Utopia/Dystopia PBL

[Updated 5/1/2016]

The final Utopia/Dystopia environment animation are completed! You can read more about the entire process below. Enjoy.

How did this project all start? 

The 10th Grade English Honor students provided us with Utopia/Dystopia environments that were created by them in Mr. Moore’s class. The students based this project on the book which they were studying in English class, A Brave New World.  Take a look at the process, explained by one team using Adobe Voice, on the ideas behind San Fransokyo!

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Sample of a Topographic Map drawing of San Fransokyo.

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Samples of other topographic model projects created in English Honors by our clients to visually explain their environments.

The animation students, after learning about modeling Maya, will be re-creating the selected Utopia/Dystopia projects created by the English students.  The English students are the clients and meeting their needs, along with staying true to their vision will be the focus of the models that the animation students will be creating. Here is some progress that has been made by the students.

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The beginnings of the San Fransokyo Bridge!

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Multiple terrains being developed, modeling, sky domes, and environments for the English students Utopia descriptions.