Here are some presentation ideas for the class. You do NOT have to pick one of these.

1. cloud modeling & rendering
2. atmospheric models?
3. non-photorealistic rendering (cartoon, woodcut, painterly effects, etc.)
4. using ___ in Maya. Could be volume rendering, plug-ins, etc.
5. landscape modeling and rendering
6. more light shaders, examples
7. animated shaders, examples
8. image exposure - related to film processing, but in terms of rendered brightness.
9. lighting techniques - cinematography