ANI 101 Animation for Non-Majors

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Day 1
This schedule is subject to change throughout the semester.
DISCUSS: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE.
Week 1 DISCUSS: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ANIMATED MOVEMENT. PERSISTENCE OF VISION.
LIVE ACTION VERSUS ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE MOVEMENT. THE JOYS OF FLIP BOOK
ANIMATION.
SCREENING: TRIK FILM 3 -- GEORGE GRIFFIN
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A 25 DRAWING INDEX CARD FLIP BOOK. DUE NEXT WEEK.
Week 2
DISCUSS: LEVER ANIMATIONS. SIMPLE CYCLES. PRINCIPLES OF EASE-IN AND EASE-OUT.
INTRO TO AFTER EFFECTS. CREATING AND/OR IMPORTING IMAGERY IN PHOTOSHOP.
IMPORTING TO AFTER EFFECTS. ANCHOR POINTS IN AFTER EFFECTS. RENDERING AND
EXPORTING.
SCREENING: BATHTIME IN CLERKINWELL ?- ALEX BUDOVSKY
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A CYCLING LEVER ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS. DUE NEXT
WEEK.
Week 3
DISCUSS: KEY TO KEY VS. ANIMATING STRAIGHT AHEAD. ARCS AND MOTION PATHS.
STRETCH AND SQUASH.
SCREENING: MANIPULATION -- DANIEL GREAVES
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A BOUNCING BALL ANIMATION THAT EMPLOYS STRETCH AND
SQUASH. DUE NEXT WEEK.
Week 4
DISCUSS: TRADITIONAL 2D CEL ANIMATION. INBETWEENING AND LIFT AND TRACE.
TIMING IN ANIMATION USING VARIED FRAME RATES AS WELL AS THE ADDITION AND
REMOVAL OF DRAWINGS. IMPORTING AND SEQUENCING SCANNED DRAWINGS INTO
AFTER EFFECTS.
SCREENING: EXCERPTS FROM ALLEGRO NON TROPPO -- BRUNO BOZZETTO
Week 4 Cont.
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A (AT LEAST) 30 DRAWING METAMORPHOSIS ANIMATION. FIRST 3
PAGE ANALYSIS PAPER ON BOZZETTOS ALLEGRO NON TROPPO. PRINT OUT AND HAND
IN HARD COPY. DUE NEXT WEEK.
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Week 5 DISCUSS: ROTOSCOPE ANIMATION. FINDING AND/OR SHOOTING FOOTAGE
APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN ROTOSCOPE ANIMATION. IMPORTING VIDEO LAYERS, AND
CREATING CLEAR VIDEO LAYERS IN PHOTOSHOP.
SCREENING - WHEN THE DAY BREAKS-- WENDY TILBY
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A AT LEAST 4 SECOND ROTOSCOPE ANIMATION.
Week 6
DISCUSS: THE INFINITE WORLD OF WALKS AND WALK CYCLES.CREATING EFFECTIVE
CONTACT AND PASS POSITION KEY DRAWINGS FOR A WALK. THE USE OF PHOTOSHOP
TO CREATE DRAWINGS IN LAYERS FOR ANIMATION.
SCREENING: MEANING OF LIFE ?- DON HERTZFELD
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A WALK CYCLE EMPLOYING THE CONTACT TO PASS POSITION
KEY FRAME TECHNIQUE. DUE NEXT WEEK.
Week 7
DISCUSS: STOP MOTION ANIMATION: PIXILATION, ANCHORED PUPPETS AND ON STAND
TECHNIQUES. PUPPET PRODUCTION AND SET BUILDING.
SCREENING: SEQUENCES FROM KING KONG
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A SHORT STOP MOTION ANIMATION. DUE NEXT WEEK.
Week 8
DISCUSS: CG, MOTION CAPTURE, VISUAL EFFECTS.
SCREENING: RYAN ? CHRIS LANDRETH
PRE PRODUCTION: RESEARCH, CHARACTER DESIGN, COLOR CONSIDERATIONS,
LAYOUT.
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE CHARACTER PUPPET PARTS IN PHOTOSHOP AND BACKGROUND
DESIGNS FOR FINAL. IMPORT TO AE AND PARENT PUPPET LIMBS.DUE NEXT WEEK.
SECOND 3 PAGE ANALYSIS ON RYAN.
Week 9 DISCUSS: PRODUCTION: CHARACTER ACTING IN ANIMATION. ANTICIPATION. ACTION REACTION.
TIMING FOR EFFECT IN CHARACTER ANIMATION. EXAGGERATION IN POSES AND
TIMING.
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A TWO CHARACTER ACTION
RE-ACTION ANIMATION USING AFTER EFFECTS.
Week
10
FINAL CRITIQUE
DISCUSS: INDIVIDUAL REVIEW OF FINAL.
ASSIGNMENT: IN LAB WORK ON FINAL.
Date to be announced

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