Description
With nearly everything you need to make an animated film, Maya Entertainment Creation Suite software enables animators and directors to do some real guerrilla filmmaking. This class will walk you through some of the techniques we are employing to bring the feature film Dog Eat Dog to life on a budget of less than $1 million. From timesaving rigging techniques to at-your-desk facial motion capture, we are bringing our entire bag of tricks to bear in our quest to release quality animation on a grassroots budget.
Key Learnings
- Learn how to use timesaving techniques in character creation
- Learn how to employ efficient animation practices
- Discover some of the most valuable plug-ins and tools to bolster the Maya software toolset
- Learn how to plan your film production properly
Speaker
- KRKenneth RoyKenny Roy started in the animation industry in 1997 as a dustbuster on a children's animated feature film. Since then he has gone on to animate some of the most memorable characters on screen, from Scooby Doo to King Kong. In 2007 he founded Arconyx Animation Studios in Los Angeles, California, where he directs projects ranging from TV commercials to short films to visual effects. An animation teacher for almost 8 years, Kenny is also a well-published author in animation and he is a world-traveling lecturer. He runs an animation-training portal through www.kennyroy.com, and he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and 2 sons.