1.
Maya Modelling and
Animation History
Matthew, Tasha, Natalie, Tena, Katie, and Greta

2.
Planning
We each went off and chose
items in our rooms which we
wanted to model

3.
Videos we found useful
3dEx. (2013). Autodesk Maya 2014 - Complete Soda Can
Modeling - Texture, Rendering. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qTl3FW-rM. Last
accessed 1st Dec 2014.
3dEx. (2014). Autodesk Maya 2014 -
Autodesk Maya 2014 - Trash Can Part
1. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M
KPLly4-SEc. Last accessed 1st Dec
2014.
ram4students. (2013). MAYA – Table
Fan Modelling and
Animation.Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryj
VLV7b9Qw. Last accessed 2nd Dec
2014.

4.
Modelling
Then we each created our objects
Issues we encountered

5.
Modelling (continued)

6.
Bringing it together
This is what we ended up with…

7.
Close Ups

8.
Animation History

9.
Avant-Garde
First step towards film and animation
PHOTOGRAPHY fulfilled the aspiration to capture realism
Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism

10.
Abstract animation in the 20s
Leopold Survage
● Cubist painter
● First attempt to bring painting and film together
● “Coloured Rhythm” (1913)
Walter Ruttman
● “Lichtspiel Opus I” (1921) - first experimental animated film
● “Opus” II/III (1923/1924)
Viking Eggeling
● Dadaist
● “Syphonie Diagonale” (1924)

11.
Hans Richter
● Cubist, later a dadaist
● “Rhythm 21” (1923)
Oskar Fischinger
● Largest number of abstract animations
● “Komposition in Blau” (1935)
Len Lye
● Drawn-on-film animation
● “Free Radicals” (1958)
Crow, J. (2014). Optical Poems by
Oskar Fischinger, the Avant-Garde
Animator Hated by Hitler, Dissed by
Disney. [online] Open Culture.
Available at:
http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/
optical-poems-by-oskar-
fischinger.html [Accessed 8 Dec.
2014].

12.
Zagreb School for Animation
Golden age (1957-1980)
● Dušan Vukotić - “Surogat” (1961)
● Vlado Kristl, Vatroslav Mimica, Zlato Bourek,
Nedjeljko Dragić, Zdenko Gašparović, Joško
Marušić
Modern, universal themes, limited animation,
stylisation, reduction

13.
Chinese School of Animation
1st Golden Era (1957-1977)
● Elaborate and classical style
● Wan Laiming - “Havoc in Heaven” - operatic
● Te Wei - “Where is Momma” - ink and wash
2nd Golden Era (1977-2000)
● Modern subjects, wider topics
● A Da - “Three Monks”, “Super Soap”, “New
Doorbell”
● Chang Guanxi - Souvenir (2002)
http://thewallbreakers.com/wp
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content/uploads/2013/06/havo
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http://3.bp.blo
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14.
Japanese animation
Toeji Company
● Limited animation
Osamu Tetzuka
● Father of the manga
● “Astro Boy” (1963-75)
Ghibli Studios (70s ~)
● Hayao Myazaki
● Isao Takahata
Tezukainenglish.com,
(2014). Tezuka In English.
[online] Available at:
http://tezukainenglish.com/
wp/ [Accessed 8 Dec.
2014].

15.
Bibliography
3dEx. (2014). Autodesk Maya 2014 - Autodesk Maya 2014 - Trash Can Part 1. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKPLly4-SEc.
Last accessed 1st Dec 2014.
3dEx. (2013). Autodesk Maya 2014 - Complete Soda Can Modeling - Texture, Rendering. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qTl3FW-rM. Last accessed 1st Dec 2014.
DeadGirlDontSayNo. (2012). Ersatz (Surogat) - Zagreb Film (1961).Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfHXLuiTd8. Last accessed 8th Dec 2014.
laitma. (2009). 1964 大闹天宫 Havoc in Heaven English Subtitled Part 01 of 11. Available:
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MegaBcoyle. (2011). MAYA 3D ModellingTutorial - Materials and texturing in Maya. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fFpmBYP_Q&app=desktop. Last accessed 1st Dec 2014.
MegaBcoyle. (2012). MAYA 3D ModellingTutorial - Bed with Pillow and sheet using Ncloth. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOy6DYsb2C8&app=desktop. Last accessed 1st Dec 2014.
ObscureAnimation's channel. (2011). Super Soap (Chinese animated short). Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-N8aBYY7g. Last accessed 8th Dec 2014.
ObscureAnimation's channel. (2011). Tadpoles Looking For Their Mama (English subbed). Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZknl3flRw. Last accessed 8th Dec 2014.
ObscureAnimation's channel. (2012). Three Monks (Chinese animated short). Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rolBiHfWokY. Last accessed 8th Dec 2014.
ram4students. (2013). MAYA – Table Fan Modelling and Animation.Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryjVLV7b9Qw. Last accessed
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