The Dream 3D World - Graphics and Animation with 3DsMax


Presented by:    Multimedia Research Centre, Computing Science Department, University of Alberta

Students have dreams - they dream of creating animations, games, .... becoming a professional animation producer and so on.
The site contains a collection of these dreams.


(Cmput399 Winter 2009 Course Projects) Course Description

Last updated: April 2009

Story - A Kid and A Squid

A kid enters a sushi restaurant witnessing a squid being chopped on the cutting board by the Chef. The audience is then introduced to the interior setting, Japanese food and cooking. The main story is about the kid choosing a mysterious plate from the sushi belt which happens to be the chopped squid he has just seen. Half curious and half nervous, the kid decides not to upset the chef and goes ahead to eat the squid. He goes to pick up some soy sauce but when he returns, he is astonished to find an empty plate. He looks around without a trace of the squid. In confusion, he drops his bowl of rice and falls from his chair. When he regathers himself and stands up, he finds the shadow of a giant squid approaching him. He then ......

This video can be seen in stereo (when the scene is split into RED/BLUE images).


Produced by Tyler Hawkins, David Russell and Robyn Morin

Story - The Sub, The Fish and The Monster

A submarine is deployed from its support ship to dive down into the deep sea in search of treasure. Without realizing that it is being followed by a large whale-like creature, the sub makes its way down to the sea floor. The treasure hunt is rewarded by discovering two diamonds in a large chest. However, the guarding angler fish is awaken and the trace begins. The sub is able to trap the fish and escapes back to the open sea. Unfortunately, the fish catches up and the trace begins again. Then ......
Produced by Paul Eisentraut, Andrew Alloway and Jeff Kahlina

Story - Into The Deep

Looking through the periscope inside the submarine, the diver explores deep into the sea. He encounters a dead whale being eaten by huge hackfish (a sort of eel). Next is the surprising appearance of a gigantic nightmarish tree. The sub is attacked by one of the tree's faces, losing a fin/wing. As it escapes, the tree spins to fling a bunch of eels attacking the sub similar to the whale ealier. Then a giant Anomalocarus (an extinct arthropod) shows up and attacks the sub. Then ......
Produced by Justin Houle, Eric Graves, Garett Hunter and Shun Yuen

Story - Manta Learn to Fly

(Under construction - No Audio) The story is about the Manta learning to fly. During the learning process he encounters a tiny fish, a blowfish and a eel. At the end, while learning to fly, he knocks down a hotdog cart on the Biped Beach.
Produced by Matthew Johnson, Matthew Whitton and Blair Ludwig