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ADVANCED ANIMATION | EXERCISES


Week 1 – Week 5 | 22/04/25 – 20/05/25
Emily Soh Ching-Ling | 0359478
Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Advanced Animation | Section 01 | GCD61604
Exercises

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1.0 LECTURES 

1.1 WEEK ? — 



1.2 WEEK ? — 



2.0 INSTRUCTIONS 


3.0 EXERCISE 1 — BOUNCING BALL 

Instructions: 
  1. Animate the following four bouncing balls using the provided rig:
    1. Soccer ball.
    2. Ping pong ball.
    3. Bowling ball.
    4. Beach ball.
  2. Plan the bouncing movements by drawing them on paper to visualise the timing, arcs, and spacing of each bounce.
  3. Analyse the physical properties (weight, elasticity, size) and how they affect:
    1. Timing and travel distance of each bounce (Contact pose to Contact pose).
    2. The overall timing that determines the number of bounces.
    3. The height of each Up pose when the ball bounces.
  4. Use lighting to enhance realism in your animation.
  5. Render your animation sequence in .png format with alpha channel for compositing.
  6. Compile all four animations into one video. Label them.
    1. Cover Page:
      1. Title: GCD61604 - Advanced Animation
      2. Exercise: 1
      3. Name: Emily Soh Ching-Ling
      4. Student ID: 0359478
  7. Requirements:
    1. Frame Rate: 24 fps.
    2. Resolution: 1280 × 720 (HD 720p).
    3. Format: .mp4.
    4. File Name: YourName_Exercise1.
  8. Submission:
    1. Compilation.
    2. Blender files.

3.1 PROGRESS

Figure 3.1-1: Warm-up, Week 1 (22/04/26)









3.2 FINAL SUBMISSION

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4.0 EXERCISE 2 — SQUASH & STRETCH + BALL WITH TAIL 

Instructions: 

4.1 PROGRESS



4.2 FINAL SUBMISSION

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5.0 EXERCISE 3 — GOOD POSES 

Instructions: 

5.1 PROGRESS



5.2 FINAL SUBMISSION

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6.0 FEEDBACK 

6.1 WEEK ?

Specific Feedback: 

General Feedback: 

6.2 WEEK ?

Specific Feedback: 

General Feedback: 

7.0 REFLECTION 

7.1 EXPERIENCE


7.2 OBSERVATIONS


7.3 FINDINGS



8.0 FURTHER READING 

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EXERCISES
PROJECT 1 — WALK CYCLE
PROJECT 2 — JUMP ANIMATION
FINAL PROJECT — ACTION ANIMATION
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