Level 5
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Level 5
-Digital Movie Making

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Level 5 Sampler
Level 5 - Digital Movie Making
Level 5 - Digital Movie Making: Covers the basic principles of CG Cinematography, lighting and editing. An introduction to LightWave's intergrated effects (FX) systems including particles and hypervoxels is also featured. Control and flexibility of the final image are maximized through the theory and technique of 'Multi-pass' rendering.

Price: $1,995 Includes:

  • Instructor Binder - Step-by-step outlines
  • Student Workbook - Instructor Edition
  • Professional lesson plans on CD - hours of lectures
    • Module 501: CG lighting: Basic and FX (2:30)
    • Module 502: Particle Systems (00:58:45)
    • Module 503: Compositing: Match Lighting (1:20:45)
    • Module 504: Motion Deisgner & Soft Body Dynamics (4:09)
    • Module 505: BESM: Bigs Eyes Small Mouth plugin (1:03:28)
    • Module 506: Character Seminar - 4 Lessons (14:39:05)
  • Media Assets for Instructors & student projects
  • Tests and Solutions
  • Instructor mailing list and contact with industry professionals
  • 1 Student workbook included. (Optional Student Workbooks at a discount.)
What You will Learn in this Level
On completion of this level you will have a thorough understanding of all of LightWave's tools and a great start towards getting that reel ready for a job. This level covers plug-ins, advanced techniques, and tips and tricks from the pros in the lecture CDs.

How Long to Teach this Level
This is the most advanced level. It can normally take about 12 weeks to complete this level. Once tested out of this level any student would be considered an entry level animator, this is the stage where they begin to build there demo reel.

Each Level contains several Modules of Professionally recorded CDs. Each Module includes hours of recorded Lecture and typically requires several weeks to teach. Remember our recorded lectures are to be followed in a structured format, tested and given plenty of lab time to complete. The Modules in this level are independent of each other and can be taught in any order.