An assignment for LCC 2730 Constructing the Moving Image.

1. Maya Comic Project
LCC 2730 Constructing the Moving Image
Spring 2011
Nettrice R. Gaskins

2. Theme: Experience
Experience as a general concept
comprises knowledge of or skill in or
observation of some thing or some
event gained through involvement in
or exposure to that thing or event.
In the film, Hugo, a boy has a broken
automaton, a mechanical figure
made out of very complicated
clockworks that can write on paper.
This figure inspires in Hugo Cabret a
passion for fixing things. By tinkering
with the automaton and other
devices Hugo gains experience.

3. Research
One of the main inspirations the book the film was based on is Edison’s Eve:
A Magical Quest for Mechanical Life by an author named Gaby Wood.
Wood had an entire chapter about Georges Méliès in her book because
Méliès owned a collection of automata. The mechanical figures had been
built years earlier by a magician and clockmaker named Jean-Robert
Houdin (the magician who Harry Houdini named himself after).

5. The Assignment
Create at least three textured
objects in Maya; theme: Things I’ve
Learned in My Life So
Far/Experience.
This series of objects should have
some personal meaning and
represent the knowledge you have
gained through your involvement in
or exposure to a specific thing or
event.