Degree in Animation and VFX

Become a professional in 3D computer generated imagery, including special effects and 3D artwork. The Degree in Animation at La Salle Campus Barcelona is the first official undergraduate degree program in Catalonia.

Lighting I

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Description
This subject teaches digital methods which allow the student to express themselves through lighting, while discovering the key factors for a good illumination and giving a solid understanding of its importance as part of a 3D production. The student will be familiarized with the different type of lights, their functions, their correct use depending the circumstances of a scene and how to create functional reusable lighting sets. Throughout the course, managing base lights will be taught, as well as secondary lights, its components and how to configure a 3D scene correctly for lighting outdoor scenes, interior scenes, or characters.
Type Subject
Tercer - Obligatoria
Semester
Second
Course
2
Credits
3.00

Titular Professors

Joel Dalmau Barbera
Professor

Professors

Arnau Barrabeig Capdevila
Josep María Sáez Sendra
Previous Knowledge
Objectives

- Master the technical and artistic skills required to be a professional lighting artist.
- Know the theoretical concepts related to the physics of materials and lights, together with the technology in which they are linked
- Construction of a professional pipeline
- Interior, exterior and character lighting techniques
- Postproduction: precomposition of render

Contents

- Lights and basic properties
- Interior lighting
- Outdoor lighting
- Character lighting
- Optimization strategies
- Integration 3d in real environment

Methodology

The course consists of 13 sessions of 3 hours each. During which, various active teaching methodologies are put into
practice, as well as project-based learning.
At the beginning of each session, the doubts that have arisen in the practice of the previous class are resolved, a new
syllabus is taught through master classes and demonstrative methods and it is concluded by practicing the new
knowledge acquired.
Throughout the course, 4 full assignments are carried out, which provide students a strong knowledge of the subject.

Evaluation

The percentage of the evaluation will be distributed as follows:

20% Theoretical bases
20% Portrait lighting
20% Exterior lighting
20% Interior lighting
20% Interior lighting with one character.

Deliveries must meet the requirements and deadlines.

10% general is intended for attendance and participation in class.

Evaluation Criteria
Basic Bibliography

Digital Lighting and Rendering. Jeremy Birn.
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (James Gurney Art).
Efficient Cinemtic Lighting. Jeremy Vickery. Gnomon Workshop.
Xuan Prada. Elephant VFX.
Arvid Schneider. Youtube Channel.
Oficial documentation of de Arnold Render

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