Animation Design & Visualization

Overview

This semester lays the foundation for learning Animation design, animation drawing & principles of animation. It includes study of anatomy, perspectives & digital art.

Modules

Animation Fundamentals

Fundamentals of Design & Visualization

Basic drawings with form

Study of perspectives

Anatomy study

Digital drawing

Life & gesture drawing

Concepts of lighting & shading

Digital art

Application of principles of animation

Study of rhythm & lip sync

Software taught

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended

Flash CS4

Pre-production for Animation

Overview

The second semester enhances skills in pre-production aspects such as concept design, storytelling, scriptwriting, character designing & layouts, storyboarding with application of film language and creating animatics.

Modules

Concept design

Art of storytelling & scriptwriting

Character design

Layouts

Acting & expressions

Concepts of storyboarding & film language

Editing for animatics

E-Project

Software taught

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended

Flash CS4

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

E-Project

A project proposal that includes Synopsis, Script & Screenplay, Character Designs & Layouts, Storyboard & Animatics.

Career options at end of this semester:

Pre-production artist

Scriptwriter

Character Designer

Layout Artist

Storyboard Artist