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Just a couple of useful links to explain camera moves and composition terms
Camera moves
Composition and camera movement

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

FXGuide.com
CGTalk.com
CGChannel.com
SIGGRAPH
VFXPro.com
Turbo Squid
Flay.com

Reference resources:

www.3d.sk - Human reference photos.
www.1000skies.com - High Dynamic Range (HDR) sky textures.
BBC Motion Gallery - Video clips from BBC news and documentaries
Open Video Project
ImageAfter - Hires textures and images
FotoSearch - stock photo library search portal
NASA Blue Marble Earth Imagery - [...]

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

Animal Logic
Blue Sky
Cinesite
Digital Domain
Double Negative
Framestore CFC
ILM
MPC
The Orphanage
PDI/Dreamworks
Pixar Animation Studios
Rhythm & Hues
Rising Sun Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tippet Studio
Weta

Life drawing Workshops are available at the Islington Arts Factory. They are run by the Register of Artists' Models (RAM), which should mean good quality models and staff. I'd highly recommend any 3D Animation students to drop in and give this a try. (Wednesday evening class, there should be a Friday morning class running later)
Islington [...]

I lead a group to the to the Pixar exhibtion last Friday, followed by an excellent talk by Tim Searle. It was really felt that the visit was much more worthwhile with the talk, although the exhibition was great too. I thought Tim's clips of early work (such as the first intro to "Have I [...]

Aisha had a quick question about which DVD format is suitable for home produced videos.
For background, I paraphrased the following from here: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3
There are six recordable versions of DVD:
DVD-R for General, DVD-R for Authoring, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+R
DVD-R and DVD+R can record data once, like CD-R, whereas DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW can be rewritten [...]

Ren asked about whether you can make a 16:9 movie rather than 4:3 for your project. I am fine with this, although it can be a bit fiddly setting it up correctly for a DVD.
There are various standards of widescreen, to aid compatibility with older TV sets.
Letterboxed - actually 4:3 ratio (like 'normal' TV) but [...]

This was an animation week centered on making a non-deforming object hierarchy and rig suitable for forward and inverse kinematic manipulation.
Wednesday:
The key topics here were:
Setting up a suitable hierarchy of body parts for IK/FK animation
Placing those body parts' axes in the correct positions for suitable rotation
a) We began by making a simple 'robotic' character out [...]

Refraction index numbers can be used in the transparency section of material properties to simulate glass, water etc. Note that sometimes you need to deviate if the refraction looks wrong.
Sorry the image is hard to read, it's a capture of a scan of a scan.

OK, what should your storyboard look like? Storyboards are very personal, and differ massively from the detailed character studies in the Matrix to the stick figures used by many.
Here are some options of what you could include, however as a general guide, think the following: If your storyboard carries enough information for you to trust [...]