Week Two

 We're going to talk about how particles and dynamics can help us with visualizing microscopic elements

Particles:

Emitters

Birthrate

Lifetime

Speed

Show object

Variation

Attractors: Falloff shape, scale, strength

Dynamics

Rigid Body

Collider body

Attractor> can keyframe enabled, 

Wind> can change speed, turbulence and can be enabled or disabled

Studio Presentation Due Week 6:

The presentation must be researched. 

Think of yourself as an investigative reporter.

You should have at least 1 published source. Not counting the studio’s own website. Use the studio’s website or even wikipedia to get information on the names of articles written about the studio, and the names of projects or employees. This will help you find actual published sources, even if you use the web to locate them. 

-Please include your MLA formatted bibliography as the last page of your presentation

-If you include a source, I will assume you have not only read it, but understand it and I may ask you questions during your presentation so be prepared. 

-Do not include phrases or words in your presentation that you do not understand.

Your presentation should answer specific questions listed below. 

YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

-Once you have the answers it is up to you to arrange them in a format that includes an introduction, a body of related information, and an ending statement. 

You may choose one of two types of closing statement. Either explain how this studio relates to other contemporary studios in this same genre, *or*  explain how you would position yourself to get a job interview at this studio.

1)  What is the Studio’s Genre (type of work)?

1a) Who is their client base?

1b) Who is the audience for the work they produce?

2)  What tools, setups, software or hardware does this studio use? Have they designed any of their own?

3) What is the studio’s largest grossing project to date?

3a) What are their ‘bread and butter’ projects (projects that sustain the company year round)

4) How/when did the studio start?

5) What kind of skills do they primarily utilize?

6) What sets them apart from other studios? What are they known for?

6a) How has the kind of work they’re known for (their brand) changed over the years?

7) Describe their production pipeline

8) What is their size (how many employees, how many projects a year)?

9) What problems does this studio face or what problems have they faced in the past?

10) name at least 2 positions that this studio is currently hiring for. Even better if it’s a position you’re curious about

10a)what does the person in that position do? How would you prepare yourself to apply for that position? 

-Keep your presentation short and informative. Edit yourself. Practice. 5 minutes, (10 minutes tops!)

-Give us as many visual examples as you can

Notes About Your Research process:

Research and presentation creation cannot happen at the same time. Avoid cut and paste plagiarism. (cutting and pasting phrases into powerpoints is plagiarism!) Research and presentation writing should not even happen on the same day.

As you research, take notes, then reflect on those notes. Later, start your presentation from MEMORY.  Trust yourself.  When it's time to refer to a very specific piece of supporting DATA, then you may refer to your notes or even the original source with a citation.

Typing the studio’s name into a google search bar and reviewing only the first page of results is BAD RESEARCH.  Use articles from JOURNALS via the LIBRARY.  Google scholar is an interesting idea, but it still won't let you view the paid journals which we have access to through the library.

If you are using search terms, use good ones. Be more creative than just using the studio’s name. Find out what publications have written about them and then find those. 

If you get stuck, make an appointment with a real live LIBRARIAN.  This is part of the expertise of research librarians.