Week

Class 01

Class 02

01

Hour 1:  Introduction to AIM and the class. Student Team Bio Presentation assignment given. 
Hour 2:  Small team peer interviews, fill out the Student Bio Word document.
Hour 3:  Work on Team Bio PowerPoint Presentation,
 Student Bio Word Document due

Hour 1: Team Bio PowerPoint presentations
Hour 2: Introduction to Photoshop, re-touching photographs, Photoshop Presentation and Mug Shot assignments given and explained.
Hour 3:  Work on Mug Shot.

02

Hour 1:  Demonstration of use of Photoshop for highlight and shadow, Geometric Shapes assignment given.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on Mug Shot, Geometric Shapes, and Photoshop PowerPoint.

Hour 1:  Demonstration of digital painting in Photoshop.  Digital Painting assignment given.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on all Photoshop assignments.

03

Hour 1:  Demonstration of Digital Character painting.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on finishing all Photoshop assignments.

Hour 1: All Photoshop assignments due. Photoshop presentations given.
Hour 2: Demonstration, Introduction  to Dreamweaver, Portfolio Website assignment given.
Hour 3:  Work on Portfolio Website.

04

Hour 1: Demonstration of using Dreamweaver to create a website.  Discussion of exemplary portfolio websites.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on Portfolio Websites.

Hour 1:  Discussion of what to have in your portfolio.  Demonstration of Photoshop and Dreamweaver integration.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on Portfolio websites.

05

Hour 1:  Demonstration of Dreamweaver and Flash. 
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on Portfolio website.

Hour 1:  Demonstration of Dreamweaver and Flash. 
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on Portfolio website.

06

Hour 1:  Portfolio Website due. 
Small group peer critiques, Presentation of exemplars to the entire class.
Hour 2: Demonstration and Introduction to the 3DS Max interface, basic Modeling with primitives.
Hours 3:  Work on 3D Room assignment

Hour 1:  Review of modeling with primitives, demonstration of working with modifiers.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on 3D Room

07

Hour 1: Modeling a 3D Environment
Hour 2 & 3:  Work on 3D Modeling.

Hour 1:  Review and demonstration of working with splines and using lathe, loft, shell & extrude.
Hour 2: Demonstration of using maps and materials in 3DS Max, using diffuse maps and basic UVW mapping.
Hour 3:  Work on 3D Modeling.

08

 Hour 1:  Review and demonstration of working with splines and using lathe, loft, shell & extrude. 
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on 3D Modeling.

Thanksgiving Holiday – No School

09

 Hour 1: 3D Room Presentations given.
Hour 2: Compositing assignment given. Demonstration and Introduction to After Effects. The production process and using pre-productions.
Hour 3:  Work in teams on pre-production.

Hour 1:  Demonstration of After Effects
Hours 2 & 3:  Work in Teams on Compositing project.

10

Hour 1:  Demonstration on working with compositions and timelines in After Effects. 

Hour 3:  Shooting footage and creating content for final project.

Hour 1:  Demonstration of using effects and chromakey in After Effects. 
Hours 2 & 3: Work in Teams on Compositing project.

11

Hour 1:  Demonstration of rendering in After Effects.
Hours 2 & 3:  Work on final projects.

Hours 1-3: Compositing team\After Effects presentations, final review.