Course Overview
This course will cover fundamental concepts involved in traditional 2D animation. Students will be developing their animation skills in timing and acting while learning the principles of animation. During the course students will learn the studio procedures for the creation of a professional piece of animation. Each assignment will focus on the core skills needed to be successful in the traditional and digital animation industry. In the second half of the term students will learn basic storyboarding and character design techniques necessary to create a short film.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
6.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Apply principles of animation in all types of animation.
- Design appealing characters.
- Use basic cinematic and composition techniques to create scenes.
- Use editing techniques to create story-lined film sequences.
- Produce animation using fundamental animation principles.
- Create human-like motion using anticipation.
- Animate two and four legged walk cycles.
- Achieve goals while respecting deadlines.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2007
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