1 Topic by Hank

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I was recently appointed to a committee to rewrite our state's curriculum for 3D Graphics & Animation. I wanted to draw on the wisdom of these boards to give me some ideas. Specifically what does a student need to learn to get a start on a career. Specifically I want to focus on the following areas:

Creation: modeling, materials, lighting, cameras, rendering, etc.

Soft skills: understanding job titles, career planning, etc

History: are there specific events or people in 3D graphics or animation that a student should know about?

I respect this community and think it's members can have valuable insight for this process.

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2 Reply by Hank

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On an episode you talked about the documentary Holy Hell.  It's on netflix and damn it's powerful.

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3 Reply by Hank

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Thanks for the suggestions.  I have the right stuff, and can get October Sky from the library.

As for From the Earth to the Moon, That is going to be my weekend project.

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4 Topic by Hank

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In addition to teaching video production, I am now teaching an engineering class.

I want to do a unit on prototypes and failure.  I have seen videos of early NASA of a lot of different rockets blowing up as they figured out how to do it right.  I cannot find any these videos.  I think it would be helpful to show how NASA had problem, they worked those problem, and sent people to the moon.  (I'm sure I'm going to be using Apollo 11 a lot)

I figured there are enough space nerds here that someone knows where to find it.

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5 Reply by Hank

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I've been having good luck with https://www.codecademy.com

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6 Topic by Hank

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In my 3D animation class, I want to have my students do a final project kind of like a PreVis.

Can any one suggest any DVD's with good extras on PreVis or and web sites?  I want some good examples to show the students.

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7 Reply by Hank

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I'm teach a high school 3D animation class this term and I found Trey talking about the skill muppetters have in designing mouth/face movements really interesting.

Does anyone know of any good resources (web pages, videos, documentaries) about the art of puppetry that I can use with my class?

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