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Unleashing Creativity: Machinima Making Course for CS Undergrads & Grad Students

Dive into the world of Machinima with this exciting course for Computer Science undergrads and grad students. Learn about storytelling, character development, and animation techniques using tools like Garry's Mod and Adobe Premier. Team up with Film students to create unique projects and unleash your creativity in a fun and collaborative environment. Join us on this creative journey to explore the art of Machinima-making!

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Unleashing Creativity: Machinima Making Course for CS Undergrads & Grad Students

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  1. CS undergrads in CS5964 Welcome Film/Comm/English/… students in CS5964 CS grads in CS6964  Robert Kessler, Professor

  2. Administriva • Teaching staff • Mark van Langeveld • Lonny Danler (Film TA) • James Anjewierden (CS TA – half time) • Half-life 2 accounts • How many need a new one?

  3. Administrivia - 2 • Class mailing list already set up with your utah.edu account • teach-cs5964@list.eng.utah.edu (teachers) • cs5964@list.eng.utah.edu (you) • http://www.eng.utah.edu/~cs5964 • Class web page (schedule and resources)

  4. CS6964 Grad Students • Take leadership role on teams • Note – currently the graphics computing degree does not allow this class for grad elective credit • I guess because we have too much fun!!! • Please talk with Mark and Bob about “goodies” after HW2 is completed • So you get some experience with the system first

  5. What is Machinima? • Oct 1996 – Rangers clan created “Diary of a Camper” – First machinima • See both Six Axis Studios videos • Two kinds • Multi-player (Such as Red vs. Blue) – aka Digital Puppetry • Animate/cut/scripted scene (Such as A Few Good G-Men)

  6. Multi-player Machinima Write script Develop storyboards Record dialog (get timing) Develop sets/props Recruit people to be the actors Assign player types to actors One player is assigned to be the camera People “act” the scenes, camera records Post process – edit scenes, combine dialog

  7. Animate Scene Machinima Write Script Develop storyboards Record dialog Develop sets/props “Program” characters, add speech and sounds Player watches play or precise camera control Record Post process is mostly about stitching scenes together

  8. How - Animate Scene Machinima • Write script and do storyboards • By hand (for now) • Garry’s Mod or other tools for making screen shots or story boards • Record dialog • Audacity (open source) • Develop props • Steal from other games (GCFScape) • Model (such as with Maya)

  9. How - Animate Scene Machinima - 2 • Develop sets • Again steal • Hammer is your friend • “Program” characters • Hammer to script movement • “Program” gestures and speech • Faceposer (Vista issues)? • Camera control • Hammer • Record • Virtualdub more reliable than Fraps • Post process • Adobe Premier

  10. Course Goals • Project Class • Student presentations and critiques • Teams • Likely no quizzes or tests • Learn how to make Machinima • Make some 

  11. General Plan • First 4 weeks • Learn tools • Write simple short movie • Second 4 weeks • Produce small movie from storyboard to actual version • Last half • Teams work together to create one or two big productions

  12. Teams • Hammer / Faceposer individual or pair (first 2 assignments) • Team up Film students with CS students • Between 2 and 4 person teams (hw 3) • Notice – “between” • Changing teams is possible • Final Project could be new teams and possibly larger teams

  13. What Is Next? • HW1 - Hammer • Given room • Add props • Film characters wandering around • HW2 – Faceposer • Record sound and add to character • Add gestures • Add to HW1 • Tell a joke • HW3 – make a short (tell a joke or do something about that will be cool on youtube  or … but don’t do a music video) - still negotiating a contest • Final Project

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