Nikki Dunsire

(MA401) Technical Direction

About the Course

This course explored the fundamentals of Technical Direction with an emphasis on Maya's Dynamics, Hair, and Cloth. Additional course emphasis on Tracking, Lighting and Texturing, Rendering Techniques with Mental Ray, and most importantly creative problem solving and project accountability.

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Upon successful completion of this course, the student should have been able to:

• Successfully utilize Maya's tools pertaining to dynamics, hair simulation, cloth simulation and mental ray (note - Arnold was not out yet).

• Set up complex scenes for rendering by taking advantage of the render layers and passes system.

Software used: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects

Credits: 3 | 1 Quarter

Student Examples: The below projects represent exemplary work for this course and point of progression in the program. For student privacy, artist names are withheld. If you'd like the name of a project author, feel free to reach out and I would be happy to try to pass along your contact information to the former student. Responding will be at the discretion of the graduate.