Pixar in a Box | Computing | Khan Academy
This resource, Pixar in a Box, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of Pixar Animation Studios. It breaks down the art and science behind making animated films, covering storytelling, lighting, simulation, color science, and virtual cameras, making complex topics accessible to a broad audience.
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收录于
2026年3月18日
学科与领域
arts-music · film-media-arts
年级范围
六年级–十二年级（高四）
页面类型
Course
简介
Pixar in a Box: Curriculum Overview
- Program Overview: A collaborative educational series between Pixar and Khan Academy that explores the technical and artistic processes behind Pixar’s filmmaking pipeline.
- Core Modules:
- The Art of Storytelling: Covers character development, story structure, visual language, and film grammar.
- Lighting: Explores light quality, color scripts, master lighting, and character lighting through both physical and virtual activities.
- Rigging: Teaches the mechanics of character movement, including rotation, translation, scaling, and facial rigging.
- Animation: Focuses on the intersection of math and art, covering straight-ahead animation, linear interpolation, Bezier curves, and squash-and-stretch techniques.
- Geometric Transformations: Explores the coordinate plane, translation, scaling, rotation, and composite transformations.
- Rendering: Covers the mathematics behind rendering, including ray tracing, parametric forms, and intersection calculations (lines, planes, and triangles).
- Technical Skills: Includes modules on hair simulation, particle systems, subdivision surfaces, and coding characters using functions and object-oriented logic.
- Interactive Components: Features numerous hands-on projects, such as animating Luxo Jr., creating custom characters, and coding deformers for a snowman.
- Industry Insight: Includes "Getting to know" segments featuring Pixar professionals like Kim White, Brian Green, Rob Jensen, and Fran Kalal.
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