE
 Integrating Character and Environmental Lighting
 Adding Global Illumination and High Dynamic Range Images
 Creating a Volume Lighting in Action
 Volume Light Parameters
 Choosing a Renderer
 Final Rendering: Letting Your Computer work for you
END
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