QUESTION PAPER: 1st Sit

COURSEWORK 1–QUESTION Year LongSemester

Semester 201
2018

Module Code: CU6008NI

Module Title: Visual Effects for Computer Graphics and Games

Module Leader: Dibesh Man Maskey (Islington College)

CourseworkType: Individual – Production 1: VFX for 3D Scene

Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 40%of of your total module
grades but will be graded out of 100.

Submission Date: Week 17

When Coursework is Week 2

given out:

Submission Submit the following to Islington College RTE department

Instructions: before the due date:
 Production Process Documentation
 Project Files Disc

Warning: London Metropolitan University and Islington College

takes Plagiarism seriously. Offenders will be dealt with
sternly.

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Coursework 1–Production
Production 1: VFX for 3D Scene

This coursework assesses the following Learning Outcomes of the module:

LO1: understand the advanced concepts, creative and technical issues related to
VFX;
LO3: demonstrate a capability to choose the appropriate advanced techniques
and tools as well as apply in practice the knowledge and skills to match project
requirements and suggest effective problem solutions;
Coursework Introduction

This coursework enables you to develop your skills in developing and applying
VFX on to a 3D animation scene.

In your 1stcoursework, are to make VFX using Maya and apply it to a single Maya
animation scene or 2 different Maya animation scenes.
Instructions

Your task for this coursework is to implement VFX in a Maya scene. You will
have to
o make at least 2 VFX footages in Maya and apply them on to an
animation scene.

For your first coursework,, you will just need to submit the VFX video footages
and footages of VFX being applied to the scene(s). Breakdown video is not
necessary for this
s coursework.

COURSEWORK 1 –
Production 1: Visual Effects for Computer Graphics and Games
Deliverables
- Maya project files with all sources for textures.
- Project progress documentation with all the details of how the project was
carried out.

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Disk Contents Structure

Contents
Folder Structure: Documentation – This folder should contain
the soft copy of the documentation submitted.
Documentation
Photoshop Files – Should contain the
Photoshop Files Photoshop source files used for the model.

Maya Files Maya Files – Should contain the Autodesk

Maya Binary Files. The proper folder structure
Rendered Images is expected.

 Readme.txt Rendered Images – Should contain the

rendered images Maya in .jpg format.
 References.txt
Readme.txt – Should contain student name,
student ID, and course of study, lecturer name
and folder and file structure of location
information.

References.txt – Should contain the proper

links of any external sources used in the
project.

Note: Harvard style referencing must be used for reference.

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 University Grading Scheme for Undergraduate Programmes: 2018/19
Marking criteria Letter grade Mark
recorded
C1 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. A perfect model of a set for animation and A+ 95
character with excellent supporting shaders,
textures and use of lights

2. Perfect documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
perfectly managed project files.

3. Perfect animation of character to support VFX

in the scene and excellent use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Perfectly rendered video with excellent lighting

5. The well-structuredreport, written in good

English, free from spelling and grammatical
errors and that iswritten in a professional style
of a technical article and presented at a high
standard.
C2 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. An outstanding model of a set for animation A 85
and character with excellent supporting
shaders, textures and use of lights

2. Outstanding documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
perfectly managed project files.

3. Outstanding animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and excellent use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Outstanding rendered video with excellent

lighting

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 5. The well-structured report, written in good
English, free from spelling and grammatical
errors and that is written in a very good style
of a technical article
C3 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. An excellent model of a set for animation and A- 75
character with excellent supporting shaders,
textures and use of lights

2. Excellent documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
excellently managed project files.

3. Excellent animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and excellent use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Excellent rendered video with excellent lighting

5. That your report has a good structure, written

well, free from spelling and grammatical errors
and a good quality standard.
C4 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. Very good model of a set for animation and B+ 67
character with good supporting shaders,
textures and use of lights

2. Very good documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
well-managed project files.

3. Very good animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and good use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Very good rendered video withgood lighting

5. That your report is a structured one, written

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 reasonably well but may contain only minor
typos and grammatical errors but on the whole
is a goodreport.
C5 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. A good model of a set for animation and B 63
character with good supporting shaders,
textures and use of lights

2. Good documentation of planning and sketches

or researched references along with well-
managed project files.

3. Good animation of character to support VFX in

the scene and good use of tools for creating
realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire, water, soft,
rigid body etc.

4. Good rendered video withgood lighting

5. That your report is written well but may

contain some spelling and grammatical
mistakesbut overall is a reasonable report.
C6 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. A reasonable model of a set for animation and C+ 57
character with average supporting shaders,
textures and use of lights

2. Reasonable documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
averagely managed project files.

3. Reasonable animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and fair use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Reasonable rendered video withfair lighting

5. That your report is written with a satisfactory

standard that may contain spelling and
grammatical errors.

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C7 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. Satisfactory model of a set for animation and C 53
character with supporting shaders, textures
and use of lights

2. Satisfactory documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
averagely managed project files.

3. Satisfactory animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and Average use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Satisfactory rendered video with lighting

5. That your report is written at a satisfactory

level that contains spelling and grammatical
errors.
C8 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. Average model of a set for animation and D+ 47
character with supporting shaders, textures
and use of lights

2. Average documentation of planning and

sketches or researched references along with
averagely managed project files.

3. Average animation of character to support VFX

in the scene and Average use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Average rendered video with lighting

5. That your report is written at a satisfactory

level, which may lack structure and/or contain
spelling and grammatical errors.
C9 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The basic model of a set for animation and D 43
character with supporting shaders, textures

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 and use of lights

2. Basic documentation of planning and sketches

or researched references along with basic
management of project files.

3. Basic animation of character to support VFX in

the scene and basic use of tools for creating a
realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire, water, soft,
rigid body etc.

4. Basic rendered video with lighting

5. That your report lacks structure and/or

contains spelling and grammatical errors but
on the whole just reaches an acceptable level.
C10 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. Weak model of a set for animation and F1 37
character with supporting shaders, textures
and use of lights

2. Weak documentation of planning and sketches

or researched references along with poorly
managed project files.

3. Weak animation of character to support VFX in

the scene and poor use of tools for creating
realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire, water, soft,
rigid body etc.

4. Weak rendered video with lighting

5. That your report lacks structure presented

poorly and contains spelling and grammatical
errors, which overall is not at an unacceptable
standard.
C11 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. Very poor model of a set for animation and F2 23
character with supporting shaders, textures
and use of lights

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 2. Very poor documentation of planning and
sketches or researched references along with
badly managed project files.

3. Very poor animation of character to support

VFX in the scene and bad use of tools for
creating realistic VFX e.g. dust, smoke, fire,
water, soft, rigid body etc.

4. Very poor rendered video with lighting

5. That your report is very poorly presented with

no level of structure and cohesion, which
contains spelling, and grammatical errors that
make it considerably lower than just
unacceptable technical report expected at this
level.

Fail (non-submission or submission of work which F3 0

cannot be given any credit (e.g., blank submission,
incorrect assignment)